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Smart meter figures: Nearly four million not working properly (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is why I'm happy sticking with the meters my house was built with (which are "only" 23 years old)

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but night rate is worth it if you have a EV or house battery. 7p per kWh instead of the 29p per kWh of the day rate. Huge saving.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’m on Octopus Agile. They were paying me to use electricity the other day

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You got a house battery? If I had a largish house battery I'd certainly move to that and automate the battery use by electricity costs. ;-)

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yup I have solar panels and a 5kWh battery. The panels don't do much in the winter, but the batteries have proved their worth with the tariff. I have a few other automations like the immersion heater coming on when prices go negative

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago

I did maths on a battery with my current tarrif, but agile probably means I should revisit. What I really want is a nice big second life EV battery.

[–] byroon@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

They keep emailing me to say mine has reached its end of life and needs to be replaced - and yet funnily enough it still works while all these smart meters don't