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Hi , i had my old dial electric meter fitted jan 1990 and i am hoping to out how many years before the electric supplier has to replace the old meter, i want it changed because i now findit hard to read but they will not accept this as a reason to replace it to a digital one. I can not get any sence from sweb who are my local company who own the meter because they say i need to contact my supplier who is scotish power, scotish power say its not up to them and they dont have the details so i am being passed from one to the other. I hope someone can help
I think it is at least twenty years. Old dial meters may be even longer than that.
Also, I believe meters can just be recalibrated (tested) rather than being changed. They normally get changed however.
I work as a meter-reader and there are still plenty of old dial meters around - I can even remember some as old as 1953!
i want to also change because it sticks out so far that we struggle getting things up the stairs as that where it is and we have an old cottage so the stairs are tight anyway. if a digi one was fitted it would sit back better. is there a way of making the thing stop so i can get themto do because its not working, what do you need to do before they will change it. i told them i can read it very well because of my eye sight and they said thats not a reason to change it.
I would also say that a lot of modern meters are not particularly easy to read. The digital ones are tricky to read if they are hidden away. In addition, by no means all modern meters are digital. Many are mechanical - and they are the the easiest ones to read.
in my area, where Central Networks (eon) are the meter operators, or MOPS, meters are routinely changed every 10 years... which does not help if a customer is disputing their bill!
You can't make the meter stop yourself, if you do and tamper with the meter and this is found by your supplier, you will be billed for legal costs from their Revenue Protection, or Meter Security department for extracting electricity, this could cost thousands as they estimate what electricity was used while the meter was stopped.
Like it or lump it really, but there is no obligation to change a meter
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