Current Eon Next customer, ex EDF, Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless.
disparity between billing and actual supply switching times
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The Kaifa MA120B is definitely a 5-teminal meter, but 4 and 5 are in line front/rear rather than side-by side.
Last edited by retrotecchie; 28-06-24 at 16:59.
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Level 514 Hours Ago
I thought this but recently found when changing tariff it not to be true.
The meter can be set up to activate the 5th terminal from say 00:30 to 07:30
but keep the metering side set to normal day rate so the day meter increases while the night meter stays put.
They can do it through (in)appropriate configuration. I didnt believe it until I double checked it.
It would have been impossible with a mechanical meterLast edited by EV7; 14 Hours Ago at 00:01.
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Level 9214 Hours Ago@EV7
You seem to have had the opposite problem to most folks. The majority of issues are when the meter records both rates correctly, but the ALC contacts don't switch the fifth terminal so heating and hot water never come on.
You're correct that a smart meter can be misconfigured the way yours seemed to be but it's very rare and takes a special kind of muppet to do it.
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Level 55 Hours Ago@retrotecchie
I've been thinking about it. What they did was to accidentally set the dual rate meter to a single rate mode. It still kept the two meter readings internally but only incremented the day meter from that point. I guess to prevent what you said above, the night circuits still activated as they's always done.
What they should have done if someone asked for single rate on a dual rate meter was kept the meter the same but changed the tariff to 27p for both so you could still see day and night consumption if you wanted or total the two if not.
Anyway it means that if someone complains now that the night meter isnt responding for night circuits at least we know it's possible and can be sorted by configuration. It wasnt straightforward though. They didnt seem to know what to do so I used the website to change to another tariff and bingo. Trouble is the rates are expensive so need to try switching again shortly and see what happens.
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