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smart meter installation

long-term67

got my letter from esb last week about the upgrade, but i had my meter upgraded around 2010 because there was an issue with the old one, but the cables were a little short for the new meter so they are extended will this be an issue for esb with the install?

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Scag Mattress

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318476#Comment_118318476

Yes you can get day/night rate but still cheaper rates on the normal D/N meter.

that is fact

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318648#Comment_118318648

I can relate, grumpiness was one thing but then entering my house uninvited when I was in the garden was a step to far and was dealt with by way of a Bolloxing (I'm a dub living in rural Ireland 20 years, my best Dublin slang and expletives were dispatched with Gusto), oddly enough the Meter reader's demeanour changed positively for the last year he called 😁

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318512#Comment_118318512

god forbid if I won’t get to see a random guy walk into my drive way once a month 😂

listermint

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318512#Comment_118318512

Hes an unadulterated grump. I've tried talking to him many occasions. You know there's actually people out there who simply are grumpy. And they're happy in their grumpiness. He's one.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318452#Comment_118318452

I must have had the same personality devoid meter reader 😁

maestroamado

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318452#Comment_118318452

You have lost contact with another human being... it seems you don't like the species... perception and reality... the guy who reads my meter is a great guy... part time farmer and plays in band in pubs at weekend... good band as these bands go...

what does your guy do in real life...

long-term67

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318334#Comment_118318334

neither was and i didn't take any offence or mean any offence with my response but since we have got a new meter reader 3 yrs ago we have had numerous problems with getting correct/accurate meter reading and as im getting pv panels in a few months im really interested in getting all the necessary upgrades done before they go in, and as others have said you not under any obligation to change tarrifs when you get the new meter

seamus

The smart meter can do any kind of tariff including day & night.

listermint

I don't know of anything I've lost with the install of the smart meter. Just I suppose the lack of the oul lad appearing randomly and regularly in my driveway with a grunt of a hello whilst he walked past me out the back garden.

He was a regular unsmart meter.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318415#Comment_118318415

I was not aware you needed a smart meter to export surplus. I can't be sure if there's a specific day night facility/ tariff as such but there are night time lower rates etc. Not sure what supplier your with but EI list their 3 smart tariffs.

I suppose your situation a little more complex re exporting surplus energy and may need direct advice from supplier.

Would love to have the Solar myself albeit given I use so little it's hard for me to justify the expense but fair play to you, particularly if you can export and earn from it 😏

[Deleted User]

I'm editing this comment because the saleswoman gave me wrong info...you can use a day and night meter to export to the grid ..you don't have to get a smart meter......I'm in the process of getting solar PV soon and if I want to export surplus electricity to the grid they are saying I'll have to install a smart meter..I have just got installed a day and night meter and will be getting around 9c a kw and don't want to lose that..on the smart meter is there a day and night facility on it or is it all the one tariff?

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118318334#Comment_118318334

Tariffs are not in anyway affected by the installation of a smart meter, Customers are under no obligation to change to smart tariffs. This said some might suit users who use a lot of electricity, I'm a low user and without exception all smart tariffs offered by EI are extraordinarily expensive if a low usage customer.

Re OP question, installers should be able to install and work with what's there, it's really just replacing what you have.

There's various conspiracy theory threads dealing with privacy concerns, personally I don't get any of them. If a consumer is concerned that a utility supplier is facilitating more accurate meter reading and billing or facilitating (in time) smart features so be it, but that's something I can't explain or answer.

[Deleted User]

I wasn't being funny...just wondering if your tariff is going to go up the minute you get a smart meter...I think the day and night meter is cheaper rates ?? It does look nice but also wonder about privacy issues

long-term67

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118316381#Comment_118316381

because i want to get rid of the meter reader

[Deleted User]

Why did you decide to get a smart meter ?