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@@1stuwarden Hi there If PAYGo then use buttons A and B You need a code Use button 7 for emergency credit. You MUST take readings Use button 6 and keep records.

@@kachee01 Hi there. If it's prepayment meter top up gas by card and electricity by key. If it is a smart meter you don't insert a card to my knowledge. There is a code from the card you type in using A and B buttons.

Your welcome. Thanks for your comments. Glad it is of benefit to you.

Good Q My Take is No Meter will auto update the kWhout rate as you say. It will just burn whatever money is there at the current rate.

@@xacteducation8036 could this be bypassed if say the wan* wifi sim card was taken out?

@@michaeloregan9394 yes that is another way that works. Good to hear about different ways of doing it. Our Wickes plastic tongue and groove failed recently. Took it down. Will finish off later. What is important is the insulation.

@@margaretsekinobe2428 Most suppliers are money grabbing ba£&ards and never to be trusted. Keep your own records even if you have a Smartmeter that is remote read. Best of a bad bunch is probably Octopus

They for are keying in Emergency or PayAsYouGo codes

What button you press for actual meter reading you give to the energy company?

@@bilaalE89 press Button 6 Reading after R01 and R02 if you have dual day and night tariff. You do not need number after decimal point

You are amazing thank you​@@xacteducation8036

Yes pistons have been momentary action so what ever event opening the valve has to be reset like the counter or store CPU component via the Ladder diagram code

I will check the code tomorrow Counters or stores are set when the beam is broken. They need to be reset when the piston valve is activated

@@xacteducation8036 thanks man

If you press 6 once display should say TARIFF then ACT RATE then IMP R01 what do you get on your display?

Yes its bullying tactics.

Hi 35v into 10 ohms will give 3.5A steady state Quite high. May be problematic. 1.75mH won't give much back EMF spike The one in my video is 5H and gives a few hundred volts >300V

Try different coils. Experimenting will get there!

www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-in-home-display-voluntary-replacement-principles/smart-meter-in-home-display-voluntary-replacement-principles

You need to ask your supplier for replacement.

You can buy but check meter type for compatibility Smets1 or Smets2 type smart meter.

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Hi my supplier doesn’t stock these anymore can’t seem to find it anywhere

If you have power from the Grid the smartmeter should have some sort of life. Not necessarily connected remotely. Does the screen register any graphics?

Assuming your meter is connected to the WAN (is the WAN led flashing or not?) DCC network then some suppliers have Apps where you can top up online without need to key into the meter itself. Otherwise you need the 20 digit UTRN (Unique Transaction Reference Number), also known as the “VEND” code on your payment receipts to key in.

WAN Led red light stay still. not flashing

@@arunmvjr.7035 If not flashing it is not connected to WAN Hence not smart. You need to take and log readings.

@@xacteducation8036 Thank you very much for the information.

@@arunmvjr.7035 Your welcome! You MUST record your readings. Do not trust any supplier even if the meter is connect to the WAN Record once a week initially to make sure your readings match what you actually use. Once your happy take readings maybe once per month.

You should be able to access Emergency credit via button A Should say 'EC offer' press A again and then B to accept offer

+ sign before R01 R02 ... Look at my latest March2024 video Night rate normally starts 12.30 until 0730 on GMT Next week when we change to BST it will shift to 0130 to 0830

@@xacteducation8036 Thank you for the information. These Secure Liberty 100 meters are terrible. I've just done a readings check only to discover the Imp R1 rate (Always Night Economy 7 for me) is now active in the day and vice versa? Got to contact the EDF (nightmare) to sort it out. Anyway, thanks again.

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Hi there Use button6 rather than 9 to get individual time of use tariff readings. It should come up with Tariff first then R01, R02 ... These are the import register readings as in what your property uses per kWh Ignore any decimal points. Just give whole numbers. button 9 is cumulative. If you add R01+R02 then button9 gives the sum.

Most suppliers are useless at advice because they are just interested in the admin & the money they can extract from you. Do not trust them. Take your own regular readings and record on an Excel spreadsheet.

If there is no +with the R01 R02 it may mean you are just on one Tarriff ? Or it is not communicating remotely across the DCC private mobile network. Can you see the WAN LED flashing? See my latest March24 update video for using button6 Does your meter display the same? Is it a Secure brand?

​@@xacteducation8036 hi, thank you for the fast reply, it's a Secure meter, wan light is flashing. Thanks for explaining. Also the monthly sums come up and that is my electric (gas is on a separate meter) so the supplier should get these sums too, don't they. But I have to do photos to prove them what I actually used. They want £399 for one month. I use only £150 for both gas and electric, these includes standing charge. Thanks.

the problem with this readings is that when reading on 6 it shows 02073 kWh and when on 9 button it shows 08441 kWh... Supplier is confused too .

Has to be TW through the roof as you know, as even TW will get hot/warm. As long as it is rust proof(stainless steel etc) then will be ok outside- check with manufacturer/supplier. Dont see why not galvanised at stove. Has to couple into the stove outlet. Challenge i had was just understanding the coupling into the stove and different suppliers had different names for the same F2F coupling.

If its a Secure brand smart meter press B If other brands try buttons A and B

@xacteducation8036 Thank you ever so much mate. I've just changed to payg, so hopefully everything goes smoothly. Are those your videos? They are so helpful. The electric/gas company just leave you to your own devices and I have zero clue 😆

@@MCCHRISSYG If you have top up card It will have 20 digit UTRN code Press button A screen should say VEND code enter 20 digits then press B

@@MCCHRISSYG Yes suppliers are pants. Little or no support They just want your money. Rip off Britain 😞

@xacteducation8036 I wasn't even told about codes either. I suppose that's like someone topping a phone up.

Hi normally R02 reading is night. Press button 6 and note readings. Do same next day and see if they change. Depends what you use at night but if sleeping should only be one or two units a per night. At the moment night rate will finish at 0730

Thank you Glad it's helpful

@@xacteducation8036 are you on discord server

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How do you know the meter reading to give supplier

If your smart meter displays 'KEY LOCKED' it means you've typed in the wrong code and your smart meter will be locked for some minutes. See if you can access Emergency credit using button 7 If you need to use emergency credit, press ‘7’ on your smart meter keypad. If it’s available, the screen will display ‘EC OFFER’. You’ll then be asked to accept or ignore the offer of emergency credit. Press ‘A’ to accept then press ‘B’ to confirm. Wait 20 seconds until you see the default screen and then press ‘7’ on your keypad. Your smart meter will display ‘IN USE’.

@@xacteducation8036 my meter doesn't display anything no light completely gone off , the last thing it said in green light before switching itself off was locked

It also happened yesterday didn't light up green again until earlier this morning then I pressed wrong buttons again a few times then it displayed locked again should I leave it again until tomorrow morning and it might come back on again tomorrow??? Karl thanks for answering my messages

@@karlcain2521 mmm sounds bit strange. Yes let it time out hopefully come back on and try button 7 first Or at least one button at a time

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Hi Malik Press button 4 and display will cycle through month by month previous units & then costs. If press today will be December, November, October ... If your WAN led flashes then is off for approx 3 seconds and flashes again it means your meter is communicating with your supplier over the DCC mobile network i.e. data exchange 4/5 flashes means good signal; one flash mean poor signal

Press 6 the display should say TARIFF then ACT RATE then IMP R01(means Import Register) then look for +R01+ on the display and take a digit reading. You dont need the digits after the decimal point. The + symbol next to R01 or R02 on the display tells you that the rate is currently active. If for example you have a different day & night rate from your supplier you need to record both the R01 & R)2 readings. Even if the supplier can remote read your meter do not trust them! Take you own manual readings say once per month. If the red WAN light is flashing that indicates the supplier is capable of remote reading your meter via the DCC mobile SMS network. Similar to mobile phone network but only accessible by electricity suppliers.

Thanks for your kind words. Glad it is helpful.

Hi Happy to help if i can. What is your question(s)?

@@xacteducation8036 thanks for the reply. Would you be able to roughly explain how you would separate the widest circles. To go pushed by the piston into their own separate bin.

@@rizzle9229 Hi The infra red beams that detect boxes passing are set at different heights. So its height rather than width detection. The first beam is set higher to detect tall boxes but not small box height(they go under the beam not through it). The second beam will detect both tall & small height boxes. The first piston pushes tall the second piston pushes small boxes into bins

@@xacteducation8036 hi I got it figured out and you can use the beams to sort width by using timers. I timed that it takes 7 tenths of a second for the widest circles to get through the beam. I then stored that information and set another timer to time the piston to whatever bin I wanted it to go into.

@@rizzle9229 Well done with the timing

Thank you! Assuming your meter is connected to WAN (DCC mobile SMS) so it can be updated & read from remotely Yes monthly costs include VAT Also pressing button 6 will display the current time of use tariff rates R01 & R02 which include VAT

Hi Thanks for your comment. Have an office inside the house now so not used much these days. Still works great though. Was thinking modifying into a sauna. That will be retirement project. Few mistakes in the video but still proud of it being the first one i published.

Assuming it's the meter and not in home display could few reasons. If PAYG then credit issue. Could be lost mobile network connection. Could be internal fault. What does display say?

@@xacteducation8036 the display doesn’t say anything but the wan light is flashing - thanks for responding

​@@cellerdisco if WAN light is flashing that indicates it is connected to the DCC mobile SMS network. They have internal battery to save data if mains power fails. It may be a battery fault. Best to get in touch with your supplier.

Thanks for your Q It is the actual cost second by second. For example just background stuff on might burn 50W then cost over an hour will be 50Whour the cost now will likely be about 2p If 3kW immersion on for an hour then 3kWhour=3units So cost now will read about 95p