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Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice
here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? |
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On 29/07/2019 16:12, Broadback wrote:
Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? I'm not aware that Ofgem have a clear position on /physical/ removal as opposed to having the the meter operate with "smart" functionality turned off. But it seems to me a prior question is in what way it is "flaky" and why. On that it's easy to lodge an official complaint with Eon. That gets you into a regulated process which the suppliers have to follow. -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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On Monday, 29 July 2019 16:13:02 UTC+1, Broadback wrote:
Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? well don't make your post any vaguer. |
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It is indeed sad that something as simple as this suffers from bugs. These
really could be most useful but I've heard all sorts of stories about the new ones and how they seem to malfunction for no apparent reason. The companies must be cursing them. 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.! "Broadback" wrote in message ... Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? |
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The problems might actually be due to these powerline adaptors interfering
with the electronics. They just need to put a ruddy great capacitor across the supply! 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.! wrote in message ... On Monday, 29 July 2019 16:13:02 UTC+1, Broadback wrote: Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? well don't make your post any vaguer. |
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On 29/07/2019 16:12, Broadback wrote:
Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? In theory of course you need never look at it as it will inform your supplier about your usage. You could ask Eon if they would be willing to replace it with a dumb meter. There would almost certainly be a charge. -- Michael Chare |
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On Monday, 29 July 2019 23:14:26 UTC+1, Michael Chare wrote:
On 29/07/2019 16:12, Broadback wrote: Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? In theory of course you need never look at it as it will inform your supplier about your usage. You could ask Eon if they would be willing to replace it with a dumb meter. There would almost certainly be a charge. The ultimate purpose is nothing to do with that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_demand_management |
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On 29/07/2019 23:14, Michael Chare wrote:
On 29/07/2019 16:12, Broadback wrote: Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? In what way is it failing? The installers usually go away again when they discover that there is no networks signal at the electricity meter, but that doesn't stop them mithering you incessantly. Targets must be met to avoid penalties even if the kit being fitted doesn't work! In theory of course you need never look at it as it will inform your supplier about your usage. You could ask Eon if they would be willing to replace it with a dumb meter. There would almost certainly be a charge. Changing your supplier to any other will usually have that effect. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On 30/07/2019 16:20, Martin Brown wrote:
On 29/07/2019 23:14, Michael Chare wrote: On 29/07/2019 16:12, Broadback wrote: Should be called dumb meters. Being rather silly I ignore the advice here and opted for one. It is very flaky at the least. trying to get sense for Eon, the owners is a waste of time, withe one goes around in circles they ask you to phone them, as far as I am concerned I have spent enough time, and am now sick of it. Can I just ignore it (it is failing at the moment). Alternatively can I have it removed? In what way is it failing? The installers usually go away again when they discover that there is no networks signal at the electricity meter, but that doesn't stop them mithering you incessantly. Targets must be met to avoid penalties even if the kit being fitted doesn't work! In theory of course you need never look at it as it will inform your supplier about your usage. You could ask Eon if they would be willing to replace it with a dumb meter. There would almost certainly be a charge. Changing your supplier to any other will usually have that effect. How is it failing? Well in many ways. At the moment it will not update nor download data, in other words it is a dumb meter. Eon failed to respond to my complains until after several days when I was phoned by a foreigner, whose accent was so thick that I could not understand him. Very frustrating. |
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