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| Thread ID: 137635 | 2014-07-31 23:40:00 | Smart Meters | Pato (2463) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1380522 | 2014-08-01 10:43:00 | Genesis have by the hour usage stats for customers on their website Um, I am with Genesis and don't have that option. My meter must not be very smart. :rolleyes: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1380523 | 2014-08-01 10:59:00 | So called "smart meters" in NZ are only smart in comparison to power co directors (and trees). ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1380524 | 2014-08-01 19:12:00 | Does it matter? We all know what items use the most power - electric heaters, dryers etc. If the power bill is too high you stop using them. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1380525 | 2014-08-01 21:31:00 | We use it to prove to the kids its them not us using it all | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1380526 | 2014-08-01 22:42:00 | I'm with Energy Online and since having the new meter installed my monthly bill has risen by 25%, so I'm a bit suspect how accurate these things are. | Greg (193) | ||
| 1380527 | 2014-08-01 23:51:00 | I'm with Energy Online and since having the new meter installed my monthly bill has risen by 25%, so I'm a bit suspect how accurate these things are. Not only that, the weather has got colder too! ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1380528 | 2014-08-01 23:57:00 | I'm with Energy Online and since having the new meter installed my monthly bill has risen by 25%, so I'm a bit suspect how accurate these things are.That is interesting. The power company will probably say that your old meter was not reading accurately?. You have had high temperatures in Napier so they can't blame the weather. |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 1380529 | 2014-08-02 00:35:00 | How much has the price of electricity gone up? A month is a long time between power price rises. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1380530 | 2014-08-06 04:01:00 | Time was when you could slow your meter down with a judiciously and inconspicuously placed ferrite or neodymium magnet, using the same principles as the meter system uses to record your usage, but alas these modern electronic meters are much harder to fudge. However, they still use the same basic current-load interface principles, so it probably won't be long before somebody has a flash of inspiration and cracks it. Cheers Billy 8-{) :xmouth: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1380531 | 2014-08-06 04:34:00 | Can't wait to start getting all that free electricity once somebody figures out an easy way to flash the firmware on it so it reports negligible amounts of power consumption every month :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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