Another Smart meter grumble

[Harry Bloomfield]

Chris J Dixon formulated on Monday :

..and that was the first question I asked, when I was first offered a SM. It seems ridiculously short sighted not to provide for that in the spec..

[Chris J Dixon]

Which of their components are you using?

I have only had 3 years from this rival unit:

It enabled me to keep an eye on my PV system and usage. I liked being able to glance at the display and also look at the real time graph on my PC. I could see the signature traces of most of my loads, and judge appliance use accordingly.

Getting a good signal for the remote display can be tricky, and I don't have thick walls or a long distance to cope with.

The accuracy was generally acceptable, though it sometimes seemed to imagine PV generation at night, or spells of zero usage.

However, it has now stopped working completely, and shows no signal even if I hold it right next to the transmitter. I might try changing channels again, but I think it is probably dead. :-(

Maybe if I am looking to replace this, I might look for something that will do both the dumping power to immersion trick and provide monitoring data, but it does make me pessimistic about payback/ life...

Chris

[Chris J Dixon]

Which of their bits of kit are you using?

Chris

[Dave Liquorice]

The transmitter, envi display and the TTL to USB converter.