We have been asked by pp to install dual fuel smart meters.
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In a survey of 1 265 solar panel owners 5 of those who were offered or applied for a smart meter were told by their energy firm they couldn t have one because of their solar panels.
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Some of the issues were connected to households that have smart meters and solar panels fitted together.
The answer to this question depends up to a point on what you mean by interfere.
It was previously the case that some smart meters were not compatible with solar panels but the new generation of smart meter being rolled out across the country known as the smets2 is compatible with all solar panels.
If you already have a smart meter installed and it s a first generation model the smets1 you may encounter compatibility problems with your solar panels.
A spokesperson from smarter energy gb the organisation behind the smart meter roll out said.
We are fine with this but are concerned there may be a conflict with the solar panels we have fitted.
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A smart meter won t stop your solar panels working and generating electricity and it won t alter the amount of electricity you get to use.
The main issues some people have reported when coping with a combination of solar panels and smart meters is that the meters connected to the solar panels are analogue meters or what we like to call dumb meters.
So if your new meter is an interval meter it will need to be replaced again with a smart meter when this rollout occurs.
Is there any experience of problems of installing an sm when solar panels are already in place.
Smart meters offer tremendous benefits to the reliability of our electric grid as well smart meters allow utilities to pinpoint outages with greater accuracy because they transmit on site electricity consumption data or lack thereof in sub hourly intervals.
If you have solar panels wind turbines or any other microgeneration systems you can get a smart.
But some firms can now support smart meters if you have solar panels and more improvements are in the pipeline.
