"Chris Green" wrote in message
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Rod Speed wrote:


"David" wrote in message
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I've booked my install because it is a requirement for the tariff I am
on.

Nearly at the end they ask if you want information collecting every 30
minutes, weekly or monthly (IIRC).

Well, if I'm going to get any value at all I might as well have enough
data to see daily trends.

Hang on, if I ask for 30 minute data capture I have to agree to EDF
using
the information to offer me services to improve my energy usage. So
reversing the privacy options that I have selected.

I'm having data collected monthly.

Remind me again how this Smart meter is going to save me money?

You wont have to pay the wages of the meter reader in what they
charge you for the electricity they supply you and if you are on a
time of use tariff as you likely are if the smartmeter is required for
you to have that tariff, you save by being able to time your higher
loads like washing machine and dishwasher runs when the
electricity is cheaper.

We are on a 'time of use' tariff and don't have a smart meter, the
meter simply has two counters, one for peak and one for off-peak.

But his supplier clearly requires a smart meter for the tariff
he presumably chose because its the cheapest he could find.

We see a meter reader once a year or less, the cost must be trivial.

Much cheaper to read it electronically.

We send 'real' readings by E-Mail monthly.

And that isnt required with a smart meter.

We have little or no mobile coverage so a
smart meter probably won't work anyway.

But it clearly does work for him and for plenty of others.