How to tell if your smart メーター is 欠陥のある and what you can do to 直す／買収する，八百長をする it
- Number of 欠陥のある smart メーターs 殺到するd in the second half of 2023
- If your energy 供給者 is not getting 正確な readings they may overcharge
- Find out how to tell if your メーター is working and what to do if it is not?
欠陥のある smart メーターs are on the rise in Britain with some 世帯s 報告（する）／憶測ing 存在 攻撃する，衝突する by 法案 rises as a result.
The number of メーターs not operating in 'smart 方式'?went up from 2.7million to 3.98million between June 2023 and the start of 2024, によれば Department for Energy 安全 and 逮捕する 無 人物／姿／数字s.
In other words, millions of 恐らく 'smart' メーターs are 現実に no smarter than the older メーターs they 取って代わるd and have gone dumb.
DESNZ said that 報告（する）／憶測ing errors by a 少数，小数派 of 供給者s could be behind the rise.
Questions to answer: The number of メーターs not operating in 'smart 方式' is on the rise
If so, these 供給者s would be 強いるd to 修理 the 欠陥のある メーターs, によれば the 貿易（する） 協会 for the energy 産業 - Ene rgy UK.
But how can you tell if your smart メーター is 欠陥のある? And what should you do if you think it is? Find out below.
How do smart メーターs work??
Smart メーターs 手段 how much gas and electricity a 世帯 uses and 株 that （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） with you in の近くに-to-real time.
They also send this （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） to your energy 供給者 経由で a wireless 網状組織 類似の to the internet but 排他的に for smart メーターs.?
If they lose 関係, 顧客s often rely on 概算の 法案s, which are supposed to be 訂正するd once the 供給者 has 手動式の メーター readings.
Smart Energy GB,?a 非，不，無-利益（をあげる） organisation 焦点（を合わせる）ing on the 利益s of smart メーターs, says there are 概略で 35million smart メーターs in Britain, the '広大な 大多数' of which are operating as ーするつもりであるd.
It said 88.6 per ce nt were operating in smart 方式 at the end of 2023, up from 87.3 per cent the previous year.
法案 関心s: If your energy 会社／堅い is not getting smart メーター readings, you could overpay
How to know if your smart メーター is 欠陥のある?
Some 顧客s have either paid too much on their energy 法案s and struggled to get their money 支援する - or too little and gone into 負債 - because their メーターs have not been in smart 方式.
Two in five 顧客s' 供給者s were not receiving メーター readings, while one in 10 said their メーターs were not sending readings in the first place, によれば a Which? 調査する.
You can see if your 供給者 is getting your readings by checking your 最新の 声明 - or looking at your 供給者's app if they have one - and seeing if readings are 示すd as 'smart'.
If they are not, you can check how often your smart メーター is supposed to be sending readings to your provider - either 月毎の, hourly, or half-hourly.?
Making this more たびたび（訪れる） could 改善する the 正確 of 法案s.
Another possible 原因（となる） of the 問題／発行する, which is not やむを得ず your smart メーター's fault, is if the 供給者 itself is having connectivity 問題／発行するs.
In this 事例／患者, you may need to 服従させる／提出する readings manually to 確実にする your 法案s are 正確な while any problems are 存在 解決するd.
You can see if your 供給者 is getting your rea dings by checking your 最新の 声明 - or looking at your 供給者's app if they have one - and seeing if readings are 示すd as 'smart'?
What to do if your smart メーター is 欠陥のある?
If you still think it might be your メーター that is at fault, you can check its 関係 using this 国民s Advice?道具.?
接触する your energy provider if your smart メーター is not connecting 適切に, making sure you 服従させる／提出する 手動式の readings while the 問題／発行する is 現在進行中の to make sure your 法案s are 正確な.
If your smart メーター 監視する is at fault, then you can try moving it closer to your メーターs, checking its 殴打／砲列 or that it is plugged in, or check your 供給者's website for その上の troubleshooting tips.
If a smart メーター 監視する is broken, or not working as it should within 12 months of 取り付け・設備, your 供給者 should 取って代わる it 解放する／自由な of 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 unless you 損失d it yourself.
After 12 months, you can be 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d for a new smart メーター, although some energy 会社／堅いs will waive this 料金.
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