Ampy 5258K electric meter fault and SSE

[pdixon]

Perhaps its true

I read that too but I'd like someone other than SSE to tell me. For some reason I don't trust SSE to know what they're talking about!

 

[Midwest]

Apart from you thinking your meter is faulty, what else suggests you have a faulty meter. Are your bills varying?

 

[Midwest]

You could follow this guidance;

Electricity meters: independent testing of accuracy - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/electricity-meter-accuracy-disputes

 

[pdixon]

Apart from you thinking your meter is faulty, what else suggest your have a faulty meter. Are your bills varying?

The meter says power consumption is 15 units per day when it should be 2 or 3 units per day.
The meter says power consumption is still 15 units per day even when the main circuit breaker is off.
The display on the meter is blank half of the time.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Sounds like the meter is FUBAR. Non-smart kWh meters should not register or update when there's no load.

That SSE page contains other nonsense too. Electricity meter leaking...?? And seeing whether the dials move quickly or slowly when you switch on an 'appliance' tells you whether or not it's faulty?? I mean, a tumble drier might spin it quite fast but if a TV spins it at the same speed the TV will be on fire. But you would have to wait 30 mins after the screen melts to be sure about that.

Hmm, do they mean the service cable / head leaking compound or pitch?

BTW, OP you mention main circuit breaker. Is this actually the Main Switch? I appreciate that if you have an overall RCD then they are one and the same, but technically it is the Main Switch that would disconnect the whole installation from the supply.

 

[pdixon]

You could follow this guidance;

That's an interesting document.
It says "This will be done by an independent examiner, in the presence of an operative from your supplier."
SSE are now going to send someone out in 2 weeks time but I got the impression that it's only an SSE employee and not an independent examiner. Does this mean I'll have to prevent him from replacing the meter out unless the independent examiner is there too?

 

[pdixon]

Here's a graph of consumption over the last few years.

 

[Midwest]

Reading that document, the legislation allows for independent testing, but the norm is for the supplier to verify their device.

You could try contacting the Office for Product Safety & Standards, seek their advice;

National regulation: gas and electricity meters - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gas-and-electricity-meter-regulations

 

[pdixon]

BTW, OP you mention main circuit breaker. Is this actually the Main Switch?

I meant the switch on the consumer unit, as shown in this picture:

 

[littlespark]

Hmm. could the solar panels be fooling the meter into still reading with the power off?
Did you try it with the PV system isolated too?

Check how the PV is connected. I saw one recently where it was connected to the supply side of the mainswitch. So technically nothing protecting the 4mm tails from there to the PV system, and no way to isolate those tails without calling in the seal fairies. Is it off its own MCB in the board?
Normally the red flashing light stays on and doesn't flash at all when the PV is feeding back into the grid (It does with my meter, but then, not the same type)