"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 10/02/2019 06:13, Rod Speed wrote:


"FMurtz" wrote in message
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David wrote:
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?

It won't save money

Corse it will when having one allows him to use a time of use tariff
and save money by doing the higher power operations like the
washing machine and dishwasher when the electricity costs less.

We already have a thing called Economy 7 that lets us do that.

The difference is that time of use tariffs can be rather
fancier than that. Ours mostly have 3 time bands, not
just two, with different rates for each band.

Cheaper electricity from midnight to 7am or so; predictable so can be used
with storage and water heaters and run the washing machine overnight.
Smart meters could allow that in a much less predictable way at the whim
of the supplier who might decide that it would be better to have our main
meal in the evening rather than mid day.

In fact they dont do stuff like that.