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Smart Meter Rollout

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  • #52
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,492 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    alex_r wrote: »
    Yeah, they have an option of having multiple tariff plans(up to 8).

    For the initial rollout of variable tariffs, the regulator has decided that there will be three rates: Day (08:00-23:00 excl peak), Night (23:00-08:00) and Peak (17:00-19:00).

    The new tariffs will encourge people to set the immersion timer to heat the water before 8 a.m., not use the dishwasher or washing machine between 5 and 7 p.m. and avoid giving the immersion or storage heaters a boost between 5 and 7 p.m. The aim clearly is to flatten the demand curve which will result in more efficient power generation.

    Anything you can defer like charging a car, you will do between 23:00 and 08:00. Which will be a new night rate for all consumers.


  • #53
    alex_r
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭alex_r


    MAULBROOK wrote: »
    because i charge my solar 7kw battery at night to use during the day during the winter.
    Hey, just wondering how much did you pay for your solar system?
    When I am checking prices around I see 10kW system costs around 15K. It's a cool system but hard to imagine when it's going to pay back the investment. I'd love to have one tho


  • #54
    stickman1019
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭stickman1019


    Was talking to a guy reckoned the reason behind the Smart Meter rollout was because there it going to be changes to the Tariff's from Supply companys with the new tarrifs including as below

    Day Rate
    Night Rate
    Export Rate
    Peak Rate

    Anyone else hear anything similiar?


  • #55
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,492 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    stickman1019 wrote: »
    Was talking to a guy reckoned the reason behind the Smart Meter rollout was because there it going to be changes to the Tariff's from Supply companys with the new tarrifs including as below

    Day Rate
    Night Rate
    Export Rate
    Peak Rate

    Anyone else hear anything similiar?

    See post #52.


  • #56
    stickman1019
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭stickman1019


    coylemj wrote: »
    See post #52.

    Cheers for that; just playing devils advocate here.


    What if you opt out to avoid this peak charge?

    Any consequences?


  • #57
    blueser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,725 ✭✭✭✭blueser


    Just wondering if there's a publicly accessible schedule for the rollout of smart meters. I'm aware of the timescale to have all domestic properties switched over (2 years' time). But I wonder if there's a county by county schedule. A bloke I work with lives in a rural part of Co Sligo, and he got his installed a few weeks back. I live in a rural part of Mayo (on the Roscommon border), and I've heard no word yet.



  • #58
    iioklo
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭iioklo


    A Smart Meter installer at a house I was working at was fitting a Sagemcom Siconia XS211 Smart Meter, he said that's what they are fitting now because the Kamstrump meters are not waterproof.

    [url]https://www.vz.lt/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/VZ/20211015/MARKETING/211019648/AR/0/AR-211019648.jpg&exactW=750&AlignV=top&imageversion=Horizontalus&lastupdate=1359[/url]



  • #59
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 266 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    They're talking out of their ...

    There are simply multiple suppliers involved as it's a huge rollout and they're not going to be stuck with a single supplier for something like that.

    Siemens and Kamstrump just happened to do a lot more PR.

    They're both rated IP 54 and can handle 95% relative humidity.

    No ESB meter has ever been water proof. They're designed to be installed either indoors or in a cabinet and might be able to just about handle being accidentally splashed if the door were left open in the rain.

    IP54 =

    5: Protected against dust limited ingress, no harmful deposits.

    4: Protected against water splashed from all directions, limited ingress permitted.

    Post edited by [Deleted User] on


  • #60
    thebourke
    Registered Users Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭thebourke


    I got the smart meter installed last week.

    is there an app you can download that shows the usage?



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  • #61
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,494 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057993488/smart-meter-rollout

    Energia have a "Smart Meter Survey" for customers...

    image.png

    I think it's the old bait and switch trick where they are hoping that you type in "nothing" and then the next question is "Do you have a smart meter?" and then they pounce on you and install one on the poxyist price plan.



  • #62
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,602 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    From looking at my own load profile it is clear to me that moving to a “smart tariff” would cost me a lot more than the flat rate.



  • #63
    fbradyirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭fbradyirl


    Yes. Just register at esbnetworks.ie and you will see all your usage reports (even if you are with another supplier like me).



  • #64
    MickH503
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭MickH503



    Would anybody have an Excel file that would do a nice analysis of the downloaded HDF files? 😊 And be kind enough to share?



  • #65
    hawthorne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭hawthorne


    There is an article in the Indo today about a problem the ESB came across multiple times- the size of the meter. It seems to be too big for a number of places:

    Over 42,000 forced to renovate homes to get an energy saving smart meter installed | Independent.ie


    I have no smart meter yet. Can anybody measure his/her smart meter and post the dimensions (H-W-D) here? Many thanks!



  • #66
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,156 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Meter itself is :

    H 8.5 inch

    W 5.5 inch

    D 2.75 inch



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  • #67
    hawthorne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭hawthorne


    Many thanks! If I get a model with the same size, I should have no problems.



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