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How old is your electricity meter?
Prompted by another thread, I still have a traditional electromechanical
one with the spinning disk. It has a sticker saying "Tested 8/88" Made by English Electric, which (according to Wikipedia) went defunct in September 1968. It has been seen regularly by Meter Readers. |
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How old is your electricity meter?
On 20/06/2019 18:45, newshound wrote:
Prompted by another thread, I still have a traditional electromechanical one with the spinning disk. It has a sticker saying "Tested 8/88" They should be recalibrated after 20 years. Made by English Electric, which (according to Wikipedia) went defunct in September 1968. It has been seen regularly by Meter Readers. Which probably doesn't mean much in these days of subbed out meter reading. When I worked for an Electricity Board, the meter readers were expected to check such things. -- -- Colin Bignell |
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How old is your electricity meter?
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newshound writes Prompted by another thread, I still have a traditional electromechanical one with the spinning disk. It has a sticker saying "Tested 8/88" Made by English Electric, which (according to Wikipedia) went defunct in September 1968. English Electric was split up. Computer side to ICL Power to GEC. I think some (trains?) went to AEI and aerospace to BAC? It has been seen regularly by Meter Readers. -- bert |
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How old is your electricity meter?
On 20/06/2019 18:45, newshound wrote:
Prompted by another thread, I still have a traditional electromechanical one with the spinning disk. It has a sticker saying "Tested 8/88" Made by English Electric, which (according to Wikipedia) went defunct in September 1968. It has been seen regularly by Meter Readers. My electric meter was replaced at the beginning of 1995 (traditional electro-mechanical with spinning disk made by Landis and GYR) and the gas in 1987. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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How old is your electricity meter?
Probably almost as old. I had a new one put in when I got storage heating as
part of the deal, it has a disc and a couple of winking leds I'm told. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "newshound" wrote in message news Prompted by another thread, I still have a traditional electromechanical one with the spinning disk. It has a sticker saying "Tested 8/88" Made by English Electric, which (according to Wikipedia) went defunct in September 1968. It has been seen regularly by Meter Readers. |
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How old is your electricity meter?
On 20/06/2019 19:45, Nightjar wrote:
On 20/06/2019 18:45, newshound wrote: Prompted by another thread, I still have a traditional electromechanical one with the spinning disk. It has a sticker saying "Tested 8/88" They should be recalibrated after 20 years. A few have extended periods - a very few up to 40 years. But as they tend to slow down (under-read) with age I'd not rush to complain. -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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How old is your electricity meter?
On 21/06/2019 09:31, Robin wrote:
On 20/06/2019 19:45, Nightjar wrote: On 20/06/2019 18:45, newshound wrote: Prompted by another thread, I still have a traditional electromechanical one with the spinning disk. It has a sticker saying "Tested 8/88" They should be recalibrated after 20 years. A few have extended periods - a very few up to 40 years. But as they tend to slow down (under-read) with age I'd not rush to complain. Yes, I wasn't planning to complain. And I shall continue to resist smart metering until I am sure SMETS2 is available and working properly. I wonder how the missing of the smart meter target will be fudged. That's if anyone even notices, with the political chaos that I fear we are heading for. |
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How old is your electricity meter?
On 21/06/2019 10:43, newshound wrote:
Yes, I wasn't planning to complain. And I shall continue to resist smart metering until I am sure SMETS2 is available and working properly. I wonder how the missing of the smart meter target will be fudged. That's if anyone even notices, with the political chaos that I fear we are heading for. Our LCD display meter just passed 10 years. We got a letter - you need a new meter. No WAY am I having a SMETS 1 meter - so we've just ignored the letter. There are more important things. Andy |
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How old is your electricity meter?
On 24/06/2019 21:43, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 21/06/2019 10:43, newshound wrote: Yes, I wasn't planning to complain. And I shall continue to resist smart metering until I am sure SMETS2 is available and working properly. I wonder how the missing of the smart meter target will be fudged. That's if anyone even notices, with the political chaos that I fear we are heading for. Our LCD display meter just passed 10 years. We got a letter - you need a new meter. No WAY am I having a SMETS 1 meter - so we've just ignored the letter. There are more important things. We've just had a SMETS2 installed (the outgoing mechanical meter was 1982 vintage) and were told that they're no longer installing SMETS1. Not exactly an issue-free event with the flexible connector of the gas meter at full stretch and with a sharp bend, and the electric meter still not registered with the energy company or the IHD after four weeks. -- F |
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electric meter still not registered with [...] the IHD after four weeks. Surely the installer shouldn't leave the job until that's working? |
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How old is your electricity meter?
On 26/06/2019 07:57, Andy Burns wrote:
F wrote: electric meter still not registered with [...] the IHD after four weeks. Surely the installer shouldn't leave the job until that's working? 'It can take a few hours'... -- F |
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F wrote:
Andy Burns wrote: Surely the installer shouldn't leave the job until that's working? 'It can take a few hours'... with my SMETS1, he put the electric meter into "pairing mode" then entered a code into the IHD and they were linked and working. |
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How old is your electricity meter?
On 21/06/2019 09:31, Robin wrote:
They should be recalibrated after 20 years. A few have extended periods - a very few up to 40 years. But as they tend to slow down (under-read) with age I'd not rush to complain. Some even go backwards when solar panels are exporting to the grid just like a battery of absolute efficiency with infinite capacity but free and takes up no space. So I've heard... |
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