ESB Smart Meter - How To Get One Early?

mobyduck

I have contacted ESB and have been put on the “early adopter” list for a Smart Meter when they reach my area (Lucan, County Dublin), but likely still waiting until next year.

Anyone here discover ant other ways to get bumped up the queue? Thanks!

Make friends with someone in the ESB 😂 have one but I don’t see much fuss about it tbh. It’s just another meter to me, not worth any real effort to try get one faster.

SlitDrip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118077146#Comment_118077146

Well then you dont want a smart meter as its more expensive on the off peak.

get a day/night meter .

mobyduck

Yup I’ll go for day/night in the short term.

2011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118087180#Comment_118087180

You should stick with the day/night meter for as long as it is the cheapest if reducing your costs is your aim.

mobyduck

Want to charge EV on cheaper off peak rates.

mobyduck

Longer term, looking at solar/battery/feedin but right now just want to charge my EV cheaply so I have ordered the day/night meter, to be installed week after next.

mobyduck

Thanks for input. Had day/night meter installed early last week and already seeing that with charging the EV at night and other early morning activity in the house, 60% of our kWhrs are on the night rate so should see an appreciable drop in our next bill. Cheers.

seligehgit

I contacted esbnetworks re speeding up the installation of a smart meter but based on this thread a day night meter is a superior option?

Bonkers state this meter is a good option if 25% of your electricity consumption is off peak.Would a full charge on my EV every couple of nights for 3-4 hours from midnight make the changeover worthwhile?

mobyduck

I’m the OP above. With night time charging of EV putting on approx 100kW a week as well as other typical 11pm-8am usage, turns out that our night time usage is 50% of our overall. Day/night is no brainer here. No harm getting one for the months/year before smart meter comes, if you have an EV. Smart meter will unlock some features/options but day/night seems to provide best discount for now in this scenario.

Hellrazer

What about day/night tariffs if you have a smart meter - is that the same as having a day/night meter.

My smart meter is being installed on Saturday but reading some of these threads is making me kind of think I should just leave things as they are until Im forced to change.

TCP/IP

I was offered a smart meter looked at the various plans and they are more expensive than standard/day-night rates.

told them no thanks.