I called my electricity supplier to change from Economy 7 to a single
tariff. I was told they need to change the meter - I am a bit surprised as
it is only a year old and will give "Total Used" as well as separate Day and
Night readings.

I couldn't understand the logic.

John wrote:
I called my electricity supplier to change from Economy 7 to a single
tariff. I was told they need to change the meter - I am a bit surprised as
it is only a year old and will give "Total Used" as well as separate Day and
Night readings.

I couldn't understand the logic.


I expect they are worth more than the single rate meters, and as the
meter readers are a bit slow sometimes and muddle the readings up, it
should prevent this from happening!

John wrote:
I called my electricity supplier to change from Economy 7 to a single
tariff. I was told they need to change the meter - I am a bit surprised as
it is only a year old and will give "Total Used" as well as separate Day and
Night readings.

I couldn't understand the logic.


I have had the same with 2 different houses. Given what the companies
pay perhaps the employees find it too complicated or have too high a
workload and errors creep in. (I am having a pop at the companies NOT
their employees here).
Neither time have they tried to charge for the meter change.

"Toby" wrote in message
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John wrote:
I called my electricity supplier to change from Economy 7 to a single
tariff. I was told they need to change the meter - I am a bit surprised
as it is only a year old and will give "Total Used" as well as separate
Day and Night readings.

I couldn't understand the logic.
I expect they are worth more than the single rate meters, and as the meter
readers are a bit slow sometimes and muddle the readings up, it should
prevent this from happening!

A bit slow

The one we had in the other day stank of pee

John wrote:
I called my electricity supplier to change from Economy 7 to a single
tariff. I was told they need to change the meter - I am a bit surprised as
it is only a year old and will give "Total Used" as well as separate Day and
Night readings.

I couldn't understand the logic.


I recently changed to single rate and they left the original meter. They
just add the two readings together. That EDF.

Peter Scott

On 22 May, 13:35, "John" wrote:
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I couldn't understand the logic.



This is a utility company; do you really expect logic?

I expect they are worth more than the single rate meters, and as the
meter readers are a bit slow sometimes and muddle the readings up, it
should prevent this from happening!

Having had an Option 14 meter in a few years ago, I can confirm my
meter wasn't read properly once in over 3 years until I had it
removed.

The readings were transposed as against Economy 7, and I ended up
having to correct the bills every time - if I didn't know that the
rates were "flipped"...