Yannick and Ellie are E.ON Next customers who discuss how they use their in home energy display to track their usage of individual appliances. Using this information they can make more informed choices when buying new appliances and how often to use the current ones.
Yannick and Ellie focus on what appliance uses what, and how they can cut that usage down to help them understand where their cost of energy comes from. Have you also taken this approach?
For me personally, we've made more energy efficient choices when making new purchases - all most all of our bigger kitchen appliances are grade A 😊
Seeing the usage increase when using certain appliances can help you to better manage your energy usage of that particular appliance in future. You can make smarter decisions when load-shifting through energy saving events like #Powerswitch resulting in an overall lower bill too!
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I realise this is an old thread but I still think it's relevant, those who have a smart meter how are you using your In Home Display unit and does it help you to use less energy?
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Mine sits below my TV in the living room, I can just make out the time so it's handy for that. It's always showing the live electricity usage but apart from noticing when the fridge/freezer compressor kicks in I ignore it. The gas usage is irrelevant in my opinion.
It's handy for meter readings, but as I've said before it only shows the electricity total so if you're on E7/10 then you still have to read the meter to get the split readings.
I've been monitoring my usage for years by taking monthly meter readings so smart meters haven't saved me anything.
Regarding the video, how did Yannick not know that a welder which melts metal and probably uses something like 3000 watts, uses more electricity than a display screen which uses around 100 watts? Are they real people or actors? Either way I don't think it's a good example and looks poor on various fronts.
I'm not trying to be negative but if that's a real example then as Private Frazer would say "We're doomed".
my IHD sits next to my desktop computer has no battery inside and runs off a usb port from the computer. So it only displays anything when the computer is on. Once the initial fascination wore off I haven’t used it for much at all. My readings are taken on time and so my interaction is virtually nil, and I make more use if the Bright app and downloaded data. Like @Andy65 I’ve monitored my monthly consumption for years and don’t need a display to remind me that flicking an on switch is going to cost me money.
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Current Eon Next customer, ex EDF, Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and think the smart meter programme is a waste of our money. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless.
I do though recognise that some people find the information from their IHD useful and if so good for them. I also think that if a customer has a non functioning IHD then the supplier should fix it on demand. Regulations relating to this are on the way. Bat suppliers seem up against it with new smart meter installations going down year on year, and extra work being forced by the RTS switch off. Fixing IHD issues (where they can be fixed!) will inevitably slow up other tasks.
Mine sits on one of my kitchen worktops, and I just occasionally glance at it, to check my usage. It sometimes loses the signal from the meter, so I don't rely on it. My monthly electricity usage doesn't change very much throughout the year, and I already budgeted for using more gas in the colder months before my smart meters were installed, and continue to do so by reading my meter each month.
I use the Bright CAD / IHD to give the app access to the realtime and minute aggregation data.
Otherwise, the display itself is just used to keep an eye on the vampire drain (realising of course the IHD is itself contributing to this...)
As it creeps up, it prompts me to do a quick round and turn off the all the things that have found their way left onto standby, the attic light, chargers left plugged in etc.
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