Smart meter shows £5 electricity used by 6.30am?

[ENoeuf]

I’m really stressed since having it fitted out bills have gone through the roof. I checked at 6.20am and it was already showing £4.43 used! Gone up .66p in an hour and display showed between 0.03 and 0.09p per hour in that time. What is going on?

How much is your daily charge? I know when I first got a smart meter that threw me.

Also things on standby use electricity.

If you are normally up at 6.00 try turning the power off at your consumer unit, your smart meter has a battery, if it adds on while the power is off then that is your standing charge / day rate.

You can also take your smart meter out to the actual meter and see if they are the same.

No, heating is on a timer 6.30-10 and then 4-8 (gas heating).
I’m really sorry I don’t understand the suggestion from Sassh.

Also - how can 66p be spent in an hour if the hourly rate shown doesn’t go above 9p?

Do you have a minimum electricity spend a day? It does seem a massive amount but maybe it's that?

I bought a plug from Amazon that I can plug into my appliances to see how much electricity they are each using.

I bought it to check that my fridge wasn't using too much as it is old and might have needed replacing.

I have moved the plug around the house and now know how much each appliance costs us to run.

In your case though it seems odd that you have an amount used and zero kw hours.

Our Smart meter stopped being smart a few years ago, so we rely on weekly meter readings from the meters.

We had a tariff with a daily charge and that used to get added at about 6am, but not every day (I presume the signal was a bit iffy)? It puzzled us for ages.

I'd start by looking at your meter, the actual meter, not the in home display.

Look at the enter at a set time, say 9am. Note down the usage figure.
Then look at 9pm, not down the usage figure.
Then look tomorrow at 9am, note down the usage figure.

You'll see exactly how much is being used and in which 12 hour slot.
That should help narrow down any issues.

What are the standing charges supposed to be for gas and electricity respectively?

Looks like it's faulty... we are all expecting much bigger bills now, but that seems excessive, and the discrepancy between hourly usage and amount used, plus the exact same daily total day after day, point to a fault.

I don't have one, so no idea of the reporting/complaining process, but get on it as soon as they open, use their Twitter platform, take it to You&Yours (bbc radio 4 consumer programme) if you're not getting anywhere

Citizens advice may be worth talking to about whether to stop your direct debit while it's sorted out - is there any way you can use last years bills to get some idea of what you should have paid, maybe add 25% for the recent price rises?

Good luck!

Immersion water heating. Ours is the same - you change change hot water timings and wash in the evenings? Thank

Can you get up 'usage now' ?

This is crazy high, something must be going wrong somewhere. We have electric radiators on all night at 20 degree, currently have a tumble dryer on, lights, tv's etc and only on £1.87 so far. We are home most of the time too as max we've done is £6 ever.

With octopus.

We do have the immersion set on a timer to be on first thing the once midday and early evening?

Turn the standby things properly off. Standby uses tons of leccy

Usage now is 0.02 per hour and 148w

Outside meter is reading the same as this one for meter reading.
My issue is the amount charged or shown as charges against the amount being used per hour?
Honestly I switch all lights off, switch most things at wall like kettles and toasters, etc.

Is that the standing/minimum charge for the day that's added first thing rather than actual usage?

Standby doesn’t use £5 in six hours - and what I don’t understand is the meter isn’t showing £1 per hour it’s showing 0.03-0.09 per hour. Maybe momentarily .25 if I put the kettle on. It would be easier if it was really high.

In two exact hours it shows a jump from £4.43 to £5.76 (1.33) used. One kettle two showers one blast hairdryer and background eg fridge x 2.

Wonky legs - maybe? Would it be £4 something per day?

Your tariff details should specify the daily or weekly standing charge. Compare it and see if it fits.

@LiG123 that’s interesting. It can’t be a daily tariff front loaded then if you don’t have it.

In the screenshot daily standing charge is 23.33p?

In the first shot at 6.20am the gas standing charge was the amount shown on the meter whereas electricity was £4.33

[quote ENoeuf]In the screenshot daily standing charge is 23.33p?[/quote]
Well that can’t be it then?

Did you change tariff when you had the meter fitted? That would give more scope for either them cocking something up or you not being used to the pattern?

@ENoeuf

In the first shot at 6.20am the gas standing charge was the amount shown on the meter whereas electricity was £4.33

Well that’s pretty close.

It’s all such a headache isn’t it? I had to play all these games and do constant calculations for weeks when my water bill suddenly went mad.

The worst bit is every time you try to have the conversation with them, they run through the same 20 questions about usage before getting down to business.