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 Smart Meters - VxFan
We have a key top up meter. SSE said that they could change it so that we can top up online, through an App, via a phone call, etc. It would also be a smart meter too. We went along with it for convenience sake, to save having to take the key to the nearest PayPoint outlet to top it up.

So, the SSE engineer came out, disconnected the existing meter, unscrewed it, then went and fitted and wired up the smart top up meter in its place. Took him approx. an hour. Then another half hour of head scratching trying to set the thing up, finally realising it couldn't get a mobile phone signal. Not helped by it being inside a brick cupboard, and the only two phone networks that deliver a signal to our village are O2 and Vodafone, which they don't appear to use.

So, he had to uninstall it all and put back in the original meter again.

Now, despite the SSE now knowing their new meters won't work in our village, they still send endless letters and also the occasional phone call trying to get us to upgrade to one of their new top up smart meters. If it wasn't for the inconvenience, I would let them try and try again until they get the message that they are onto a loser.
Last edited by: VxFan on Sat 1 Dec 18 at 03:00
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