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Thanks Carl I see everyone elsewhere has smart pre-paid??? This is odd. In EL the Smart metres were shoved in under cover of darkness. You couldn't convert to prepaid. This metre has been erratic from day one 2021. The EL municipality says you must prove it. They are not interested in historical usage.

Hi guys Yesterday I flipped the earth leakage switch off and the metre carries on turning. Today I turned the mains and the earth leakage off and it stopped, is this normal?

Thanks Cobus, whats the end result of earth floating around, it doesnt sound good at all potentially.

Thanks for reply. Im getting warmer and warmer as to why this is wrong. Can anyone tell me what a " floating earth" is? Suposedly causes all sorts of drama.

I turned the mains off and the smart metre carries on turning? Went from 5286 to 5290 when mains is off. Whats going on???

Thanks very much.

Where can I get R500 metre from, whats the cost?

Thanks for reply. Once on Smartmetre account, you cant change back to pre-paid. This municipality wont do diddly its bankrupt.

Its in a street box at my gate outside. Reading is very difficult, bill says 1st to 31st. So is it 00H hours on the 1st to 00H hours on the 31st? Ive being 12pm to 12pm readings. Its sweltering hot in EL. Put aircon on for 2 hours. No other geysers or kettles or came on. Reading difference from previous day is 15kw For 2 hours of 12 btu aircon. Somethings not right.

Its all a NO. Its not prepaid its on account. I look at my historical billing and it was consistent for years. Now its all over the place. Same utilities, same time settings on geysers. Gas stoves. So we just dont know what its going to thumbsuck next.

East london. These metres were rammed in 2 years ago. My bill was 1220kw to 1350kw max. Smart metre now says 1220kw then 1750kw then 2104kw from one month to the next. NO XTRA UTILITIES. Its erratic and not possible EL has highest electricity cost in SA at R2.86 plus vat Kwh. Everybody complains , Bcm refuses to listen. Can metre be chkd. Some results are bizzare.