On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:42:09 +0100, PeterC wrote:
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:56:47 +0100, The Wanderer wrote:
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:42:14 +0100, PeterC wrote:
Eon just called and replace my meter with an Ampy 5246C.
Just in passing, the chap mentioned that it runs on GMT for Economy 7, so
will switch at 0700 when we change the clocks. Means that stuff that I do
before 0800 now will be on the higher rate.
The old meter was switched by radio signal and ususally switched at 0803
all year round.
The new meter (made by a subsidiary of Landis & Gyr, a highly respected
name in the field of metrology and protection) is also controlled by radio
tele switching. What's your problem?
That it's not enabled/addressed.
How do you know it isn't enabled? Are you basing your comments purely on
what the meter basher said? Sorry but he almost certainly *won't* be an
electrician, and may well have misled you because he has an incomplete
grasp of what he has tried to tell you.
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Have you looked at your electricity supplier's web site? Have you asked
them what the time periods for E7 are?
As usual: 7 hours between 0000 and 0800, so 0700 is implied as possible,
not published as definite.
The time periods differ by supplier. This link lists times by all
suppliers.
http://spedr.com/1jn9d
It's not particularly up-to-datee, as it lists some now-defunct
distribution companies. It does however illustrate quite clearly that E7 is
available for a *period* of 7 hours in an wider envelope of 8 or 9 hours,
depending on the supplier.
The electrician said that the meters are supplied as GMT only and warned me
about being on the higher rate at 0700 in the winter.
Seems fair enough to me. Also suggests you're getting E7 up till 08.00
now....
It's a bit like BT or some [other] ISP changing the times.
No it isn't. You're getting E7 for a seven hour period within the wider
time envelope as published by your electricity supplier.
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The Wanderer
Better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool
Than to open it and remove all doubt (Mark Twain)