Smart Metering Trial

Posted on 08/04/2023 09:56 by DavidKlyne

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

Posted on 08/04/2023 15:05 by

It's not exactly rocket science to roughly calculated how much power you will use on a daily basis.  However, if that is too much for some then noting what you have used the first time one uses the system will give a good guide to future use.  If running out is going to cause angst then loading a chunk of money will get over that as any unused can be recovered later; if CC Ltd is to be believed 🙄.   

Posted on 08/04/2023 16:09 by Hja

Yes, but a very new experience for many. And you do need to know what the coast of the electricity is. I think this latter may cause a few issues. Judging from comments on here when ever metering has been discussed quite a few don’t understand that domestic and commercial rates are different. I know that the info from the OP indicates a higher cost than domestic, but we know lots of members don’t read the info they get.

Posted on 08/04/2023 16:23 by Tinwheeler

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Posted on 09/04/2023 00:03 by Tammygirl

I know that in Spain we use around 4kwH per day, that's the fridge on electric an electric kettle, charger is on but if sunny it could go off and the solar would keep the battery charged. No hot water or heating on electric. TV, phones and tablet charged on the 12v.

I guess in the UK it will be more if the weather isn't sunny or we had to have heating and hot water on.

In the MH we would use gas for the water and heating as its a refillable underslung tank but the caravan is bottles so expensive. 

As long as you know the cost per KwH it wouldn't be hard to work it out. 

Posted on 05/04/2023 18:12 by KjellNN

I see the reduction in July is stated as only £1, and that the unit price will be more than domestic prices.

From experience abroad, we know that our caravan fridge/freezer on its own uses 3-4 kWh per 24 hours, and at home we pay almost 35 p per kWh, so even at that price we would be spending over £1 without any battery charging, hot water, lights or TV.

A £1 reduction seems very mean!