cpressland@lemmy.ml to Casual UKEnglish · 11 months agoLeccy is free for the next few hours! Turn everything on!lemmy.mlimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarewewbulllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIf it’s just the IHD with problems, don’t worry about it. Mine is in a drawer somewhere. It doesn’t do anything.
minus-squareBelazor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI don’t know, but Octopus are no longer receiving smart meter data from me (and vastly overestimated my bill after I was away for a month). I assumed the IHD was receiving data from the meters and pushing it to the account, is that not how it works?
minus-squarewewbulllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoNo, the meters communicate directly over a mesh network setup between neighbouring meters. I think somewhere they’ll be a cell tower connection or something. The IHD is solely for you to look at, or not.
If it’s just the IHD with problems, don’t worry about it. Mine is in a drawer somewhere. It doesn’t do anything.
I don’t know, but Octopus are no longer receiving smart meter data from me (and vastly overestimated my bill after I was away for a month).
I assumed the IHD was receiving data from the meters and pushing it to the account, is that not how it works?
No, the meters communicate directly over a mesh network setup between neighbouring meters. I think somewhere they’ll be a cell tower connection or something.
The IHD is solely for you to look at, or not.