Smart Metering Trial

Again from the information I have read there's no reason not to pre load the App with sufficient money as any credit left at the end of your stay can be refunded.

I've used the Hillhead pool on previous visits, it was too warm for me, hope they've turned it down a bit since then. Hillhead has become too expensive generally so we're opting for other Devon places, nice CLs a bit further south on the coast and C&Cc offerings.

I'm not disputing that at all. Good you can get a refund too. My point is that will folks think corresponding £ reduction is equivalent to electric use. 

So put on a fiver for a few days and find they've no idea on their background consumption and find its gone far quicker than they expected.

I have no idea on our cost consumption in doors, but can work it out by a smart meter should I feel the need. But even then wouldn't know how much to expect for our motorhome use without topping up in stages and taking notes.

Out if interest what would any of us load on the card per day?

I suppose I would load about £5 a day initially, especially if it was easy enough to get the unused credited back to me. I suspect £5 a day is probably far too much outside of the winter months. As you learn what your average usage is on subsequent stays you could reduce or increase accordingly. Hopefully the software used will detail usage by day/hour rather than just the duration of the stay.

David

I think that's the idea DK. The app will your be account as well as acting as a smart meter. No idea of any other details but we all have to remember that this is a trial.

JK

The pools at Hillhead and Looe are classed as leisure pools not swimming pools so they are heated to 29 degrees. Leisure pools are the same depth for the whole length which differ from a swimming pool that has a deep and shallow ends.

JK

I found the temperature at Seacroft just perfect, even on a hot day in August.

But back to the trail, It's just a trial (as JK says) and not the end product that maybe will be rolled out everywhere. Hopefully it will highlight where things work well and what could be improved. Will the app work well and will it and the system be reliable? Will it work well for MHs? Will it cause problems for the wardens?

All sorts of things but the most important one might be will people come to the site to use it? It could either attract or detract. If occupancy is up then great, if occupancy is affected downwards then the club won't want to lose income. If no change (as would be if I wanted to use that site) then why bother with all the expense with a network rollout?   

Will people be put off metering if their power fails at some point as they haven't put enough money and think it's not worth the effort? I assume there will be some way of getting feedback from those actually using the system on site?  

Will people be put off metering if their power fails at some point as they haven't put enough money and think it's not worth the effort? I assume there will be some way of getting feedback from those actually using the system on site?

Hopefully the system will be able to alert you when your account is getting low, either by text or email if a browser based system, or an alert if it is indeed an App.

Yes, I was thinking similar or more if staying longer. When we've used metered CLs I think it's been around £3 a day but may well have increased over the last year unfortunately.