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October 25, 2026
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Why don't we have a visual video guide for the 20-digit Kaifa meter entry?

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I wanted to start a discussion regarding the user experience when the smart network drops out or an In-Home Display (IHD) fails, forcing Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers to manually enter a 20-digit UTRN sequence directly onto a Kaifa smart meter.

As many here probably know, the Kaifa meter only has a two-button interface (K1 and K2). Navigating a multi-layered menu and cycling through numbers from 0 to 9 twenty consecutive times is an incredibly tedious, repetitive, and error-prone process. If a customer overshoots a digit or misses a slot in the dark, they often have to start the entire sequence from scratch. When a household is completely off-supply (without power), this is an immensely stressful experience.

While OVO has written help articles on this topic, text-based guides can be incredibly difficult to follow under stress or for visual learners. Other energy suppliers have recognised this major pain point. For instance, EDF Energy created a very simple, clear YouTube video walkthrough that explicitly shows a customer how to use the buttons to log their code. 

Could the OVO content and digital experience teams consider producing a similar, brief video guide for our YouTube channel? 

A quick, highly visible video tutorial would:
- Dramatically reduce anxiety for off-supply PAYG customers trying to get their lights back on.
- Deflect a massive volume of stressful emergency calls away from OVO's phone lines during network outages.
- Provide a highly shareable, accessible asset that community members and support staff can instantly link to.

I think this would be a massive, low-cost win for customer service accessibility. What does everyone else think? If you've struggled with a Kaifa meter top-up in the past, please upvote this post so the Community Managers can flag it to the product team!

 

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    Chris_OVO
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 27, 2026

    Hey ​@CriticalThinker,

     

    Thanks so much for sharing your idea on our board! I’m happy to bring you some good news. We’ve been working on a series of meter videos, and the one for the Kaifa meter is either in production or has just been completed! I reached out to the guy working on it, but he's out this week. We’ll make sure to update you next week when we have more details to share.

     

    Also, I sent you a private message if you can check it out when you have a moment!

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