Smartmeter install

[Mudassar08]

Hi
Thought to myself this is quite off topic so Ill post here.
My mother in law electrical company has advised her getting a smart meter and it is said to take place on the 4th June. However my mothers house in Slough had no RCD protected circuits so would the installer still install it or reject it? I want this meter installed as it will enable me to track my mother in law if she is still active eg making a cup of tea.
Also would the person remove the cutout fuse to install the smart meter? Would it be the dno who would do it or just the electric meter company?
Cheers

 

[binky]

Your energy supplier, who are responsible for the meter, won't give a toss about the rest of the electrical system.

 

[Murdoch]

The meter monkeys only change the meters ……. And often badly

 

[Andy™]

meter monkeys are often barely even trained enough to change a meter. there not likely to understand any wiing regs of how the house should be

 

[johnb2713]

Also would the person remove the cutout fuse to install the smart meter?

Yes they would

 

[kerching]

I've said it before but it's worth repeating. My daughters mate fits meters for EON....previous qualification/job?
Pole dancer
I wouldn't say she was thick but she would give mince a run for its money

 

[johnb2713]

I've said it before but it's worth repeating. My daughters mate fits meters for EON....previous qualification/job?
Pole dancer

Does it really matter? Surely she could retrain and learn the appropriate skills? Did you come out of the womb as a qualified and experienced sparkie or was your previous job prior to training a teenage yob like most of us

I wouldn't say she was thick but she would give mince a run for its money

So not one for Brain of Britain any time soon, maybe a good candidate for next prime minister?

 

[sirsparkabit]

There is a thing called an abort, and a meter installer may do this if the electrical equipment is in a bad state , normally dno cutout gear side of things , e.g unable to pull main fuse , fused neutral type old cutouts (yes they still appear now and again ) asbestos present ect . Another reason would be the old braided tails from back in the days of black and white t v , going to customers C U . technically they are not allowed to take cover off customers C U so if you don't have any of the above they will whang it in . They ate not all meter monkeys, some were qualified sparkies before they went down the smart meter route .
Can't tar all with the same brush haha

 

[Kot]

The meter monkeys only change the meters ……. And often badly

I waited 4 months for an appointment with Scottish Power, finally gave up with SP, changed to Octopus and got an install date same day and installed within a week.
The meter man arrived in a Octopus van, at exactly his time slot, pulled the DNO fuse, changed the meter, installed an isolator and changed/ uprated the tails from the DNO fuse to 100A for the 100A consumer unit. Very neat tidy job.
Next came DNO man (contractor self employed) who changed the fuse to 100A, his mate stayed in the car on his smart phone. DNO job took 5 mins and he said he gets only 4-5 jobs per day easy money for him. DNO men get 3 jobs per day lol and subcontract the extra lol
I guess thats why the standing charge is so high

 

[Murdoch]

I guess thats why the standing charge is so high

The standing charge has risen to cover the losses of the energy resellers that went bust.

 

[BorisJ]

And no doubt to cover the cost of these so called “free” smart meters.

 

[BorisJ]

I want this meter installed as it will enable me to track my mother in law if she is still active eg making a cup of tea.

How will it do that then?

 

[johnb2713]

How will it do that then?

Probably by being able to access 1/2 hour consumption on her electricity account. Even better if you have Octopus and get one of their 'minis' you can monitor consumption every minute.
Modern tech eh, how will you ever keep up

 

[Mudassar08]

Yeah heard some dude got his meter changed into a smart meter and the meter monkey pulled out the fuse, 60 mins later the dno were at his door.
probably assumed the guy was attempting to steal electricity

 

[Kot]

Yeah heard some dude got his meter changed into a smart meter and the meter monkey pulled out the fuse, 60 mins later the dno were at his door.
probably assumed the guy was attempting to steal electricity

How would they know lol that the fuse was pulled?

 

[Bruspark]

Yeah heard some dude got his meter changed into a smart meter and the meter monkey pulled out the fuse, 60 mins later the dno were at his door.
probably assumed the guy was attempting to steal electricity

"Some Dude" was probably wrong then. More likely the Meter Changer reported a cracked fuseholder or something similar .

 

[Murdoch]

How will it do that then?

Very simple. Install the loop app for the MILs smart meter on your phone and you can see all the readings.

Simple really

I’ve recommended that people do this, especially if the parent is some distance away

This is the usage from my daughters student house for today

 

[kerching]

Yeah heard some dude got his meter changed into a smart meter and the meter monkey pulled out the fuse, 60 mins later the dno were at his door.
probably assumed the guy was attempting to steal electricity

With all due respect in my considered , and some may say bigoted, opinion that is bottom water

 

[Mudassar08]

The meter was already a smart one and it failed so the meter monkey replaced it with another. The smart meter has some circuitry that can detect tampering so the dno thought some1 was stealing something

 

[Murdoch]

The meter was already a smart one and it failed so the meter monkey replaced it with another. The smart meter has some circuitry that can detect tampering so the dno thought some1 was stealing something

Rubbish

How do they differentiate from a power cut?