Electric meters

[foxhole]

No. They are fitted on the orders of the government so that you can be charged more at various times.

No. They are fitted on the orders of the government so that you can be charged more at various times.

 

[JohnW2]

Meters are only replace if faulty, meters have date of manufacture on them,...

... they do, and sometimes also a 'certification expiry'/'re-calibration' date. In theory, meters should be regularly replaced (for re-calibration, if not scrapping), even if not faulty.

seen meters dated from the 1960’s still in place. ...

Same here, in the case of the old electro-mechanical ('spinning disk') ones. However, as I often report, I have had ('dumb') electronic meters replaced three times in the past 15 years or so, purely as 'routine replacements' (i.e. no suggestion of any faults).

Kind Regards, John