My understanding is, currently, if an energy provider want's to cut you off they have to obtain a Court Order for access to your home as, otherwise, they'd be trespassing if you denied them access. A smart meter can disconnect you remotely literally by a click of a computer mouse at head office. Who benefits here I wonder.......??
I have a friend who works as a collector for a large electric company and he told me these meters are hazardous to your health, that’s not all they are easy to hack into by hackers and they can get your personal information. They control your usage as well. Some of the side effects being near these meters are headaches, heart palpitations, dizziness, and shortness of breath. I opt out from having one installed on my home. Because of that I have to pay an extra $16 a month and I am ok with that. Even you you have one you can still opt out.
I had clicked on and off a few videos before I found this. This provided all the information I was looking for. I was sceptical and now I know why. I was right about the jab as with this. Thank you.
@@rosemullen1856 I have a whole stash of the old incandescent bulbs of various wattages. I've never had LED bulbs anywhere near me at home or wherever else I've been staying. Even ALL vehicle bulbs are now LED (and they don't even NEED to be because cars generate their own power!). And all fluorescent tubes (which were bad enough anyway) are now LED also.
Yeah except there is one big flaw in that. The standing charge has shot up over double so even if you use no energy you'll still be paying more money than previously.
A lot of people do not see, all it is for, is billing. So they can bill you in real-time, that's it. Nothing else, and there's nothing smart about them...
The word “MANDATORY” does not mean it’s law, only if one complies. even after they make smart meters mandatory, it doesn’t mean it laws by law. People should research legal terms.
My energy supplier was made aware that if they ever try forcing me to have a smart meter installed that I will take them to court and provide evidence from over 2,000 scientists to destroy anything their few pet scientists have to say on the subject. They understand I am not joking, so stopped offering me one. Other than those bought by the energy industry, most other scientists are appalled at them being installed in people's homes.
AnonAnon demonstrates that HE does not understand legal terms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You - the customer DO NOT OWN the meter that counts your electricity use - the energy supplier owns it and has the authority to "upgrade" their equipment as they deem necessary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not defend smart meters here - I merely point out that the energy supplier HAS THE AW ON THEIR SIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@billyandrew The LITTLE DETAIL that Billy is IGNORING................... IS THE COST OF HIS DEFIANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have had smart meters here in Canada for at least a decade - and the things were installed for TWO REASONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First - smart meters broadcast their monthly information regarding power usage - making it MUCH FASTER AND CHEAPER for power supplier to pick up billing information - no need for an employee to physically get onto your property to visually read the old style meters ............................ BUT THE REAL KEY is that smart meters can track TOU - meaning TIME OF USE and power corps LIKE THE IDEA of being able to charge you MORE for using power at certain times of the day!!! WHAT THIS MEANS for those who refuse smart meters is YOU WILL PAY FULL PRICE FOR POWER REGARDLESS OF TOU - you will pay highest price even for power used during the cheapest times after midnight - when others with smart meters are paying ONE THIRD your rate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They also said stupid masks were mandatory @@abellseaman4114 I never wore one, neither did millions of others , or was tested, or got a cold, now we find it was all a lie. So glad I do some research beyond the BBC. " take a jab for your Granny " , when the vx hadn't even been tested for transmission. I bet you did your duty didn't you, I'm sorry if you did.
@@suzycat2026 OH GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 There are so very many people who are completely IRRATIONAL on the subject of wearing masks and obeying social distancing rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just so you get the proper flavour of the thing - firstly I AM NOT VACCINATED........... no, not even a first single jab...................... HOWEVER I DO EMBRACE MASK WEARING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING as being quick and easy ways of ensuring my health is not much at risk!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I do believe in the value of hand washing after being out in public.......... in addition when entering a bank or other such building - I make use of the wheel chair access - just bump the button with an elbow and the door opens with very little need to touch ANYTHING that might be contaminated!!!!!!!!!! As for those who dont think mask wearing is a valid defense against disease spread.... why dont people who are so skeptical try to explain why SURGEONS IN OPERATING ROOMS HAVE BEEN WEARING MASKS FOR MANY DECADES in order to protect their patients!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, frightening the use they can make of smart meters. My direct debit for gas increased from £95 a month to 334. A month. I have disputed that I am using more gas since since my husband died i am using much less heating. I have had a tremendous trouble to persuade them that the smart meter reader is faulty. I would get rid of it , but once it is installed no company will allow you yo get rid of it.
You can have your own additional gas meter installed (like in a bedsit) which you can then use as evidence. It would be your property and any GasSafe registered installer would be legally allowed to install it (CORGI doesn't count anymore). I don't know what this would cost, but enquire and evaluate.
I've already had this conversation with EDF. They constantly peck away, warning us that the analog meter will be switched off at some upcoming date, I can't remember when that is supposed to be. I'm not having a smart meter, they can shove it where the sun doesn't shine. If it comes to it, I will make my own arrangements for power supply and they can fork off.
Un less they take that big amp fuse out of your box by the meter they cannot switch you off. As that is the mains connection to your home. Then the tails to your meter. Must be removed. This is the only way they can cut you off. That means comming on to and or into your home. Depending where your meter is located . Deny them implied right of access. As then they would be trespassing. Civel matter not police or law matter. Hope this helps.
Yes I'm with these tyrants too. Write to to the CEO Simone Rossi and put them in knowledge of the fact that they already get paid from the trust fund created when your birth was registered. You are (Why you are) already debt free (title of another You Tube video by Sovereign Empowerment. So you will no longer pay their double charge bills from your own pocket. They are a for profit corporation; which operates under corporate laws. These do not give it any legal powers to tell you what to do or when to do it. Or to pay them a sum of money they say you have a liability to pay. Make them aware that there is no contract of agreement or acceptance; signed in wet ink by two living, breathing men / women. They will come back with tyrants bluster but, they could or would not adduce conclusive evidence of a contract outside or inside a court room. Where the legal maxim: He who asserts must prove' would apply. They are only a collecting company not the supplier, so are acting fraudulently. Fraud on the people - when fraud comes in it kills everything; i.e. liability to pay council tax. Their charge to you, the living, breathing man or woman is an additional double charge, to that against your 'Strawman' legal fiction dead entity. Tell them all this and, all the grounds of objection you can raise against privatised energy supply; which was imposed without prior consultation, or agreement. I have already traversed this road so speak from experience. In the 'light Paper' (alternative to the mainstream government supporting papers) issue 36, there is an article on page 4, by LINDSAY HARPER; entitled: How to trump tyranny. They only have threats but YOU have the power.✊
They can't take your company fuse out. Its not their property. The term "company fuse" is outdated and refers to the nationalised days, when there was no competition.
how are you doing right now ..? still no smart meter ...? i have just cancelled an engineer visit because i know they are going to do there utmost best to persuade me to have one fitted ...British gas emailed me to say my current meter will no longer work in 2025
What annoys me is that we have had the cost of the meter roll out put on our bills without our consent. It’s hundreds of pounds to get the detail of what I’m using. I have already had power monitoring in my house for 10+ years so I know I’ve reduced my usage down to about 80 watts base load. There’s no way I can reduce it further without turning off things I actually use so a smart meter is not going to benefit me. On top of that the damm things are able to measure power factor and charge accordingly at the moment we don’t pay for power factor adjustment. My parents have one installed and the home unit crashes on a weekly basis. If they can’t program that then I don’t trust them with accurate metering and security.
The fact that they crach made me angry and hit it once and everything went into small pieces and I connected all tree fases togheter in a very unsafe way but I have working electrisy for free many weeks now but probably is it jailtime waiting for me ...
@@lamf4846 - oh go on … in what way is it a ‘spy’ meter beyond being able to interrogate it to find out your electricity or gas usage? That’s hardly spying on you … and yes, of course the cost is passed on to the consumer, that’s the way that business works, the bills you pay to any company pay for the costs of that company and their profits.
@@philharris9631 Did you bother to watch the video? 6:24 Security. The most obvious instance is that your utility usage habits are known and if you're in or out. Spy meters are marketed as free, but you are charged for this roll out even if you don't have one. Sometimes I make train journeys. Wouldn't it be odd if my local train service operator billed me for a journey I didn't make.
@@lamf4846 … I did watch it and it’s mostly tinfoil hat conspiratorial garbage. The smart meter doesn’t know whether you are in or out … just what power you are using at the time and that has no bearing on whether you are in or out. As for knowing your usage habits? Well welcome to the modern world of running systems ‘lean’ rather than with excess wastage which you still end up having to pay for - same with the cost of the smart meters - and the Andrex for the directors top floor bathroom, and the accountants coffee machine, and their Xmas parties … as customers we pay for all those things.
@@philharris9631 Conspiratorial garbage, you say? I bet no one who had their meters switched to more expensive payg without their knowledge would agree with you. In Canada, Turdeau had bank accounts frozen when people donated to the truckers. And what is to come? Remote meter turn off for wrongthink? Controlling people's energy is ripe for abuse. If you're at home with heating on while cooking and watching the TV, your utility usage will reflect practically in real time. You may be happy with a utility company knowing when you're in, but I'm not. You're a sheep.
Thank you. I already did not trust this technology and have not installed one, but your list and the useful links to your sources in the description are a reassuring message that I did the right thing.
I use oil and solid fuel to run my heating I buy my oil buy phoning up and ordering and paying .they don’t tell me I have to a direct debit and have to take money out my account every month and then have the ability to change my direct debit double it and rack up large credit .this is a national disgrace these people are modern day dick Turpins now I find the credit for my oil from the government is been paid to the electric company as well this is a complete piss take they also want me to have a smart meter they can piss off.
I am also a radio ham . There is enough RF noise these days without introducing more with a meter . AM radio is so noisy already . We will all be forced to have a smart meter eventually sadly. That's the way things are these days . We have no choice about anything . I will just enjoy my vintage gear as long as I can . G6TKV .
There was a case in the US where information from a smart meter was used in court as evidence, this related to use of hot water and cleaning a crime scene. The extra usage came into focus when compared to the average daily use of the tenant. The same could happen here. imagine saying that you live alone, then the meter grasses you up as you have 2 baths during the evening. I doubt it will be long before all agencies are able to benefit from the information harvested. Someone also mentioned the other day, that when combined with a dimmer switch in the house, that the electrical field is pulled in further. Regardless. not having one.
Everything electric isn’t always a good idea. I saw a funny story about a man who had left in his electric car with family only to break down down the road. They couldn’t find a charging point anywhere and the rac guy said “I’m not an electrician, it’s basically a laptop on wheels” now this family are stuck with this expensive useless car 😅😅
You know at one time most people were SMART Enough to know when they were using GAS and ELECTRIC smart meters only give the Energy Thieves to have full control of your energy ! They would have to pay me a hell of a lot before i had one
The last time I looked for an energy deal (my current fixed tariff is about to end) I got what seemed an excellent quote but then found out I would be forced to have a smart meter. So it seems there is some "price strong arm tactics".
Do what I did...told them I couldn't pay, so they'd have to remove their meters (gas and Leccy) and take me to court for the money owed. They tried the threats and I laughed, told them I'd recorded the call, then hung up. They tried for a few days and got the same response each time. Just under four weeks later they 'discovered' a tariff to my liking. Greed is their driving force. Once they realise the threats won't work they come to their senses. There is no law compelling you to accept a fuel supply, which means no money for them, as they have to remove their meters...at their cost, regardless of what lies they try tell you. They'd sooner accept your terms than lose that revenue and risk you going to another supplier.
What the hell has that got to do with your smart meter,and I think you should get out more mate instead of sitting in your bedroom thinking about problems that just don't exist
The air is filled with radio waves and mobile phones and magnetic fields from electricity transformers and underground and overhead lines and your concerned about a smart meter,get a life mate please and jeep supporting that sad Labour party in Wales,hilarious
I will stick with My Analogue Meter Thanks If its cold I turn the heating on if its Dark I turn a light on when I cook I turn the oven on and so on, I use what I need and need what I use , a Smart Meter would fear monger Me into NOT using what I need when I need it and Who do You know ever looked at their Meter other than to take a reading? Also there have been Health issues associated with them as well as fire risks not to mention the much higher Bills. Remember Nothing is Free they are making huge profits from this and when EVs become used in greater numbers and they have to be charged from home that Smart Meter will be racking up the Watts and the Pounds but it wont stop people charging their Cars. And when they try to bully and scare monger people into having then there has to be a ulterior motive and for that reason alone I wont have one.
Your right we all have a smart meter it has 2 actions one a brain and the other a finger, god their smart them humans shame a lot of them go total tech and run with the entities (which only act as if their human). If you want an idea of my mindset my sign post in life is a poem by R kipling calld if.
@CheckMySix You mirror my thoughts, the health issue in particular. After a couple of months studying the subject, I made a point of contacting my supplier to warn them I would happily take them to court and supply study result after study result from more qualified scientists than the few pet mouthpieces they retained and I'd turn it into a media circus to let the public know. They, rightly took me seriously, so never pushed it, until recently, when I objected to the massive price hikes, after my old tariff had come to an end, when they said a smart meter was part of any deal. I told them to remove their old meter and take me to court for my bill and hung up...and hung up for the next two days, whenever they called. I heard nothing for almost four weeks, awaiting a court summons, but they rang, instead, offering me a reasonable new tarrif with no smart meter involved. Respect to you! 👏👏👏👍
I have experienced a house fire due to faulty electrics and heard that the smart metres can cause fires. So not happy to install one until there is clear evidence they’re safe.
Smart meters are clocking up power usage when no power is being used on particular types of device. Heat pumps seem to case a smart meter to register more electricity that they could not possibly be using. It may be a particular type of electric motor in some heat pumps which generates a waveform which confuses the smart meter electronics.
Just a side note, a generation 2 onwards can be changed remotely by suppliers. Also DNO'S want everybody in/on streets, estates etc to install them so they can lower the voltage at off peak times (during the day usually) potentially saving THEM energy. (Called smart street/local) problem arises some household appliances will not work correctly and go faulty because of lower voltages. Smart meters are about CONTROL ONLY !!
Nonsense. In the UK, the declared voltage and tolerance for an electricity supply is 230 volts -6%, +10%. This gives an allowed voltage range of 216.2 volts to 253.0 volts. Appliances are designed to work within these limits (and a bit more above/below) Nobody will save anything though. For example, a kettle has an element with a resistance, that resistance does not change. If the voltage is lower, the kettle will draw less amps and therefore less power (kW) BUT it will take longer to boil the same amount of water.
Smart meters cannot change the supply voltage, nor can everyone in a street having a smart meter make this any easier as this can only be done by changing transformer taps in sub-stations. There are genuine arguments that can be made against smart meters, but it seems that many bogus ones are being spread by videos such as this one.
All I know is my bills have almost doubled since I got mine and even though I haven't used my oven, electric shower or tumble dryer since Christmas my bills have continued to rise so all I know is I've been had unfortunately. Anything that is given to you for nothing by the government is not for your benefit.
I'm switching back to the analogue meter. Since the smart meters were installed here in Southern California, my utility fee has almost tripled - $1200 in one month what 3 years ago was $400. It's insane. If, and when, the meter fails, it's designed to charge the customer at a higher rate - for example, both incoming 110 feeds have a digital monitoring chip that reports to the mesh network at a specified interval. If one of your monitoring chips fail, it doubles the working monitor chip draw by default for usage and billing, which can cause elevated bills because homes are not wired symmetrically per draw/amperage usage. Analogue meters cannot fail, whereas digital meters can and when they do, the client pays more which is opposite of consumer protections. These meters can be hacked, coding altered, and potentially exploited by power companies who are as trustworthy as a rattlesnake - they can adjust the 1:1 monitoring algorithm by just a hundredth of a decimal point and inconspicuously overcharge hundreds of thousands of consumers to generate millions of dollars in additional revenue. There is zero oversight/fraud protection for us the consumer and it is already present in our bills.
@Bill Pearson You can, in the UK, but it isn't something they want known. If they show reluctance a solicitor's letter induces them to put the smart head and not the money head on. Angry, threatening customer letters achieve nothing, but one from a legal representative draws immediate compliance from them.
Sounds like complete bollox to me. If your bill has tripled, and you are not using any more electricity than you didn't before, and assuming that your cent per kilowatt hour unit price has not increased, then you are alleging that the meter is not accurately measuring in kWh the energy you are consuming. And quite frankly I don't believe that. Any measuring device has to be calibrated and confirm to measuring standards. If the meters were inaccurate then it would be picked up and there would be a huge public outcry and the meters would be prohibited from being used.
@@deang5622 sure, when they are newly installed, they are calibrated, but how often are they checked and recertified? Mine is more than 2 yrs since installation and has never been inspected, what about yours? The only thing truly bollox is the lack of transparency regarding the operation of these meters and the lack of consumer protections regarding the functionality and failure of these meters - it’s as if the utility companies and commissions believe these meters are bulletproof and failure proof.
I received a letter from Scottish Power that my meter is not working correctly because it is to old. And that's why they tell me that I should get smart meter.
Scottish Power sent me a vastly inflated gas bill supposedly 'based on previous usage' - (actually ×10 all previous usage). Now claiming the SAME bill is based on readings l sent them.The liars. They now want a photo of my perfectly serviceable 'dumb' meter with serial no. visible to prove my genuine reading. It all stinks to high heaven. I am now waiting the results of my complaint. Obviously want me to have a 'smart' meter. NO!
Thank you! Finally someone is talking about the elephant in the room! Home with two children in freezing conditions (analog meter frozen) British Gas is refusing to replace with an analog meter. My only option is to have a smart meter installed with £150+ debt credited and so when I top up all I can afford each week (£20 for example) the meter will eat up all the top up and following (happened to a friend in same position) I have six months left on the property and have to save money to find somewhere else with two children under 9. Trying to get myself out of this situation
Same been 3 years July just gone, 3rd winter with out heat or hot water, I have mental health issues along with asthma and sciatica. They didn't get a court order they just broke in and changed my meter.
My energy company is constantly pestering me to have a smart meter ,I have so far refused, now they have have changed tack and informed me my existing meter has come to the end of its life all of a sudden. My existing meter is a digital type and not that old.
After all the smart meters are installed the power company will have rate hikes in high use times for example 3pm till 11pm is the highest rate 11pm to 6am the lowest rate
Hang on a sec... at 5:00 you say your supplier can remotely cut off or restrict supply in the event of non-payment - but then two minutes later you say that smart meters only transmit traffic one way - which prevents updates being pushed to the device. That being the case, how can a supplier "command" a meter to disconnect?
They can transmit data both ways, for instance, for a firmware update. However, suppliers are currently prevented from remote disconnect/connect for safety reasons, i.e., in the case of disconnect, someone may need vital medical equipment, and in the case of reconnect, someone may have left the oven on. For this reason, Ofgem have ruled suppliers cannot disrupt the supply remotely.
I almost died after 3 weeks of exposure to smart meters installed in my building. Tests showed brain damage, lung damage, connective tissue damage, kidney damage, liver damage. I was not able to walk, lift my head, speak, do basic math, and my brain was glitching so bad it was making electronic noises. Mega lawsuit.
Stop paying them then . No paper contract , no wet signature , no authority to demand payments from you . STOP PAYING ! ENERGY COMPANIES ARE COMMITTING FRAUD .
@@justinereynolds4261 Don't be stupid. To have a contract in place does not require a signed paper contract. When you go into a sweet shop and purchase confectionary, you form a verbal contract between the customer and retailer. Now if you are consuming electricity then you should be expecting to pay for it. Consuming it and not paying for it is theft. Plain and simple
Also make a hat out of kitchen foil and a couple of forks to ground the electromagnetic wave that will curdle you brain. See above video from someone that didnt .!
Surely one of the key benefits is that you don't need to manually send in meter readings to the power company, so why would you want to block the signal and prevent the readings being sent automatically to the power company? What benefit do you get out of blocking the signal? (Other than to prevent them cutting your power off remotely because you haven't paid the bill).
"Smart meters will save you money" has to be one of the biggest cons going. Simply switching off everything that you're not using will save you money... you don't need no poxy meter to do that.
I live in the United States, also and I won't be using one, either. Glad you know about the dangers of this. I've told a few friends about the dangers but they don't believe me and don't seem to care.
@@brynne77 I’m in the US too. I moved into a home with a smart meter. Within a month I started having ear ringing, ear pain, headaches, nausea, blurry vision and internal body vibrations 😞 dominion power will not let me opt saying due to credit history. My family is also starting to have more and more issues too. The US really snuck these in on us and most people still don’t know what they are in Virginia. I only found out because my friend asked me if I had one when I told her about my symptoms 😞and when I do tell others they truly don’t seem to care or Believe me.
@@rachelhancock6833 Wow, well *I* believe you. I"ve heard of people having symptoms like that, too, mainly here on youtube. I haven't met anyone in my town who have had symptoms yet, but I have heard many are having high electric bills due to their Smart meter . I have an opt-out meter, myself. A friend of mine had warned me about Smart meters a few years ago. Wasn't sure I believed her then, but she's been very smart about other things (like knowing about 5G and the dangers of it) so I decided, in case she was right, I would ask to not have a Smart meter on my house, but an opt-out meter. I guess I was lucky because my power company had someone come by my neighborhood and ask if we wanted an S meter put on. I told him no. He said I had to call the power company and tell them. I did. It cost me extra (about $150- a one-time payment), but I paid it and had an opt-out meter put on.
Man you are one sad bloke ,there are no risks involved in smart meters,if your original meter became faulty they would have to come to your property anyway
That's very helpful info even though it's from a few years ago. I've just seen on another YT channel that legislation is in place for circs where Energy Suppliers can force a smart meter. Either on the meter or known by energy Suppliers there is a manufacturers expiry date for when meters become no longer safe to use. Energy suppliers cannot force you to have a meter unless when approaching judge for court order and police assistance they have to have this expiry date as part of their evidence. However, if you have RMF/RF sensitivity or asthma and are affected by EMF/RF waves you could potentially refuse to have one on health grounds. They cannot demand you give them your medical info which is private between you and Doctor. Old monologue meters ceased being manufactured in 2014 by Govt order.
The biggest risk you failed to mention. That's FIRE! Smart meters have a relay inside which is massively under-rated to switch a full load. This has on many occasion lead to overheating and fire. Normal traditional meters do not have such a relay and are inherently safe in comparison.
Rubbish. Nothing to do with switching the load. To switch the power on and off, there has to be a relay present as you suggest. That relay has to be in the phase line. It's probably a double pole relay switching both neutral and live line. Now whether it is a single pole or double pole isn't particular important for the purpose of this discussion. But the relays contacts have to the capability to carry the maximum load current for the entire property. That maximum current is typically 100 amps. The main cutout fuse in many properties is 100 amps. If the relay contacts are rated at less than this, then there is a fire risk. There is no way on earth my friend, that the regulatory bodies are going to allow smart electricity meters to be installed that cannot safely carry 100 amps of current. It is *not* happening. If they permitted that, every property which has a main cutout fuse of 100 amps - which is the majority of properties although not all - is at risk of fire. The fire brigade would not allow this situation to happen.
@@deang5622 the relays are marked 100A but they arc like fuck and burn the contacts badly - doesn't take long before there is enough resistance to cause overheating..fire. I think BIG CLIVE did a tear down showing this a while back
No - it runs on the energy companies electricity - and they calculate their unit costs to include all of their costs including their business premises, their bonuses, the office canteen, the toilet roll in the staff toilets and the little bit of power that it costs to run your smart meter ... businesses cover their costs (and profits) or they go bust, simple. Who do you think paid for the energy required to run the "old style" mechanical meter or do you believe that they didn't require any power to function and ran on fairy dust and unicorn farts?
@@philharris9631 thanks for the B.S. but as an electronics engineer, I know exactly how the old style meter runs, thank you very much. Unlike you, I stopped believing in fairies years ago.
@@davidkerridge6612 You must be a pretty shit electronics engineer then (if you even are one). If they are running the meter off "your" electricity, what happens when whackjob's prediction of them arbitrarily sending a signal to cut the power off in the meter?😂
Just caught your video. I'm in Sydney Australia and on a fixed income. One of the worst decisions I made was opting for a smart meter. Previously I was on a simple tariff now I'm hit with so many charges and my electricity bill is so complicated that I'm unable to understand it. If I had been advised of these hidden costs I would not have signed up of course. Don't use my electric heater anymore thank goodness summer is nearly here.
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Was due to have a smart meter thursday, guy turned up after driving his van across my freshly seeded verge then marched down the hallway with muddy boots over the carpet. He then told me he was going to inspect all my appliances to make sure they were up to standard. I said "what do you do if you find a bad one", He told me he would then "condemn the equipment". My wife was ill in bed at the time and access is required through her bedroom to a new boiler in a cupboard leading off it. Told him I did not know of any faulty equipment but wanted the meter changed not a household electrical and appliance check. He then said we couldn't do it and I threw him out. E-on complaint submitted. Seems its an excuse to drum up extra work.
He wouldn't have got in my home in the first place and his employers would have received a demand for an apology, along with a bill for the damage from a solicitor. You might want to research the health issues related to smart meters.
All they need to check and be happy with is the main earthing to the consumer unit. Your appliances, and any electrical installation after the meter have no bearing on their work. If they see something that concerns them within the area they are working, they may be obliged to make you aware of it. But essentially, the installation will be no more dangerous than it was before they started their work. I'd have been inclined to report it to the police as suspicious behaviour, just incase this guy, or the company, are coming people into having more work done. Then inform EON that this behaviour has given you cause to report it to the police.
They do not have the power to condemn electrical appliances. I have had this argument previously on YT with qualified electricians. They have no such legal power. All they can do is inspect the electrical installation which does NOT include appliances. If they find a safety issue with the electrical installation they can approach the resident or owner and ask for permission to turn the power off to the dangerous part of the installation and the resident or owner can refuse, and there is nothing the electrician can do about it. If the unsafe part of the installation is de-energised, there is nothing to stop the resident from turning the power back on, though if it really is a C1 condition code against the defect, it would be unwise to turn it back on. There are actual websites belonging to firms of electricians where they say they have the power to condemn an electrical installation. Electricians are not the brightest of people, they are generally quite poorly educated and when it comes to legal matters, they are completely clueless.
Thanks for the video 😃👍 I have been told by my energy company that the old style meters are being phased out by March next year. They say 'If you have a meter that uses the RTS signal we need to replace your old meter with a modern meter before the signal is switched off in March 2023.' Is this genuine or it is it just another way to get us on to the smart meters quicker? I have no idea if my meter uses the RTS signal whatever that is. It's just the old style meter. Can anyone clarify any of that for me please?
Ignore them, they are trying to con you into having a smart meter fitted. If you have the analogue type with the spinning disc, stick with that unless you specifically want a smart meter.
They are lying to you. There is no legal obligation to force you to have a smart meter. Write back to them and tell them quite firmly you do not want one. They will probably send you more letters, in which case you write back to them again stating your position and threaten to report them to the police for harassment. That is what I had to do to get them to back down. What's happened is the government has given the power companies targets for the number of smart meters to be rolled out by a certain date, and those power companies that do not achieve the target will be punished financially. That's their problem, not ours. The inconsistency is that the government is telling the power companies they must force the meters on to us, but the government has passed no legislation to force the public to accept these meters.
Why am I paying my energy supplier £350 a year for the use of the meters in my house that they did not install, I put a new electric meter in after I bought my house and the gas meter was in it when I bought it 20 years ago can anyone explain why I have to pay thousands of pounds for them getting the use of them?
How can you save money when the standing charge keeps rising? If you are cold then you must have the heating on, the smart meter can not help you with this. It is all about control.
Last year I was forced to have a smart meter if I wanted to continue my energy supply with E-on so I thought to save hassle of changing supplier I would finally give in. I had one fitted but just over a year on I have health problems including insomnia and I did not really think about it until today but the meter is high on the living room wall in my small old cottage. It is in a wooden box and directly above it on the first floor is my bed and my head is in line with the box and about 4 feet above the meter when I am lying down with only wooden floor boards as a barrier. I have just emailed E-on about this and asked if there are any health risks. I know they are going to be biased but it will interesting to see what they say. I have also just ordered an EMF reader to check emissions with. It is all a bit worrying, especially since this is a small one bedroom cottage and I cannot move my bed. I read in the USA these meters must be positioned outside of properties and also you should make sure you are at least 50 feet away from one where you sleep.
I hope you're able to get your situation worked out. There is a guy named Jerry Day with TH-cam channel called minivan jack. He helps people get their smart meter removed.
YOU CAN MAKE THOSE WHO INSTALLED THE DEADLT "SMART" METER REMOVE IT. BEWARE AND DELETE OF ANYTHING THAT SAYS "SMART" AND REPLACE IT WITH "SATANIC"!!!!!!
I swatted up on them and 5g, too, when both first came to the public's attention. Study, after study, after study, all, except those from the industries involved, warning of their dangers, particularly in close proximity to any organic lifeform. I live in a flat within a tenement block. Some neighbours listened, while others didn't. Those who didn't now suffer various health problems. The energy suppliers aren't biased, they're barefaced liars and can trot out their tame scientists to reassure the gullible, however I have access to the studies of thousands of respected scientists, who say otherwise.
@@billyandrew WELL DONE BILLY FOR CARRYING OUT THE RESEARCH. RUN IT BY GBNEWS AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO A MENTION ON IT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE ARE THE 99%!!!
Did you know that smart meter trash also interferes with hearing aids as they give off a buzz. I am almost totally deaf and I cannot use my hearing aids because of the buzz. I was told no but I thought it was the hearing aids so I have tried 5 different kinds and the same results on all of them. I was told I was lying but maybe they are stupid because I am deaf and cannot use any of them. I had no say because this is not my property it belongs to a housing association.
I never wanted one put it off never got back to them. Scottish Power basically phoned me and told me I was to get one fitted. And gave me times and days they would be out to fit it. Took the guy 20mins to fit. I just never wanted my electric to be switched off during winter. I got all three payments in December, just heating one room is costing a fortune. I used to use gas to heat my house, now only use for hot water and drying clothes for couple of hours. Hardly use it and cost so much. And electricity a tenner a day to heat my living room, the rest of the house is like a fridge. They made out on phone I had to get it done
Worth knowing is that the new Smart meter not only gives the installing energy company the facility to measure all use, the ability to switch power supply off, but also to turn the meter into a prepayment meter that supplys power with the use of a prepayment card or prepayment key. Something that without the Smart Meter the energy company would have to obtain a court order. This has previously acted as a level of protection to ensure no vulnerable people were illegally cut-off. Dire poverty in itself is no reason to live without hot food or a warm home.
They broke into my home 3 years ago July and capped my gas, this is the 3rd winter without gas, I also have mental health issues, sciatica and asthma. They didn't get a court order either.
I had a smart meter, the problem with it was it wasn't very smart, in fact I'd say it was really dumb, the display was about 30 foot from the feed and the signal was on 2.4GHZ Wi-Fi, every Wi-Fi signal in reach including my neighbours Wi-Fi signals caused confusion with the readings, some days it subtracted KW from my running total, I have read about problems with the comunication between the meter and the supply company but my problem was all in house, Have you ever had problems with a Wi-Fi device at home ? OK imagine your electricity payments being dependant on Wi-Fi..it was in a word a NIGHTMARE, I've changed electricity companies since then and have no smart meter now, my new company is asking for permission to fit one, I don't reply.
One reason I don't want one not mentioned here is I don't think It'l save me more money then I can already. I only use what I need and after use it get switched off immediately.
@Tom Tapping Better than a gullible sheep, Tom. You have a vested interest, I'm betting. I responded to an earlier comment you made, further up the post, in which I requested any information you might have. I hadn't got the feel for your interest, at that point, but now I do, so, again, kindly provide any information, links included, that might possibly assuage any concerns this post deals with and I'll take them into consideration.
2:30 so true! Promotion of these has stressed how they will ‘save you money’ which is complete nonsense. My indoor display unit was unplugged as soon as the installer went and put to the back of a drawer. Anyone who watches their energy costs on one of these units will find themselves having cold showers and no hot meals or drinks.
so is there an indoor unit in all smart meters? will the installation men have to enter my house aswell as change the meter outside the front door? i plan on refusing a smart meter btw. but id like to know if they have to enter the house to complete the job. or can you not answer the door?
The indoor unit is simply a display so you can see your current usage, your usage over the last hour / day / week etc. and if it’s half decent then it will compare your current usage to the same period previously so you can see if your usage is up or down on previously. If you’re that scared of the world it can be posted through your letterbox and you can decide for yourself whether you plug it in or not.
@@philharris9631 thanks. but its not a matter of being scared of the world.my question was, if the owner of my house decides to put in a smart meter, or indeed i do, must they enter the house to do it? or can they do it from just outside my front door where the old meter box is? and just swap them? so if i am on holiday the week they are in my area can they just change the meter without me, working outside the whole time? or must i physically be there to open my front door to them so they can physically enter to do work INSIDE my house ASWELL as outside. ........................for example a workman fixing my drainpipe does not need to enter my house to do it, so are the smart meter installers the same or not? ............you say it can be posted through the letterbox and i can decide whether to plug it in, does that mean the the indoor unit does not need to be wired inside the house, all the wiring is done outside the house?
@@davidmyles9967 … well you did say specifically about not answering the door rather than being out. :-) … that is correct … the indoor unit connects to the smart meter wirelessly. However I don’t know whether it would be advisable (or even possible) to have them change your meter while you weren’t there as it is quite possible that when the power was reconnected and turned on then the switch-on surge in your home could trip your own breakers and you wouldn’t want to come home after a week away to find all your frozen food thawed and ruined.
Nothing you have said contains any evidence. It's just you talking. I have two devices that measure radiation and high frequency microwaves which I bought to test kitchen appliances I thought may be unsafe. I proved physically that they are not unsafe. Where is your proof? What instruments have you used to detect radiation coming from a smart meter? If you really want to be terrified of devices spying on you look no further than your computer graphics card. They have virtual machines running containterd software allowing them to install anything and run anything with full access to your graphics display. What is more, when they update you end up running the update in admin mode. It can log your keyboard input. It has access to your cameras and microphones. It knows what software you run. It knows what web-pages you browse. And...it has AI built into the graphics card. It actually takes up to 60% of you CPU bandwidth and it can send data down your internet hogging all the bandwidth and affecting your PC's performance. I have a motherboard with a Killer network chip (yes, hardware) that allows me to find out exactly what software is using my network card. I know the operating system process monitors lie about what is using your CPU, GPU and network. And here is the worse thing: these graphics cards are in every PC. Be afraid. Be very afraid. My advice: turn off that computer and never switch it on. In fact, turn everything off and go off-grid. No computers. No washing machines. No T.V. No radio. Don't even use electricity. Catch your own food. Skin it. Gut it. Cook it on a fire made of wood.
A smart meter has a separate registers for power used from the grid and solar power being fed back into the grid. If your PV system is putting out more than you're using in your house the excess will go onto the grid and be metered as such.
Thanks , a few points I hadn't considered. This is definitely about total control of tariff, supply etc. Updates sent by sim card. Waited all day for meter swap only to be told it was cancelled,, without telling me. Right now on gas estimates for past 2 years of covid time.. Seems they contradict eachother & make up disputes when there are none. Emergency services put in the early kind meter last year, digital/no sim, never did see a reading on it & doesn't work. Energy company now says they won't come out to swap like for like ,, the 1 decent customer help I got explained you can have smart meter without sim repeater,, he booked in my swap that another had cancelled. Looking into the cost of paying to install analogue gas meter as it's my own property. All this is such an uphill battle, best wishes to all.
The system is rigged, designed to wear you down, so they can rob you blind. You have to set your mind to indefatiguable mode, if you want to win or have a big stick to hit them with. Born with the former, research supplied the latter. I get left alone now.
Yes, agreed, in every way now@@billyandrew Seems they don't want me to have a working gas meter at all. Whoever installed this broken 1 from SGN turned up like Robert DiNiro in that film Brazil, never asked for my old meter to go either! Never showed me how it works, since April I know it's been broken since installed last year. Now I'll never know what I saved by using coal last Winter. Maybe better off sticking with estimates..
6:33 point 3 in the newspaper article "......hackers are able to inflate meter readings" so does the Energy Suppliers trough your Smart Meter but, less "visible" with smaller increments so you not gonna get alarmed 😎 by higher bills.
Was lovely and warm but my smart meter told me what it was costing me to maintain the temperature so turned heating off and now I am dead! ( hyperthermia)
Got a forced smart meter, and my bill went up 88 bucks a month. The only smart thing about it is that the electric company can cheat and over charge without getting caught.
That was a month ago. As a follow-up, I wanted to comment that I called the electric company, and told them that I hadn't even used a ceiling fan at that point. And I have natural gas for the water heater. So, this was rediculous, and I would go through the chain of command, all the way to the top to get to the bottom of this. My bill this time was 155.00. Wow. So, FYI, fight it. Call them, and complain. Ofcource do it with conviction, but no derogatory remarks. GOOD LUCK.
Thanks for comment@@tracybird8668 I guess your in USA? What doesn't make sense is why price goes up with the same use. Good you got it sorted out.. Did they use estimates that you disputed? These meters meant to keep readings up to date, but so many in UK still charge using estimates even if smart meter installed. I'm totally against getting 1, for many reasons. They want total control remotely to ammend tariffs , upgrade new software & possibly ration supply. Find myself in unenviable situation of no working gas meter, no readings taken in over a year due to the covid situation & illness. I too was forced into a digital gas meter > early version of smart> now won't wake up for reading (dead battery?) , installed only 1 year ago & broken already. The old analogue one worked fine 25years! Now find Energy company won't even come to swap it out unless I take a Smart Type2 with built in sim repeater every half hour. They happy with high estimates & now I will never know how much gas I saved heating over Winter, as used my coal fire to heat 1room. UK home energy costs shot up 54% on 1st April due to mismanagement during covid. Now they shoot themselves in foot with green pledges & sanctions that hurt us more than anyone else. Some customer help act like they own the company & take advantage of elderly or disabled people. Really feeling at the end of my tether. This World has changed so much & not for the better imo. Best wishes Tracy. 🙂
sorry buddy no energy provider can instantly cut you off for missing a bill. you have to not pay quite a few for that to happen and even then its hard for them because of the shitty paperwork that needs to be done
@@anthonylawrence60 - to be honest if you get to the point where they are cutting you off then you're kind of a lost cause anyway (certainly in the UK) and if you have children in the property then it would be very unlikely that they would be allowed to cut you off.
#QTechX I got an email last week saying my meter was coming to the end of it's use-by date, and my supplier Octopus, now only installs smart meters, while I want to stay with Octopus as I like them better than my other suppliers, how do I refuse, as replacing meters when they come to the end of their use by date is law? Thanks
soon it will be cheaper to run a little petrol inverter generator than pay the electricity companies. some of them will run 6 hours on a gallon of fuel. you can even make ethanol to run them on.
In passing - IMHO I am no expert but I was a sub doing IT on the Smart Meter program. Qualifiers: (i) As I say, a mere computer programmer me, what do I know? (ii) I hate to bad-mouth a client who paid me $zillions. But .. the Smart Meter implementation is a foolish over-designed unnecessarily complicated shambles. The underlying requirement could have been implemented quicker, easier, correctly, 10x cheaper, years ago.
It seems great for night rate if you run anything at night and especially with charging electric cars. If you have any family members who stay up late too. Though I do think privacy concerns are real and they should just calculate your overall cost on device and send it off to themselves. And if they really want to make sure you haven't messed with it. Have someone come around and check it like they always have with standard ones. Everything shouldn't be IOT (internet of things) connected crap. I don't care about breakdowns of devices used like you said, all I care about is the lower rates. People can realize their use without an app telling them. And it kind of contradicts what you said about privacy if you want a more detailed breakdown for it to be "useful".
Big business AKA bigbrother-you will do as I say. I saw a video UT an engineer explain the internal workings of the meters, as previously stated power can be altered also EV chargers will be replaced by energy companies, the consumer will be invoiced for replacements, reason given present meter incompatable. All white goods are designed to function at around 240v, consequently reduced voltage will cause inefficiency to perform its function.
The voltage in this country is strictly regulated at 230v -6% +10%. All electrical appliances must conform to operating safely and satisfactorily within this voltage range. In any case, smart meters cant adjust the voltage.
V.A.T. was an old E.E.C. ( European Economic Community 1970) tax. It ( V.A.T.) was devised by a German Economic Adviser and named thus :- " Mehrwersteuer," which translated to English means ," More Worth Tax." As the new ( unelected by UK) E.U. " European Union," morphed into the one size fits all / square pegs into round holes quango-corp we Brits grew to despise, we decided to ditch it in a majority referendum in 2016. V.A.T. was therefore an E.E.C./ E.U. tax and as we have now officially left the E.U., NO British person should be paying it anywhere in the British isles. If you have any doubts about any of the above ?, you can double check online at Wikipedia by asking ," Is V.A.T. a British Tax ?." Guten Tag ! ( Good Day)
i have a smart meter with an in home display and i love it.i have no bills no direct debits i can see my balance and top online when needed.i find it very convenient helping me stay in control of my usage and finances without needing to go to a post office.personally i love it
@@factorylad5071it would be a rare occurrence for me to without wifi as im with talk talk and live in central london.i have about 400 pound balance on my electric due to all the government support.i put about ten pound on my gas every two weeks.you do realise that if your wifi is cut of you can turn your mobile data on to a hotspot and access the internet this way via your phone but still using your laptop.it uses what ever your data allowance is on your phone .but im very rarely without wifi
Lets hope life remains good for you Peter and you don't find yourself in deficient to your energy supplier where they can mode change you to pay as you go. good luck with that
This very morning a British gas engineer turned up to fit a smart meter. Knocked on door, "your are with a different electric supplier, did they tell you I need to fit a hub to your electric box" Me "no they didn't tell me that" "don't you want it fitted" "no" I can't find anything about this issue on TH-cam etc... Can you do a video.
If companies can raise kWh rates any time they want to? Can't a company raise rates beyond allowable rates, here and there? How are we to know if a company CHEATS?
Thank you, I found this to be the most informative video on the topic of smart meters. You pointed out facts even I didn't take into account. I am getting pestered more or less daily, (just had a bloody text as we speak from them), telling me they are coming to install one and would I please let them in. I don't want one, so I am not having one, simple. I'll deal with any enforcement issues if they arise. Who the f**k do these people think they are. Thanks once again, have a good day.
In one part of the video you waffle on about a smart meter being used to tell what appliances are being used in your house. A few minutes later when discussing the limitations of the current technology you state that smart meters cant be used to tell a provider what devices you are using. Doesn't sound like you really know anything about smart meters. My house in Australia has a smart meter...it allows my energy retailer to charge me time of use tariffs that vary depending in the time of day. Between 1000 and 1500 hrs is the cheapest time for using grid power so I maximize my energy usage during that period. I also charge my home battery during that period if my PV system output is low and then run the house off the battery during times of the day when power prices are at higher tariffs.
Cost going up? Keep up with GREEN and it will cost you MORE. MUCH MUCH MORE. Not the meters, it is where and how the power is generated. No free lunch as we say in the US.
It is now 18 months since i last washed my underpants because every time i do so my Smart Meter shows that i'm using to much electricity , so i don't bother .My butter's running out my fridge and i haven't showered for 2 year now , all because what my Smart Meter is telling me . Not really , i havn't got one and never will have . 🤭😁😂😂😂 As you say in the video , since when have the government and energy providers cared about saving us money , it's their job to take it from us big time , they're insulting our intelligents thinking we're stupid .
Here in Canada its mandatory. Had to smart power meter for years, outside the house. Recently the water company installed a water meter inside the house, and I've developed a rash since. Considering going off grid just to get rid of the smart meters.
My neighbor got a smart meter. It faces our home. We are about 15 feet apart on that side and our bedroom and living room is on that side. Do you know if this would be dangerous for us? If so, what can I do on my end to protect that side of home?
Search for a special paint that blocks EMF radiation. And paint the walls on the side of the house with the meter. Just had 4 smart meters installed in my apartment building. Right on the other side of my bedroom wall. With another 4 meters 10 feet away on the building next to us. They seem to turn on around the same time everyday for an hour. We can tell because our bodies get all tingly, then pin pricks, followed by aches and pains all over, headaches, dizziness, chills, and tiredness. The effects can last the rest of the day. So our best bet is to avoid our apartment during that hour they turn on. It's annoying, but it's better than feeling like $hit. It's not subtle either, we literally feel like we're being hit by something.
It amazed me how many 'sheep' agreed to having a smart meter fitted. My analogue meter does the exact same thing, only I get to read it and pay for what I have used. A smart meter is just another stab against our freedoms and rights in my view. They can be switched off remotely, try that with an analogue meter..lol The ONLY reason they fitted smart/dumb meters was to try and catch those who re-wired them to bypass the meter. I know of at least 3 people who grow a certain plant and they manage to bypass the smarty pants meter easily. Instead of wiring every home directly from the junction, virtually impossible, they decided to go with smart meters so they could read 'live' data coming from each persons home. They DO NOT save you any less than an analogue meter! A meter is just that - a means to gather information about how much electricity/gas you are using. The day will come when I will be given a choice, either have a smart meter or we'll terminate your supply. In that case, you'd better cut it off then, because I will NEVER have a smart meter purely on principle.
The smart meter can’t know what is being used and won’t ever without everything from your kettle to your TV having a registered transmitter within to inform the smart meter it’s being use and it’s requirements. The principles of saving is that you will be able to observe your usage but if you then switch off all plug switches not needed at a time (kettle, etc) you will reduce the amount of wasted power and will recognise by how much on the display.
My understanding is, currently, if an energy provider want's to cut you off they have to obtain a Court Order for access to your home as, otherwise, they'd be trespassing if you denied them access. A smart meter can disconnect you remotely literally by a click of a computer mouse at head office. Who benefits here I wonder.......??
they dont ask.. and also break in
With the new 'Energy Bill' they will fine you or send you to jail!
I have a friend who works as a collector for a large electric company and he told me these meters are hazardous to your health, that’s not all they are easy to hack into by hackers and they can get your personal information. They control your usage as well. Some of the side effects being near these meters are headaches, heart palpitations, dizziness, and shortness of breath. I opt out from having one installed on my home. Because of that I have to pay an extra $16 a month and I am ok with that. Even you you have one you can still opt out.
I had clicked on and off a few videos before I found this. This provided all the information I was looking for.
I was sceptical and now I know why. I was right about the jab as with this. Thank you.
Just the fact that this is being pushed raises my alarm!
Yes, along with many other things also.
My thoughts exactly 💯
Digital tv box... "Hello darkness my old friend...."
Ya like the LED bulbs. Bad for your health.
@@rosemullen1856 I have a whole stash of the old incandescent bulbs of various wattages. I've never had LED bulbs anywhere near me at home or wherever else I've been staying. Even ALL vehicle bulbs are now LED (and they don't even NEED to be because cars generate their own power!). And all fluorescent tubes (which were bad enough anyway) are now LED also.
After the jab fiasco, they think I'm going to get a smart meter? No way!
BORINGGGGGGGGGGG
The vaccines were very efficient and robust....
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Good luck enjoy paying every month to keep your old one
@@ukgrime987 hahaha
It doesn't save you money unless you turn things off.
Exactly! 👏👏👏
Yeah except there is one big flaw in that. The standing charge has shot up over double so even if you use no energy you'll still be paying more money than previously.
And there ya have it
A lot of people do not see, all it is for, is billing. So they can bill you in real-time, that's it. Nothing else, and there's nothing smart about them...
The word “MANDATORY” does not mean it’s law, only if one complies. even after they make smart meters mandatory, it doesn’t mean it laws by law. People should research legal terms.
My energy supplier was made aware that if they ever try forcing me to have a smart meter installed that I will take them to court and provide evidence from over 2,000 scientists to destroy anything their few pet scientists have to say on the subject.
They understand I am not joking, so stopped offering me one.
Other than those bought by the energy industry, most other scientists are appalled at them being installed in people's homes.
AnonAnon demonstrates that HE does not understand legal terms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You - the customer DO NOT OWN the meter that counts your electricity use - the energy supplier owns it and has the authority to "upgrade" their equipment as they deem necessary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do not defend smart meters here - I merely point out that the energy supplier HAS THE AW ON THEIR SIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@billyandrew The LITTLE DETAIL that Billy is IGNORING...................
IS THE COST OF HIS DEFIANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have had smart meters here in Canada for at least a decade - and the things were installed for TWO REASONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First - smart meters broadcast their monthly information regarding power usage - making it MUCH FASTER AND CHEAPER for power supplier to pick up billing information - no need for an employee to physically get onto your property to visually read the old style meters ............................
BUT THE REAL KEY is that smart meters can track TOU - meaning TIME OF USE and power corps LIKE THE IDEA of being able to charge you MORE for using power at certain times of the day!!!
WHAT THIS MEANS for those who refuse smart meters is YOU WILL PAY FULL PRICE FOR POWER REGARDLESS OF TOU - you will pay highest price even for power used during the cheapest times after midnight - when others with smart meters are paying ONE THIRD your rate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They also said stupid masks were mandatory @@abellseaman4114 I never wore one, neither did millions of others , or was tested, or got a cold, now we find it was all a lie. So glad I do some research beyond the BBC.
" take a jab for your Granny " , when the vx hadn't even been tested for transmission. I bet you did your duty didn't you, I'm sorry if you did.
@@suzycat2026 OH GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
There are so very many people who are completely IRRATIONAL on the subject of wearing masks and obeying social distancing rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just so you get the proper flavour of the thing - firstly I AM NOT VACCINATED........... no, not even a first single jab......................
HOWEVER I DO EMBRACE MASK WEARING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING as being quick and easy ways of ensuring my health is not much at risk!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I do believe in the value of hand washing after being out in public..........
in addition when entering a bank or other such building - I make use of the wheel chair access - just bump the button with an elbow and the door opens with very little need to touch ANYTHING that might be contaminated!!!!!!!!!!
As for those who dont think mask wearing is a valid defense against disease spread....
why dont people who are so skeptical try to explain why SURGEONS IN OPERATING ROOMS HAVE BEEN WEARING MASKS FOR MANY DECADES in order to protect their patients!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, frightening the use they can make of smart meters. My direct debit for gas increased from £95 a month to 334. A month. I have disputed that I am using more gas since since my husband died i am using much less heating. I have had a tremendous trouble to persuade them that the smart meter reader is faulty. I would get rid of it , but once it is installed no company will allow you yo get rid of it.
They will replace it if you accidentally microwave it .
You can have your own additional gas meter installed (like in a bedsit) which you can then use as evidence. It would be your property and any GasSafe registered installer would be legally allowed to install it (CORGI doesn't count anymore). I don't know what this would cost, but enquire and evaluate.
Blimey, it sounds like your smart meter is faulty, and needs replacing.
Threaten to charge them rental for their property
I've already had this conversation with EDF. They constantly peck away, warning us that the analog meter will be switched off at some upcoming date, I can't remember when that is supposed to be.
I'm not having a smart meter, they can shove it where the sun doesn't shine. If it comes to it, I will make my own arrangements for power supply and they can fork off.
Nice
Un less they take that big amp fuse out of your box by the meter they cannot switch you off. As that is the mains connection to your home. Then the tails to your meter. Must be removed. This is the only way they can cut you off. That means comming on to and or into your home. Depending where your meter is located . Deny them implied right of access. As then they would be trespassing. Civel matter not police or law matter. Hope this helps.
Yes I'm with these tyrants too. Write to to the CEO Simone Rossi and put them in knowledge of the fact that they already get paid from the trust fund created when your birth was registered. You are (Why you are) already debt free (title of another
You Tube video by Sovereign Empowerment.
So you will no longer pay their double charge bills from your own pocket.
They are a for profit corporation; which operates under corporate laws. These do not give it any legal powers to tell you what to do or when to do it. Or to pay them
a sum of money they say you have a liability to pay.
Make them aware that there is no contract of agreement or acceptance; signed in wet ink by two living, breathing men / women.
They will come back with tyrants bluster but, they could or would not adduce conclusive evidence of a contract outside or inside a court room. Where the legal maxim: He who asserts must prove' would apply.
They are only a collecting company not the supplier, so are acting fraudulently. Fraud on the people - when fraud comes in it kills everything; i.e. liability to pay council tax.
Their charge to you, the living, breathing man or woman is an additional double charge, to that against your 'Strawman' legal fiction dead entity.
Tell them all this and, all the grounds of objection you can raise against privatised energy supply; which was imposed without prior consultation, or agreement.
I have already traversed this road so speak from experience.
In the 'light Paper' (alternative to the mainstream government supporting papers) issue 36, there is an article on page 4, by LINDSAY HARPER; entitled: How to trump tyranny. They only have threats but YOU have the power.✊
They can't take your company fuse out. Its not their property. The term "company fuse" is outdated and refers to the nationalised days, when there was no competition.
how are you doing right now ..? still no smart meter ...? i have just cancelled an engineer visit because i know they are going to do there utmost best to persuade me to have one fitted ...British gas emailed me to say my current meter will no longer work in 2025
What annoys me is that we have had the cost of the meter roll out put on our bills without our consent. It’s hundreds of pounds to get the detail of what I’m using. I have already had power monitoring in my house for 10+ years so I know I’ve reduced my usage down to about 80 watts base load. There’s no way I can reduce it further without turning off things I actually use so a smart meter is not going to benefit me.
On top of that the damm things are able to measure power factor and charge accordingly at the moment we don’t pay for power factor adjustment.
My parents have one installed and the home unit crashes on a weekly basis. If they can’t program that then I don’t trust them with accurate metering and security.
The fact that they crach made me angry and hit it once and everything went into small pieces and I connected all tree fases togheter in a very unsafe way but I have working electrisy for free many weeks now but probably is it jailtime waiting for me ...
The other thing they never mention is the cost, although small, to run the smart meter and its display, which is added to your bill.
Not to mention the cost of supplying and installing these spy meters is passed on to the consumer.
@@lamf4846 - oh go on … in what way is it a ‘spy’ meter beyond being able to interrogate it to find out your electricity or gas usage? That’s hardly spying on you … and yes, of course the cost is passed on to the consumer, that’s the way that business works, the bills you pay to any company pay for the costs of that company and their profits.
@@philharris9631 Did you bother to watch the video?
6:24 Security.
The most obvious instance is that your utility usage habits are known and if you're in or out.
Spy meters are marketed as free, but you are charged for this roll out even if you don't have one. Sometimes I make train journeys. Wouldn't it be odd if my local train service operator billed me for a journey I didn't make.
@@lamf4846 … I did watch it and it’s mostly tinfoil hat conspiratorial garbage.
The smart meter doesn’t know whether you are in or out … just what power you are using at the time and that has no bearing on whether you are in or out.
As for knowing your usage habits? Well welcome to the modern world of running systems ‘lean’ rather than with excess wastage which you still end up having to pay for - same with the cost of the smart meters - and the Andrex for the directors top floor bathroom, and the accountants coffee machine, and their Xmas parties … as customers we pay for all those things.
@@philharris9631 Conspiratorial garbage, you say? I bet no one who had their meters switched to more expensive payg without their knowledge would agree with you. In Canada, Turdeau had bank accounts frozen when people donated to the truckers. And what is to come? Remote meter turn off for wrongthink? Controlling people's energy is ripe for abuse.
If you're at home with heating on while cooking and watching the TV, your utility usage will reflect practically in real time. You may be happy with a utility company knowing when you're in, but I'm not. You're a sheep.
Thank you. I already did not trust this technology and have not installed one, but your list and the useful links to your sources in the description are a reassuring message that I did the right thing.
I use oil and solid fuel to run my heating I buy my oil buy phoning up and ordering and paying .they don’t tell me I have to a direct debit and have to take money out my account every month and then have the ability to change my direct debit double it and rack up large credit .this is a national disgrace these people are modern day dick Turpins now I find the credit for my oil from the government is been paid to the electric company as well this is a complete piss take they also want me to have a smart meter they can piss off.
As a ham radio operator I think the RF part of them is a concern.
Correct. G7USL.
Goodbye short wave , the awful noise :RFI generated makes my vintage valve radio deaf !
I am also a radio ham . There is enough RF noise these days without introducing more with a meter . AM radio is so noisy already .
We will all be forced to have a smart meter eventually sadly. That's the way things are these days . We have no choice about anything . I will just enjoy my vintage gear as long as I can . G6TKV .
Not worried about the air and water then
There was a case in the US where information from a smart meter was used in court as evidence, this related to use of hot water and cleaning a crime scene. The extra usage came into focus when compared to the average daily use of the tenant. The same could happen here. imagine saying that you live alone, then the meter grasses you up as you have 2 baths during the evening. I doubt it will be long before all agencies are able to benefit from the information harvested.
Someone also mentioned the other day, that when combined with a dimmer switch in the house, that the electrical field is pulled in further.
Regardless. not having one.
Everything electric isn’t always a good idea. I saw a funny story about a man who had left in his electric car with family only to break down down the road. They couldn’t find a charging point anywhere and the rac guy said “I’m not an electrician, it’s basically a laptop on wheels” now this family are stuck with this expensive useless car 😅😅
RAC,, would have power banks.
Should have listened to Trump ,before buying an Electric car .he was right .
You know at one time most people were SMART Enough to know when they were using GAS and ELECTRIC smart meters only give the Energy Thieves to have full control of your energy ! They would have to pay me a hell of a lot before i had one
The last time I looked for an energy deal (my current fixed tariff is about to end) I got what seemed an excellent quote but then found out I would be forced to have a smart meter. So it seems there is some "price strong arm tactics".
Do what I did...told them I couldn't pay, so they'd have to remove their meters (gas and Leccy) and take me to court for the money owed.
They tried the threats and I laughed, told them I'd recorded the call, then hung up.
They tried for a few days and got the same response each time.
Just under four weeks later they 'discovered' a tariff to my liking.
Greed is their driving force.
Once they realise the threats won't work they come to their senses.
There is no law compelling you to accept a fuel supply, which means no money for them, as they have to remove their meters...at their cost, regardless of what lies they try tell you.
They'd sooner accept your terms than lose that revenue and risk you going to another supplier.
Legalized black mail. (Is it ok to say black mail)
Just like off peak usage inducement.
Everything has its price
Same here.😮😢
What the hell has that got to do with your smart meter,and I think you should get out more mate instead of sitting in your bedroom thinking about problems that just don't exist
The air is filled with radio waves and mobile phones and magnetic fields from electricity transformers and underground and overhead lines and your concerned about a smart meter,get a life mate please and jeep supporting that sad Labour party in Wales,hilarious
I will stick with My Analogue Meter Thanks
If its cold I turn the heating on if its Dark I turn a light on when I cook I turn the oven on
and so on, I use what I need and need what I use , a Smart Meter would fear monger Me into NOT using what I need when I need it and Who do You know ever looked at their Meter other than to take a reading?
Also there have been Health issues associated with them as well as fire risks not to mention the much higher Bills.
Remember Nothing is Free they are making huge profits from this and when EVs become used
in greater numbers and they have to be charged from home that Smart Meter will be
racking up the Watts and the Pounds but it wont stop people charging their Cars.
And when they try to bully and scare monger people into having then there has to be a ulterior motive and for that reason alone I wont have one.
Very good points, Checkmysix. I won't be using one, either. Yes, I'm wondering why they are so enthusiastic about pushing these, also.
same here i have been saying the same things for years
Agreed
Your right we all have a smart meter it has 2 actions one a brain and the other a finger, god their smart them humans shame a lot of them go total tech and run with the entities (which only act as if their human). If you want an idea of my mindset my sign post in life is a poem by R kipling calld if.
@CheckMySix
You mirror my thoughts, the health issue in particular.
After a couple of months studying the subject, I made a point of contacting my supplier to warn them I would happily take them to court and supply study result after study result from more qualified scientists than the few pet mouthpieces they retained and I'd turn it into a media circus to let the public know.
They, rightly took me seriously, so never pushed it, until recently, when I objected to the massive price hikes, after my old tariff had come to an end, when they said a smart meter was part of any deal.
I told them to remove their old meter and take me to court for my bill and hung up...and hung up for the next two days, whenever they called.
I heard nothing for almost four weeks, awaiting a court summons, but they rang, instead, offering me a reasonable new tarrif with no smart meter involved.
Respect to you! 👏👏👏👍
I have experienced a house fire due to faulty electrics and heard that the smart metres can cause fires. So not happy to install one until there is clear evidence they’re safe.
ok so this is from 2 years ago but even at that point this is incredibly dumb and contradictory
Smart meters are clocking up power usage when no power is being used on particular types of device. Heat pumps seem to case a smart meter to register more electricity that they could not possibly be using. It may be a particular type of electric motor in some heat pumps which generates a waveform which confuses the smart meter electronics.
Yet he has no problem having a cell phone in his pocket all day long. Also, worried about security while having computers around the house.
Just a side note, a generation 2 onwards can be changed remotely by suppliers. Also DNO'S want everybody in/on streets, estates etc to install them so they can lower the voltage at off peak times (during the day usually) potentially saving THEM energy. (Called smart street/local) problem arises some household appliances will not work correctly and go faulty because of lower voltages.
Smart meters are about CONTROL ONLY !!
And greed
Nonsense.
In the UK, the declared voltage and tolerance for an electricity supply is 230 volts -6%, +10%. This gives an allowed voltage range of 216.2 volts to 253.0 volts.
Appliances are designed to work within these limits (and a bit more above/below) Nobody will save anything though. For example, a kettle has an element with a resistance, that resistance does not change. If the voltage is lower, the kettle will draw less amps and therefore less power (kW) BUT it will take longer to boil the same amount of water.
Smart meters cannot change the supply voltage, nor can everyone in a street having a smart meter make this any easier as this can only be done by changing transformer taps in sub-stations. There are genuine arguments that can be made against smart meters, but it seems that many bogus ones are being spread by videos such as this one.
@@davidfaraday7963 ....by people that don't really know about how electricity works...
Spot on.
All I know is my bills have almost doubled since I got mine and even though I haven't used my oven, electric shower or tumble dryer since Christmas my bills have continued to rise so all I know is I've been had unfortunately. Anything that is given to you for nothing by the government is not for your benefit.
I'm switching back to the analogue meter. Since the smart meters were installed here in Southern California, my utility fee has almost tripled - $1200 in one month what 3 years ago was $400. It's insane. If, and when, the meter fails, it's designed to charge the customer at a higher rate - for example, both incoming 110 feeds have a digital monitoring chip that reports to the mesh network at a specified interval. If one of your monitoring chips fail, it doubles the working monitor chip draw by default for usage and billing, which can cause elevated bills because homes are not wired symmetrically per draw/amperage usage. Analogue meters cannot fail, whereas digital meters can and when they do, the client pays more which is opposite of consumer protections. These meters can be hacked, coding altered, and potentially exploited by power companies who are as trustworthy as a rattlesnake - they can adjust the 1:1 monitoring algorithm by just a hundredth of a decimal point and inconspicuously overcharge hundreds of thousands of consumers to generate millions of dollars in additional revenue. There is zero oversight/fraud protection for us the consumer and it is already present in our bills.
I didn't think you could switch back to your old meter. At least here in the UK.
@@billpearson1144 Yes, in America you can - there is a charge to swap back and a monthly fee, but it's possible to switch.
@Bill Pearson
You can, in the UK, but it isn't something they want known.
If they show reluctance a solicitor's letter induces them to put the smart head and not the money head on.
Angry, threatening customer letters achieve nothing, but one from a legal representative draws immediate compliance from them.
Sounds like complete bollox to me.
If your bill has tripled, and you are not using any more electricity than you didn't before, and assuming that your cent per kilowatt hour unit price has not increased, then you are alleging that the meter is not accurately measuring in kWh the energy you are consuming. And quite frankly I don't believe that.
Any measuring device has to be calibrated and confirm to measuring standards.
If the meters were inaccurate then it would be picked up and there would be a huge public outcry and the meters would be prohibited from being used.
@@deang5622 sure, when they are newly installed, they are calibrated, but how often are they checked and recertified? Mine is more than 2 yrs since installation and has never been inspected, what about yours? The only thing truly bollox is the lack of transparency regarding the operation of these meters and the lack of consumer protections regarding the functionality and failure of these meters - it’s as if the utility companies and commissions believe these meters are bulletproof and failure proof.
I received a letter from Scottish Power that my meter is not working correctly because it is to old. And that's why they tell me that I should get smart meter.
Scottish Power sent me a vastly inflated gas bill supposedly 'based on previous usage' - (actually ×10 all previous usage). Now claiming the SAME bill is based on readings l sent them.The liars. They now want a photo of my perfectly serviceable 'dumb' meter with serial no. visible to prove my genuine reading. It all stinks to high heaven. I am now waiting the results of my complaint. Obviously
want me to have a 'smart' meter. NO!
My comment about SP has been de let ed.
That’s what they said to me after they went ahead on there own accord to install one in my place yesterday
Thank you! Finally someone is talking about the elephant in the room! Home with two children in freezing conditions (analog meter frozen) British Gas is refusing to replace with an analog meter. My only option is to have a smart meter installed with £150+ debt credited and so when I top up all I can afford each week (£20 for example) the meter will eat up all the top up and following (happened to a friend in same position) I have six months left on the property and have to save money to find somewhere else with two children under 9. Trying to get myself out of this situation
Cannot use my cooker as it runs on gas. They have left us with no supply
Do you have the place outside to fit a gas tank? That could be connected to the cooker.@@acelestialwitch8512
Same been 3 years July just gone, 3rd winter with out heat or hot water, I have mental health issues along with asthma and sciatica. They didn't get a court order they just broke in and changed my meter.
My energy company is constantly pestering me to have a smart meter ,I have so far refused, now they have have changed tack and informed me my existing meter has come to the end of its life all of a sudden. My existing meter is a digital type and not that old.
After all the smart meters are installed the power company will have rate hikes in high use times for example 3pm till 11pm is the highest rate 11pm to 6am the lowest rate
Hang on a sec... at 5:00 you say your supplier can remotely cut off or restrict supply in the event of non-payment - but then two minutes later you say that smart meters only transmit traffic one way - which prevents updates being pushed to the device. That being the case, how can a supplier "command" a meter to disconnect?
They can transmit data both ways, for instance, for a firmware update. However, suppliers are currently prevented from remote disconnect/connect for safety reasons, i.e., in the case of disconnect, someone may need vital medical equipment, and in the case of reconnect, someone may have left the oven on. For this reason, Ofgem have ruled suppliers cannot disrupt the supply remotely.
I almost died after 3 weeks of exposure to smart meters installed in my building. Tests showed brain damage, lung damage, connective tissue damage, kidney damage, liver damage. I was not able to walk, lift my head, speak, do basic math, and my brain was glitching so bad it was making electronic noises. Mega lawsuit.
Liar
How are you now, they are dangerous.
Prices will surge, and as usual, not go back down, because these money-hungry beasts, never want to earn less money.
Stop paying them then . No paper contract , no wet signature , no authority to demand payments from you . STOP PAYING ! ENERGY COMPANIES ARE COMMITTING FRAUD .
@@justinereynolds4261 Don't be stupid.
To have a contract in place does not require a signed paper contract.
When you go into a sweet shop and purchase confectionary, you form a verbal contract between the customer and retailer.
Now if you are consuming electricity then you should be expecting to pay for it.
Consuming it and not paying for it is theft. Plain and simple
Cover your smart meter with aluminum so it blocks the signal.
That ticks them off pretty good.
Also make a hat out of kitchen foil and a couple of forks to ground the electromagnetic wave that will curdle you brain. See above video from someone that didnt .!
@Tom Tapping
How very acerbic of you, Tom.
Have you ever been told you're a narcissist before?
@@billyandrew that was a very narcissistic reply, you need help
Surely one of the key benefits is that you don't need to manually send in meter readings to the power company, so why would you want to block the signal and prevent the readings being sent automatically to the power company?
What benefit do you get out of blocking the signal? (Other than to prevent them cutting your power off remotely because you haven't paid the bill).
"Smart meters will save you money" has to be one of the biggest cons going.
Simply switching off everything that you're not using will save you money... you don't need no poxy meter to do that.
Now owners of SMART meters are suffering stress as they watch the display show them exactly how much it's costing each day. 😢
I head Co-op have a special deal on tin foil at the moment, you need a new hat.
Thank you for sharing. I live in America don't want the FU smart meter nothing good about it its poisoning with EMF! ITS MADNESS 😠
I live in the United States, also and I won't be using one, either. Glad you know about the dangers of this. I've told a few friends about the dangers but they don't believe me and don't seem to care.
@@brynne77 I’m in the US too. I moved into a home with a smart meter. Within a month I started having ear ringing, ear pain, headaches, nausea, blurry vision and internal body vibrations 😞 dominion power will not let me opt saying due to credit history. My family is also starting to have more and more issues too.
The US really snuck these in on us and most people still don’t know what they are in Virginia. I only found out because my friend asked me if I had one when I told her about my symptoms 😞and when I do tell others they truly don’t seem to care or Believe me.
@@rachelhancock6833 Wow, well *I* believe you. I"ve heard of people having symptoms like that, too, mainly here on youtube. I haven't met anyone in my town who have had symptoms yet, but I have heard many are having high electric bills due to their Smart meter . I have an opt-out meter, myself. A friend of mine had warned me about Smart meters a few years ago. Wasn't sure I believed her then, but she's been very smart about other things (like knowing about 5G and the dangers of it) so I decided, in case she was right, I would ask to not have a Smart meter on my house, but an opt-out meter. I guess I was lucky because my power company had someone come by my neighborhood and ask if we wanted an S meter put on. I told him no. He said I had to call the power company and tell them. I did. It cost me extra (about $150- a one-time payment), but I paid it and had an opt-out meter put on.
Man you are one sad bloke ,there are no risks involved in smart meters,if your original meter became faulty they would have to come to your property anyway
That's very helpful info even though it's from a few years ago.
I've just seen on another YT channel that legislation is in place for circs where Energy Suppliers can force a smart meter.
Either on the meter or known by energy Suppliers there is a manufacturers expiry date for when meters become no longer safe to use. Energy suppliers cannot force you to have a meter unless when approaching judge for court order and police assistance they have to have this expiry date as part of their evidence.
However, if you have RMF/RF sensitivity or asthma and are affected by EMF/RF waves you could potentially refuse to have one on health grounds. They cannot demand you give them your medical info which is private between you and Doctor.
Old monologue meters ceased being manufactured in 2014 by Govt order.
You can turn off a smart meter with a press of a button. But to cut off the old one you have to send someone to do it manually.
Their in control not you,they can switch it higher with no notice to you,all a big con, don’t get a smart meter,
The biggest risk you failed to mention. That's FIRE! Smart meters have a relay inside which is massively under-rated to switch a full load. This has on many occasion lead to overheating and fire. Normal traditional meters do not have such a relay and are inherently safe in comparison.
Rubbish.
Nothing to do with switching the load.
To switch the power on and off, there has to be a relay present as you suggest.
That relay has to be in the phase line. It's probably a double pole relay switching both neutral and live line. Now whether it is a single pole or double pole isn't particular important for the purpose of this discussion.
But the relays contacts have to the capability to carry the maximum load current for the entire property.
That maximum current is typically 100 amps. The main cutout fuse in many properties is 100 amps.
If the relay contacts are rated at less than this, then there is a fire risk.
There is no way on earth my friend, that the regulatory bodies are going to allow smart electricity meters to be installed that cannot safely carry 100 amps of current. It is *not* happening.
If they permitted that, every property which has a main cutout fuse of 100 amps - which is the majority of properties although not all - is at risk of fire.
The fire brigade would not allow this situation to happen.
@@deang5622 the relays are marked 100A but they arc like fuck and burn the contacts badly - doesn't take long before there is enough resistance to cause overheating..fire. I think BIG CLIVE did a tear down showing this a while back
Bullshit. Evidence?
@@uktvcool...Recently I've watched a video on fires caused by smart meters installed in a neighborhood, and/or from its lithium battery. Scary.
Er...what does the smart meter run on? I assume it runs on MY electricity and so will increase my electricity usage, and that will increase my bill.
No - it runs on the energy companies electricity - and they calculate their unit costs to include all of their costs including their business premises, their bonuses, the office canteen, the toilet roll in the staff toilets and the little bit of power that it costs to run your smart meter ... businesses cover their costs (and profits) or they go bust, simple.
Who do you think paid for the energy required to run the "old style" mechanical meter or do you believe that they didn't require any power to function and ran on fairy dust and unicorn farts?
@@philharris9631 thanks for the B.S. but as an electronics engineer, I know exactly how the old style meter runs, thank you very much. Unlike you, I stopped believing in fairies years ago.
@@davidkerridge6612 - you’re very welcome to my BS … I usually charge most people for it.
@@philharris9631 I expect you do. Good B.S. is not easy to find these days, but you seem to have a good supply.
@@davidkerridge6612 You must be a pretty shit electronics engineer then (if you even are one). If they are running the meter off "your" electricity, what happens when whackjob's prediction of them arbitrarily sending a signal to cut the power off in the meter?😂
Just caught your video. I'm in Sydney Australia and on a fixed income. One of the worst decisions
I made was opting for a smart meter. Previously I was on a simple tariff now I'm hit with so many
charges and my electricity bill is so complicated that I'm unable to understand it. If I had been
advised of these hidden costs I would not have signed up of course. Don't use my electric heater
anymore thank goodness summer is nearly here.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
Was due to have a smart meter thursday, guy turned up after driving his van across my freshly seeded verge then marched down the hallway with muddy boots over the carpet. He then told me he was going to inspect all my appliances to make sure they were up to standard. I said "what do you do if you find a bad one", He told me he would then "condemn the equipment". My wife was ill in bed at the time and access is required through her bedroom to a new boiler in a cupboard leading off it. Told him I did not know of any faulty equipment but wanted the meter changed not a household electrical and appliance check. He then said we couldn't do it and I threw him out. E-on complaint submitted. Seems its an excuse to drum up extra work.
He wouldn't have got in my home in the first place and his employers would have received a demand for an apology, along with a bill for the damage from a solicitor.
You might want to research the health issues related to smart meters.
All they need to check and be happy with is the main earthing to the consumer unit. Your appliances, and any electrical installation after the meter have no bearing on their work. If they see something that concerns them within the area they are working, they may be obliged to make you aware of it. But essentially, the installation will be no more dangerous than it was before they started their work. I'd have been inclined to report it to the police as suspicious behaviour, just incase this guy, or the company, are coming people into having more work done. Then inform EON that this behaviour has given you cause to report it to the police.
They do not have the power to condemn electrical appliances.
I have had this argument previously on YT with qualified electricians.
They have no such legal power.
All they can do is inspect the electrical installation which does NOT include appliances.
If they find a safety issue with the electrical installation they can approach the resident or owner and ask for permission to turn the power off to the dangerous part of the installation and the resident or owner can refuse, and there is nothing the electrician can do about it. If the unsafe part of the installation is de-energised, there is nothing to stop the resident from turning the power back on, though if it really is a C1 condition code against the defect, it would be unwise to turn it back on.
There are actual websites belonging to firms of electricians where they say they have the power to condemn an electrical installation. Electricians are not the brightest of people, they are generally quite poorly educated and when it comes to legal matters, they are completely clueless.
Sounds more like intimidation. Should have asked him for a 27b-stroke-6
Thanks for the video 😃👍 I have been told by my energy company that the old style meters are being phased out by March next year. They say 'If you have a meter that uses the RTS signal we need to replace your old meter with a modern meter before the signal is switched off in March 2023.'
Is this genuine or it is it just another way to get us on to the smart meters quicker?
I have no idea if my meter uses the RTS signal whatever that is. It's just the old style meter.
Can anyone clarify any of that for me please?
Ignore them, they are trying to con you into having a smart meter fitted. If you have the analogue type with the spinning disc, stick with that unless you specifically want a smart meter.
You'll have an RTS box if you're on Economy 7,and it is true that they're supposed to be switched off early next year.
They are lying to you.
There is no legal obligation to force you to have a smart meter.
Write back to them and tell them quite firmly you do not want one. They will probably send you more letters, in which case you write back to them again stating your position and threaten to report them to the police for harassment. That is what I had to do to get them to back down.
What's happened is the government has given the power companies targets for the number of smart meters to be rolled out by a certain date, and those power companies that do not achieve the target will be punished financially.
That's their problem, not ours.
The inconsistency is that the government is telling the power companies they must force the meters on to us, but the government has passed no legislation to force the public to accept these meters.
@@trevawgathinny1114 thank you.
Radio 4, who transmit the RTS signal is terminating its LW service in March/April 2024. Unless you're using Economy 7, you don't need to worry.
Why am I paying my energy supplier £350 a year for the use of the meters in my house that they did not install, I put a new electric meter in after I bought my house and the gas meter was in it when I bought it 20 years ago can anyone explain why I have to pay thousands of pounds for them getting the use of them?
Only 'Smart' for the supplier not the consumer - the very little benefits to the consumer are nothing compared to the benefits to the supplier!
How can you save money when the standing charge keeps rising? If you are cold then you must have the heating on, the smart meter can not help you with this. It is all about control.
Last year I was forced to have a smart meter if I wanted to continue my energy supply with E-on so I thought to save hassle of changing supplier I would finally give in. I had one fitted but just over a year on I have health problems including insomnia and I did not really think about it until today but the meter is high on the living room wall in my small old cottage. It is in a wooden box and directly above it on the first floor is my bed and my head is in line with the box and about 4 feet above the meter when I am lying down with only wooden floor boards as a barrier. I have just emailed E-on about this and asked if there are any health risks. I know they are going to be
biased but it will interesting to see what they say. I have also just ordered an EMF reader to check emissions with. It is all a bit worrying, especially since this is a small one bedroom cottage and I cannot move my bed. I read in the USA these meters must be positioned outside of properties and also you should make sure you are at least 50 feet away from one where you sleep.
I hope you're able to get your situation worked out. There is a guy named Jerry Day with TH-cam channel called minivan jack. He helps people get their smart meter removed.
@@rhondaweber5638 OK, thanks. I shall check that out.💞❤
YOU CAN MAKE THOSE WHO INSTALLED THE DEADLT "SMART" METER REMOVE IT. BEWARE AND DELETE OF ANYTHING THAT SAYS "SMART" AND REPLACE IT WITH "SATANIC"!!!!!!
I swatted up on them and 5g, too, when both first came to the public's attention.
Study, after study, after study, all, except those from the industries involved, warning of their dangers, particularly in close proximity to any organic lifeform.
I live in a flat within a tenement block.
Some neighbours listened, while others didn't.
Those who didn't now suffer various health problems.
The energy suppliers aren't biased, they're barefaced liars and can trot out their tame scientists to reassure the gullible, however I have access to the studies of thousands of respected scientists, who say otherwise.
@@billyandrew WELL DONE BILLY FOR CARRYING OUT THE RESEARCH. RUN IT BY GBNEWS AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO A MENTION ON IT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE ARE THE 99%!!!
Did you know that smart meter trash also interferes with hearing aids as they give off a buzz. I am almost totally deaf and I cannot use my hearing aids because of the buzz. I was told no but I thought it was the hearing aids so I have tried 5 different kinds and the same results on all of them. I was told I was lying but maybe they are stupid because I am deaf and cannot use any of them. I had no say because this is not my property it belongs to a housing association.
It won't be added to your bill,your standing charge is for this purpose so you are wrong there
Except it's not straight to the supplier, what about all the communicating signals between other meters ?
I dont like smart meters im keeping to my old style meter
You won’t be able to grow weed if you have one installed 😂 . They will know👀
I never wanted one put it off never got back to them. Scottish Power basically phoned me and told me I was to get one fitted. And gave me times and days they would be out to fit it. Took the guy 20mins to fit. I just never wanted my electric to be switched off during winter. I got all three payments in December, just heating one room is costing a fortune. I used to use gas to heat my house, now only use for hot water and drying clothes for couple of hours. Hardly use it and cost so much. And electricity a tenner a day to heat my living room, the rest of the house is like a fridge. They made out on phone I had to get it done
How is not being told you're about to have a heart attack "not ideaL"?
Worth knowing is that the new Smart meter not only gives the installing energy company the facility to measure all use, the ability to switch power supply off, but also to turn the meter into a prepayment meter that supplys power with the use of a prepayment card or prepayment key. Something that without the Smart Meter the energy company would have to obtain a court order. This has previously acted as a level of protection to ensure no vulnerable people were illegally cut-off.
Dire poverty in itself is no reason to live without hot food or a warm home.
They broke into my home 3 years ago July and capped my gas, this is the 3rd winter without gas, I also have mental health issues, sciatica and asthma. They didn't get a court order either.
I had a smart meter, the problem with it was it wasn't very smart, in fact I'd say it was really dumb, the display was about 30 foot from the feed and the signal was on 2.4GHZ Wi-Fi, every Wi-Fi signal in reach including my neighbours Wi-Fi signals caused confusion with the readings, some days it subtracted KW from my running total, I have read about problems with the comunication between the meter and the supply company but my problem was all in house, Have you ever had problems with a Wi-Fi device at home ? OK imagine your electricity payments being dependant on Wi-Fi..it was in a word a NIGHTMARE, I've changed electricity companies since then and have no smart meter now, my new company is asking for permission to fit one, I don't reply.
No, it didn't subtract KW from the total. The total is measured in KWH. It might have subtracted KWH from the total but not KW.
@@deang5622
semantics
lots of things I hadn't thought of!
One reason I don't want one not mentioned here is I don't think It'l save me more money then I can already. I only use what I need and after use it get switched off immediately.
Lots of things only a conspiracy theorist would dream up.
@Tom Tapping
Better than a gullible sheep, Tom.
You have a vested interest, I'm betting.
I responded to an earlier comment you made, further up the post, in which I requested any information you might have.
I hadn't got the feel for your interest, at that point, but now I do, so, again, kindly provide any information, links included, that might possibly assuage any concerns this post deals with and I'll take them into consideration.
2:30 so true! Promotion of these has stressed how they will ‘save you money’ which is complete nonsense. My indoor display unit was unplugged as soon as the installer went and put to the back of a drawer. Anyone who watches their energy costs on one of these units will find themselves having cold showers and no hot meals or drinks.
...and if they do then they'll save money. :-)
so is there an indoor unit in all smart meters? will the installation men have to enter my house aswell as change the meter outside the front door? i plan on refusing a smart meter btw. but id like to know if they have to enter the house to complete the job. or can you not answer the door?
The indoor unit is simply a display so you can see your current usage, your usage over the last hour / day / week etc. and if it’s half decent then it will compare your current usage to the same period previously so you can see if your usage is up or down on previously.
If you’re that scared of the world it can be posted through your letterbox and you can decide for yourself whether you plug it in or not.
@@philharris9631 thanks. but its not a matter of being scared of the world.my question was, if the owner of my house decides to put in a smart meter, or indeed i do, must they enter the house to do it? or can they do it from just outside my front door where the old meter box is? and just swap them? so if i am on holiday the week they are in my area can they just change the meter without me, working outside the whole time? or must i physically be there to open my front door to them so they can physically enter to do work INSIDE my house ASWELL as outside. ........................for example a workman fixing my drainpipe does not need to enter my house to do it, so are the smart meter installers the same or not? ............you say it can be posted through the letterbox and i can decide whether to plug it in, does that mean the the indoor unit does not need to be wired inside the house, all the wiring is done outside the house?
@@davidmyles9967 … well you did say specifically about not answering the door rather than being out. :-)
… that is correct … the indoor unit connects to the smart meter wirelessly.
However I don’t know whether it would be advisable (or even possible) to have them change your meter while you weren’t there as it is quite possible that when the power was reconnected and turned on then the switch-on surge in your home could trip your own breakers and you wouldn’t want to come home after a week away to find all your frozen food thawed and ruined.
I've just refused to be pushed into a smart meter! I won't be told how to regulate and monitor my energy usage
Are trying to get money back for unpaid bills??? 😮
Smart meter = high levels of RF radiation. Not good for any living being.
It’s the same as a mobile phone and WiFi router.
Nothing you have said contains any evidence. It's just you talking. I have two devices that measure radiation and high frequency microwaves which I bought to test kitchen appliances I thought may be unsafe. I proved physically that they are not unsafe. Where is your proof? What instruments have you used to detect radiation coming from a smart meter? If you really want to be terrified of devices spying on you look no further than your computer graphics card. They have virtual machines running containterd software allowing them to install anything and run anything with full access to your graphics display. What is more, when they update you end up running the update in admin mode. It can log your keyboard input. It has access to your cameras and microphones. It knows what software you run. It knows what web-pages you browse. And...it has AI built into the graphics card. It actually takes up to 60% of you CPU bandwidth and it can send data down your internet hogging all the bandwidth and affecting your PC's performance. I have a motherboard with a Killer network chip (yes, hardware) that allows me to find out exactly what software is using my network card. I know the operating system process monitors lie about what is using your CPU, GPU and network. And here is the worse thing: these graphics cards are in every PC. Be afraid. Be very afraid. My advice: turn off that computer and never switch it on. In fact, turn everything off and go off-grid. No computers. No washing machines. No T.V. No radio. Don't even use electricity. Catch your own food. Skin it. Gut it. Cook it on a fire made of wood.
If the sun is shining and you have solar panels do they show as zero cost?
A smart meter has a separate registers for power used from the grid and solar power being fed back into the grid. If your PV system is putting out more than you're using in your house the excess will go onto the grid and be metered as such.
Thanks , a few points I hadn't considered. This is definitely about total control of tariff, supply etc. Updates sent by sim card.
Waited all day for meter swap only to be told it was cancelled,, without telling me.
Right now on gas estimates for past 2 years of covid time.. Seems they contradict eachother & make up disputes when there are none.
Emergency services put in the early kind meter last year, digital/no sim, never did see a reading on it & doesn't work.
Energy company now says they won't come out to swap like for like ,, the 1 decent customer help I got explained you can have smart meter without sim repeater,, he booked in my swap that another had cancelled.
Looking into the cost of paying to install analogue gas meter as it's my own property. All this is such an uphill battle, best wishes to all.
The system is rigged, designed to wear you down, so they can rob you blind.
You have to set your mind to indefatiguable mode, if you want to win or have a big stick to hit them with.
Born with the former, research supplied the latter.
I get left alone now.
Yes, agreed, in every way now@@billyandrew Seems they don't want me to have a working gas meter at all.
Whoever installed this broken 1 from SGN turned up like Robert DiNiro in that film Brazil, never asked for my old meter to go either! Never showed me how it works, since April I know it's been broken since installed last year. Now I'll never know what I saved by using coal last Winter.
Maybe better off sticking with estimates..
6:33 point 3 in the newspaper article "......hackers are able to inflate meter readings" so does the Energy Suppliers trough your Smart Meter but, less "visible" with smaller increments so you not gonna get alarmed 😎 by higher bills.
Was lovely and warm but my smart meter told me what it was costing me to maintain the temperature so turned heating off and now I am dead! ( hyperthermia)
So who wrote the comments??
Got a forced smart meter, and my bill went up 88 bucks a month. The only smart thing about it is that the electric company can cheat and over charge without getting caught.
That was a month ago. As a follow-up, I wanted to comment that I called the electric company, and told them that I hadn't even used a ceiling fan at that point. And I have natural gas for the water heater. So, this was rediculous, and I would go through the chain of command, all the way to the top to get to the bottom of this. My bill this time was 155.00. Wow. So, FYI, fight it. Call them, and complain. Ofcource do it with conviction, but no derogatory remarks. GOOD LUCK.
Thanks for comment@@tracybird8668 I guess your in USA? What doesn't make sense is why price goes up with the same use.
Good you got it sorted out.. Did they use estimates that you disputed? These meters meant to keep readings up to date, but so many in UK still charge using estimates even if smart meter installed.
I'm totally against getting 1, for many reasons. They want total control remotely to ammend tariffs , upgrade new software & possibly ration supply.
Find myself in unenviable situation of no working gas meter, no readings taken in over a year due to the covid situation & illness.
I too was forced into a digital gas meter > early version of smart> now won't wake up for reading (dead battery?) , installed only 1 year ago & broken already. The old analogue one worked fine 25years!
Now find Energy company won't even come to swap it out unless I take a Smart Type2 with built in sim repeater every half hour.
They happy with high estimates & now I will never know how much gas I saved heating over Winter, as used my coal fire to heat 1room.
UK home energy costs shot up 54% on 1st April due to mismanagement during covid. Now they shoot themselves in foot with green pledges & sanctions that hurt us more than anyone else.
Some customer help act like they own the company & take advantage of elderly or disabled people. Really feeling at the end of my tether.
This World has changed so much & not for the better imo. Best wishes Tracy. 🙂
Ain't no smart, anything coming into my house!
Same with me, Irish viewer 🇨🇮
…no truer comment has been made on this video. 😂
sorry buddy no energy provider can instantly cut you off for missing a bill. you have to not pay quite a few for that to happen and even then its hard for them because of the shitty paperwork that needs to be done
The only time they can't cut off your bill is if the temperature is below a certain temperature. Otherwise THEY SURE CAN AND DO.
@@rhondaweber5638 nah really if you arrasnge a payment plan they can not cut power at all
he didn't say they can instantly cut you off .he said they don't need to come to your home to do it .they can do it remotely anytime they want
@@anthonylawrence60 - to be honest if you get to the point where they are cutting you off then you're kind of a lost cause anyway (certainly in the UK) and if you have children in the property then it would be very unlikely that they would be allowed to cut you off.
@@anthonylawrence60 why would you want your bills to get to that point though. Besides, if it gets to that, they will shut it off anyway by coming
#QTechX I got an email last week saying my meter was coming to the end of it's use-by date, and my supplier Octopus, now only installs smart meters, while I want to stay with Octopus as I like them better than my other suppliers, how do I refuse, as replacing meters when they come to the end of their use by date is law? Thanks
soon it will be cheaper to run a little petrol inverter generator than pay the electricity companies. some of them will run 6 hours on a gallon of fuel. you can even make ethanol to run them on.
In passing - IMHO I am no expert but I was a sub doing IT on the Smart Meter program. Qualifiers: (i) As I say, a mere computer programmer me, what do I know? (ii) I hate to bad-mouth a client who paid me $zillions. But .. the Smart Meter implementation is a foolish over-designed unnecessarily complicated shambles. The underlying requirement could have been implemented quicker, easier, correctly, 10x cheaper, years ago.
It seems great for night rate if you run anything at night and especially with charging electric cars. If you have any family members who stay up late too. Though I do think privacy concerns are real and they should just calculate your overall cost on device and send it off to themselves. And if they really want to make sure you haven't messed with it. Have someone come around and check it like they always have with standard ones. Everything shouldn't be IOT (internet of things) connected crap.
I don't care about breakdowns of devices used like you said, all I care about is the lower rates. People can realize their use without an app telling them. And it kind of contradicts what you said about privacy if you want a more detailed breakdown for it to be "useful".
Big business AKA bigbrother-you will do as I say.
I saw a video UT an engineer explain the internal workings of the meters, as previously stated power can be altered also EV chargers will be replaced by energy companies, the consumer will be invoiced for replacements, reason given present meter incompatable.
All white goods are designed to function at around 240v, consequently reduced voltage will cause inefficiency to perform its function.
The voltage in this country is strictly regulated at 230v -6% +10%. All electrical appliances must conform to operating safely and satisfactorily within this voltage range. In any case, smart meters cant adjust the voltage.
What happened to the SMART jabs?
It wont save money. How can it?
They will limit or turn off your electricity supply.
Guess I'll eventually be boiling the kettle because they can make them mandatory all they want, I'll refuse to use them
Watch Take back your power, documentary on smart meters,
Smart - Self-monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technologies
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i have a smart meter with an in home display and i love it.i have no bills no direct debits i can see my balance and top online when needed.i find it very convenient helping me stay in control of my usage and finances without needing to go to a post office.personally i love it
Interesting Peter. How do you top up when your wi fi is cut off?
@@factorylad5071it would be a rare occurrence for me to without wifi as im with talk talk and live in central london.i have about 400 pound balance on my electric due to all the government support.i put about ten pound on my gas every two weeks.you do realise that if your wifi is cut of you can turn your mobile data on to a hotspot and access the internet this way via your phone but still using your laptop.it uses what ever your data allowance is on your phone .but im very rarely without wifi
@@factorylad5071 Not all smart meters require the customers WiFI, a lot have 2-3G comms.
Lets hope life remains good for you Peter and you don't find yourself in deficient to your energy supplier where they can mode change you to pay as you go. good luck with that
social engineering has worked well, giving up privacy for " CON - VENIENCE"
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION, I WON'T GET ONE
Im the same
In regards to the EMF wireless transmission, if meters are placed next to each other will this increase the emf levels?
This very morning a British gas engineer turned up to fit a smart meter. Knocked on door, "your are with a different electric supplier, did they tell you I need to fit a hub to your electric box"
Me "no they didn't tell me that"
"don't you want it fitted"
"no"
I can't find anything about this issue on TH-cam etc...
Can you do a video.
It's a con, tell him to fuck off and leave your meter alone
Any follow up?
Don't ever power your cannabis farm through a smart meter. Stick to bridging your existing old-fashioned meter. 🤭
No one should have any smart devices in a home or vehicle. You are giving away so much.
If companies can raise kWh rates any time they want to? Can't a company raise rates beyond allowable rates, here and there? How are we to know if a company CHEATS?
Thank you, I found this to be the most informative video on the topic of smart meters. You pointed out facts even I didn't take into account. I am getting pestered more or less daily, (just had a bloody text as we speak from them), telling me they are coming to install one and would I please let them in. I don't want one, so I am not having one, simple. I'll deal with any enforcement issues if they arise. Who the f**k do these people think they are. Thanks once again, have a good day.
In one part of the video you waffle on about a smart meter being used to tell what appliances are being used in your house. A few minutes later when discussing the limitations of the current technology you state that smart meters cant be used to tell a provider what devices you are using. Doesn't sound like you really know anything about smart meters.
My house in Australia has a smart meter...it allows my energy retailer to charge me time of use tariffs that vary depending in the time of day. Between 1000 and 1500 hrs is the cheapest time for using grid power so I maximize my energy usage during that period. I also charge my home battery during that period if my PV system output is low and then run the house off the battery during times of the day when power prices are at higher tariffs.
Cost going up? Keep up with GREEN and it will cost you MORE. MUCH MUCH MORE. Not the meters, it is where and how the power is generated. No free lunch as we say in the US.
It is now 18 months since i last washed my underpants because every time i do so my Smart Meter shows that i'm using to much electricity , so i don't bother .My butter's running out my fridge and i haven't showered for 2 year now , all because what my Smart Meter is telling me .
Not really , i havn't got one and never will have . 🤭😁😂😂😂
As you say in the video , since when have the government and energy providers cared about saving us money , it's their job to take it from us big time , they're insulting our intelligents thinking we're stupid .
Here in Canada its mandatory. Had to smart power meter for years, outside the house. Recently the water company installed a water meter inside the house, and I've developed a rash since. Considering going off grid just to get rid of the smart meters.
Expect peak charge usage in the future.
My neighbor got a smart meter. It faces our home. We are about 15 feet apart on that side and our bedroom and living room is on that side. Do you know if this would be dangerous for us? If so, what can I do on my end to protect that side of home?
Search for a special paint that blocks EMF radiation. And paint the walls on the side of the house with the meter. Just had 4 smart meters installed in my apartment building. Right on the other side of my bedroom wall. With another 4 meters 10 feet away on the building next to us. They seem to turn on around the same time everyday for an hour. We can tell because our bodies get all tingly, then pin pricks, followed by aches and pains all over, headaches, dizziness, chills, and tiredness. The effects can last the rest of the day. So our best bet is to avoid our apartment during that hour they turn on. It's annoying, but it's better than feeling like $hit. It's not subtle either, we literally feel like we're being hit by something.
It amazed me how many 'sheep' agreed to having a smart meter fitted. My analogue meter does the exact same thing, only I get to read it and pay for what I have used. A smart meter is just another stab against our freedoms and rights in my view. They can be switched off remotely, try that with an analogue meter..lol The ONLY reason they fitted smart/dumb meters was to try and catch those who re-wired them to bypass the meter. I know of at least 3 people who grow a certain plant and they manage to bypass the smarty pants meter easily. Instead of wiring every home directly from the junction, virtually impossible, they decided to go with smart meters so they could read 'live' data coming from each persons home. They DO NOT save you any less than an analogue meter! A meter is just that - a means to gather information about how much electricity/gas you are using. The day will come when I will be given a choice, either have a smart meter or we'll terminate your supply. In that case, you'd better cut it off then, because I will NEVER have a smart meter purely on principle.
The smart meter can’t know what is being used and won’t ever without everything from your kettle to your TV having a registered transmitter within to inform the smart meter it’s being use and it’s requirements. The principles of saving is that you will be able to observe your usage but if you then switch off all plug switches not needed at a time (kettle, etc) you will reduce the amount of wasted power and will recognise by how much on the display.
Exactly. All this he said was misinformation.