- Why did you get a smart meter?
- How long have you had the smart meter installed?
- Have you been able to track your energy usage more effectively with the smart meter?
- What impact on your energy bills had there been since using the smart meter?
The electricity bills are more accurate with the meter.
- Are you using any additional features of the smart meter, such as time-of-use rates or real-time energy monitoring?
- Are there any aspects of the smart meter system that you wish were different or improved?
- Have you encountered any technical issues or challenges with the smart meter? If yes, what were they and how were they resolved?
- Have you considered integrating the smart meter data with other smart home devices or automation systems?
The HAN network allows the smart gas meter to communicate with its paired smart electricity meter and to your display unit.
The WAN network sends the data out from your home to your energy supplier.
This is not accessible to the householder, so I am not sure how other smart devices connect to these networks.
With AI controlling these types of systems in the near future I would like to understand the safeguards that are in place to protect the data
- Would you recommend having a smart meter and why?
If all homes had a smart meter fitted, I am sure that dynamic pricing would be introduced and as a result bills would increase. In time there would not be such clear differences between peak and non-peak times.
Most tariffs now require a meter to be fitted to obtain the best deals. I guess that in the end there probably will not be a choice.
I would think most new build houses are likely to have smart meters already installed.
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