Great item. Worked out that the oven, fridge, freezer and tv were using all the electric so turned them all off.
Not sure where the wife has gone though, haven't seen her for weeks. Perhaps she is taking all the Pizza Hut boxes to the tip.

Smart meters are great for big consumers of electricity, but you're never going to be able to spot a 9W power supply being turned on - unless you live in a house without computers and other devices that randomly consume electricity. These units are way better at identifying inefficient devices rather than whole house issues.

The government would be better of sending one of these to every household and ditch the smart meter rollout, which is more about making more money for the companies than anything green.

Does anyone know if this particular meter requires batteries? I got one of these from Lidl or Aldi, but the need to keep replacing the button cell batteries made it pretty much useless for saving money.

mike

I have identified the "worst energy offenders" using my smart meter. it displays live data so simply by switching an appliance on, you're able to see it's consumption. hope that helps someone

I found out my "Worst energy offender"
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I have identified the "worst energy offenders" using my smart meter. it displays live data so simply by switching an appliance on, you're able to see it's consumption. hope that helps someone

Amazing! this has been the only item sitting in my basket for last couple of days while i shopped around for other things, and now its £3 cheaper

Plugs into mains and still requires batteries? very odd.

Smart Meters won't be truly smart until they can tell you in real time how much electricity is being consumed at each outlet and allow you to control that remotely. That might require rewiring or hopefully just changing the socket plate but it has to be the way forward for a true smart home.

The Aldi meter I have runs without the batteries installed, worth a check.

Funnily enough I was looking at this last night after a large energy bill and wanted to "educate" the wife on the cost of running the tumble dryer. :wink:

Did not buy it last night as was nearly double the price, but bought earlier this morning.

Thanks.

smart meters. less labour needed. people cant fool them either. some people excadurate readings in winter to keep the bill down etc

CPC have this for £9.36 and have free delivery - I was going to get one but you can get one that transmits data to a android device to give you a daily chart, which seemed better and worth waiting for (can not remember make/ where or price but I think in the £30 range)

I have solar panels and I was advised to avoid smart meters as I fool my meter with a little home made device which reduces power to the water heater so I can still heat the water without using electricity when the sun is not shining much