I'm wondering whether someone can enlighten me from experience. We have a property that without our knowledge had gas and electric smart meters fitted.
They have now vacated the property and its been empty as decided to sell and complete in November.
We are being billed for usage on top of the standing charges.
The Gas valve at the meter is off and the electrics have all been switched off for few months.
Sure enough I have been over to the house tonight and it's showing units used whereas it was zero.
Do these unit just rack up units on their own ?
Thank you
Oh it's not huge amounts but about 25 quid onto of standing charge. Jaguar x-type sport gone
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No they don't just rack up units on their own any more than the old meters would.

Check with your provider if they can provide any "usage over time" information to show when the power was drawn. If it's a steady trickle then something is still taking power somewhere. Are you confident that there is no possibility of power being taken off between the meter and the fusebox? Is the master switch off or just each circuit on the board?

If it's an amount taken in a short period then it points to power being turned on somewhere, then off again. Check the dates in your diary if that's the case. Current driveway contents:
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Yes will do, every switch in the fuse box is off and has been for few months gas tap has been off for 3 months.
Units definitely creeping up.
Not even a door bell or TV booster on.
We're the only ones with keys.
It's gonna be interesting conversation with BG tomorrow. Jaguar x-type sport gone
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Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

There has always been an issue with smart meters.
Part of the issue is they are transmitting on the old 2g network.
They have never been reliable. Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

You're not paying for the power used by the smart meter, are you?

oldgeezer wrote:

I'm wondering whether someone can enlighten me from experience. We have a property that without our knowledge had gas and electric smart meters fitted.
They have now vacated the property and its been empty as decided to sell and complete in November.
We are being billed for usage on top of the standing charges.
The Gas valve at the meter is off and the electrics have all been switched off for few months.
Sure enough I have been over to the house tonight and it's showing units used whereas it was zero.
Do these unit just rack up units on their own ?
Thank you
Oh it's not huge amounts but about 25 quid onto of standing charge.

Had them installed 8 weeks ago . They stopped transmitting inside 14 days . I still submit a reading online every 28 days . I only did it in case a Smart Only tarrif became available . 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

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Our EDF smart meter has never worked properly in 7 years.

Initially I was told it was because it was V1 tech and incompatible meters (!)

I was then updated to the latest V2 tech, which required a change of meter. I was told 5his would fix the problems, but despite repeated attempts at recommissioning system, the gas meter refuses to co-operate. They tell me it's a known issue but don't know when it will be fixed!

Smart meters not so smart after all.

Still sending quarterly meter readings Andy
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Not really that smart are they?

Brother-in-law gave me a ring one Friday evening as the boiler was not playing. Went through the diagnostics and sure enough she wasn't igniting the gas. Gas what gas?

The smart gas meter has a battery that does eventually go flat, when it does go flat you get no gas - now if it was really smart it would tell the supplier that it needed a battery change before you called out a plumber (£100?)

Many many phone calls later and the meter was replaced on the Monday - can't change the batteries apparently - so dumb and wasteful. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
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This thread is very interesting; we have not switched to smart meters as EON are unable to switch our gas meter because it has a medium pressure supply and none of their technicians say that they not been trained to work on this pressure system. We have had 3 different technicians review our meter and each time they have sent in reports with photos, but EON seem unable to get their act together and do anything about it.

Yes, they could have switched the electric meter, but I want both done not just one.

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Well slight update.
According to BG they shouldn't be increasing but now say they have lost contact with them, hmm so pretty smart then.
However, checked all electrics and everything is off, checked for cables in roof going to next door, all clear.
Away a few days so will go back and take another photo of meters when I return. Main gas tap in off and now chained locked so we will see.
I will update, currently zero trust with smart meter or bull ( sorry I meant support ) Jaguar x-type sport gone
Jaguar x-type 2.2d sport one of my best cars ever sadly gone
Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

Hi, according to an American electronics engineer who worked for one of the manufactures of Smart Meters, the meters over read by ten percent due to the phasing of the supply voltage. This is a hidden money making scheme for the middlemen. The meter can be controlled remotely by phone, and I tried to get EON to recalibrate ours, but they refused. Powergen have agreed in principle that theory over read the victims electricity use. The meter and smart meter consume at the new prices perhaps fifty pounds a year to run them. The government know they are a rip-off, and have legalised the scam. The bit about the gas meter is interesting, as if it were in my house, I would cap it off. I have had the gasboard in the past do it live without isolating the supply their side. I had a house where the electricity suppliers fitters put a meter in without safety fuses. They got upset because I removed it and spliced in a temporary meter after they refused to come out and sort it properly.