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The AI is doing what any sensible person would do if asked, formally, to answer the question. Remember - absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, so not finding any evidence of prosecutions doesn't mean there haven't been any, so saying there have never been cannot be the answer. The...

Quite so. If he persists in 'helping us', I may run out of my supply of 'pinches of salt' :-). However ... Hmmm. Your friend seems to think differently from us, since "...appear rare or not widely documented..." seems to imply that he thinks that there have been at least some prosecutions...

I realise that, which is why I 'wonder' - if it were easy to find a definitive answer, I would simply have souight and found it, not just 'wondered'. However, as presumably is obvious, the fact that I voiced my 'wondering' here implies that I personally very much doubt that it has ever happened...

Some charge, some do it free, some charge for the actual isolator, some provide free. If you provide a suitable isolator, and they are changing meters anyway, they will do it for free whilst there. Long ago, when they fitted my smarts, I mounted my own isolator, on the board and ready to...

Jeezus! How did you go on before you had 18 hours a day to count Kw/hours? You must have been distraught. Does Av share your passion? :mrgreen:

Yes, because the two meters agree 100%, my thinking was there is a conspiracy to defraud the unsuspecting British public... I would not put anything past them. Otherwise it may mean we are really spending all this electricity. For what its worth we are spending about 70% of our traditional...

...I couldn't come near the price, so I renewed at £22.99 - the same price as offered to new customers. Energy - Gas and electric. I had smart meters fitted years ago, so I could take advantage of the many special tariffs available, if you simply have smart meters installed, but I've taken it a...

I would question the need to check the meter at all, and the whole exercise has proven a waste of time, risk, and effort anyway - because both meters agreed. There again, what would the op do if they disagreed? Which of the two would be the one to blame for the error? The only way is to add two...

I also have a huge isolator right after the smart meter, but I fitted my own meter between the two, so had to pull out the main fuse. From the isolator we have a 35mm (I think) armoured cable going down into the ground, so not easy to fit the additional meter there.

I fitted an isolator, at the same time as I had the Smart Meters put in. I fixed the isolator in place, prior to the installer's arrival, then just a matter of diverting the tails, through the isolator. In came in latter, when I swapped out the consumer unit, for a new, much larger one, with new...

I fitted an isolator before the smart meter was fitted, but the fuse was not sealed anyway, so meter readers it seems did nothing, seal was fitted same time as smart meter fitted. I have in essence three electric meters. 1) The Smart Meter, 2) The solar panels inverters CT coil, 3) A meter...

Jonathan Tracey has now released his video for all to view. Hats off to him, he has raised some very good points. Plug and play can't require any CT coils fitted, or anything which requires specialist electric knowledge, it will mean we need a smart meter, and we will need a tariff which will...

Strangely enough, or maybe not, I had a 9.0kW Mira Sport for ~ 18 years, now replaced with a 9kW Triton T80Z, due to ongoing external waterworks the mains pressure was frequently quite low or non existant for hours each day so I installed a lever valve (with a DCV at the mains), to use the...

I would love to work out, what causes the base load? I must get my clamp-on out. Clamp-on shows around 1.9 amps, on the leads into the consumer unit, this does not include freezers and central heating. And 19 amps on leads into the smart meter, it does not show direction, so assume export. I...

Seems I am not being plain in describing system without grid tie. The load for example freezers plugs into the battery pack not a grid supplied socket. The solar, if any, can also plug into the battery pack, there is no way it can back feed. What I am saying is a freezer which has an energy...

This is what started the discussion on small solar panels. The point to remember in Germany where this is popular, they have a much larger rented sector to us, and so being able to move solar panels home to home is far more important. In the main they have 16 amp sockets on radials, so the...

I would agree, I would temporarily fit with a plug and run through a monitor, or turn everything else off, and use the smart meter.

Main fuse belongs to the DNO I believe. Smart meter will know its lost power and may have ratted on you but I doubt anyone will do anything. However if you do get a visit they will check for tampering and reseal. If your consumption should miraculously nose dive you may also get a visit.

Absolutely no need, they will already know you have broken the seal, and pulled the fuse. Smart Meters instantly report back, any interference with them, or their supply. What a silly thing to do!

...terminal cover. (removing the terminal cover also reports back a remote alarm, and often places an alarm flag on the meters LCD). Many smart meters only have a short life compared to regular meters. I read the terms and conditions for smart meters provided by my electricity supplier and it...