We have been smart metered. Not smart metred, that’s something quite different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our electricity and gas meters were replaced with devices that have SIM cards which allow the meters to send up-to-date information about our energy consumption to our energy supplier, to enable them to charge us an arm and three legs per day so we can boil the kettle, have a meagre shower and, occasionally, eat hot food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m slightly disappointed the dead but almost reanimated Albert Einstein hasn’t popped in for tea with not-yet dead Angela Rippon in tow, but I’m sure they’ll be along in a week or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dashboard meter thingy (to use the technical term) helps us answer such mundane questions as “how much does it cost to boil the kettle?” (about 3p), and “how much does it cost to run a cycle of the dishwasher?” (about 8p).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However the dashboard meter thingy also shows us a daily budget. We have exceeded our daily budget twice (due to heavy dishwashering activity and multiple washing-machine cycling – both during peak hours) but… I’m not convinced the dashboard meter thingy is really smart. For example, does the dashboard meter thingy take into account seasonal variations (we know, for example, our energy use during the summer months can flatline at almost zero on weekdays)? I don’t believe it does, I have a suspicion it isn’t that smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ll ask Albert about it when he pops in for a brew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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