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| Thread ID: 71905 | 2006-08-21 08:14:00 | burgler alarm question | robsonde (120) | PC World Chat |
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| 479847 | 2006-08-21 10:16:00 | Meter reading companies will not read a meter 'at a time convenient to both parties'... in fact the one I deal with will not even confirm what day the meter reader will come. Most power companies will let you read your own meter and provide a reading either by phone or e-mail (which is quick and easy), but do require access to the meter once every 12 months. I looked at getting a 'remote' meter... ie an extension 'box' run along the side of the house and outside a gate, maybe 20 feet and the power co said about $500 to do it. I have now given them a key to the gate after all their carrying on and they have only managed to actually read the meter (as opposed to estimated readings) once in 6 months. Seems it's not a problem for them to be slack, but it's different if the client doesn't do what they require :( |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 479848 | 2006-08-21 12:07:00 | You can get remote meter reading. I have an internal powerboard and an infared (I think) port attached to the wall just outside my front door and the guy just comes and points his remote reader at it and the data is downloaded. It doesn't look quite like this (www.mercury.co.nz) but the principle is the same. |
Mackin_NZ (6958) | ||
| 479849 | 2006-08-21 20:59:00 | I like GF's point,you will give them a key,but not the code,beats me for logic. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 479850 | 2006-08-21 21:24:00 | You can get remote meter reading. I have an internal powerboard and an infared (I think) port attached to the wall just outside my front door and the guy just comes and points his remote reader at it and the data is downloaded. It doesn't look quite like this (www.mercury.co.nz) but the principle is the same. The remote reader option in the Auckland area is a cable connected system back to the meter, requiring (usually) a change of meter and extra wiring to be run to the remote. On a rented house the landlord will have to approve that. There are other options being trialled such as wireless, but at present these still require a 12-monthly visit to read the actual meter inside, if the law is correctly applied. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 479851 | 2006-08-21 22:52:00 | I have now given them a key to the gate after all their carrying on A key to the gate?! You live in Fort Knox or something? :eek: :waughh: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 479852 | 2006-08-22 01:00:00 | A key to the gate?! You live in Fort Knox or something? :eek: :waughh: Well, I do live in Auckland foxy! Yes, a bit like Fort Knox.. but also stops those pesky Mormons knocking on the door :) Actually I had a very big dog that 'roamed free' on the section. Despite a large 'beware of the dog' sign and locked gate, the meter reader once decided to CLIMB OVER the gate, thereby bailed up by my doggie until he could be rescued (which is what the dog was supposed to do to strangers). As the power co would not agree to arrange a time or even date for a meter reader so that I could be at home, I refused to let them read the meter... endless aggravation ensued :mad: |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 479853 | 2006-08-22 02:28:00 | Boy, some of you guys live exciting lives. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 479854 | 2006-08-22 03:06:00 | Boy, some of you guys live exciting lives. Nah... we just don't have a real life to talk about :D |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
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