Re: Smart meters

["Michael Hims" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A while back I remember seeing someone who used a camera and ocr
software t=
o get the live data reading....probably alittle overkill! Might just be
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ier to get another meter installed in series =E2=80=93 I saw one up for
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e for 40 quid on ebay....I imagine fitting it would be the same.

HTH,

From: Brian Smith=20
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 9:08 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Smart meters

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Hi Michael

There's an LED on the lecky meter but not the gas. Looks like I might have
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been hoping for something that isn't available.=20

Cheers

Brian

On 12 Dec 2011, at 18:10, "Michael Hims" <mailto:michael%40mhims.co.uk>
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> Hi Brian,
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> Is there not a LED indicator that flashes at a rate dependant on the
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> Current cost have a couple of meter sensors that are used for this
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> Cheers,
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> From: Brian Smith=20
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:17 PM
> To: Ukha=20
> Subject: [ukha_d] Smart meters
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> Afternoon all
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> Does anyone know if it is possible for the consumer to electronically
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d the energy providers 'smart meters'. I have had min installed via First
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tility and whilst it's great that i can monitor usage via a web interface,
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the granularity is poor. The electricity is read every 30 mins and the gas
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daily but there seems to be a lag of 2 to 3 days before the data is
availab=
le. So I just wandered if there was anything I could lash up to get up to
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ate numbers. Anyone been and done it?
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> Thanks
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> Brian
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