New electricity meter - rip-off

PeterC · 2009-08-11T15:42:14+00:00

Eon just called and replace my meter with an Ampy 5246C.Just in passing, the chap mentioned that it runs on GMT for Economy 7, sowill switch at 0700 when we change the clocks. Means that stuff that I dobefore 0800 now will be on the higher rate.The old meter was switched by radio signal and ususally switched at 0803all year round.Typical that modern technology can't do what the old stuff did - well, itcould but... It could have been switched via mains, I'd have thought.BTW, searching for Ampy 5246C gives no useful hits at all; I wanted toconfirm the settings. Did find that it's rated for 20 year life so it mightstill be here after Smart Meters come out.Chap also started to replace the fuse - I assumed that it was in case theold one had got tired, but he was putting in an 80A instead of the 100A. Hetold me that it was due to the board feeding the storage heaters having16mm tails, so I pointed out that it was 3-way so could take about 42A maxand he left the 100A in.

Aug 11, 2009 21 Replies

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Dave Liquorice 17 years ago

I think it will have and two readings. Our electronic multirate meter cycles its LCD through an all on segment test and the two readings with a small flag indicating a different number on the bezel.

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Adam Funk 17 years ago

Mine does something like that too.

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