I normally read my export meter twice yearly to coincide with my FIT readings. However on the “Smart Energy” website appears the following
Question: How much data is stored on a Smart meter?
Answer: 13 months of consumption (Active Energy Import)
3 months of active energy exported
3 months of reactive energy imported
3 months of reactive energy exported
My question is : Will I miss out if if I read at 4 monthly intervals? and..
what is “reactive energy”?
Best answer by BPLightlog
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Hi
Presumably you have a generation meter, separate to your smart meter.
No. The FIT readings are taken from the Solar Panel meter and the export readings from the Smart Meter
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The readings are normally taken on request from your FIT provider.
As far as reactive power is concerned, this is a measure of what is called ‘out of phase’ energy and is generally not needed as it’s not useful
Sadly no -one has addressed the question which I asked re storage of export readings for more than 3 months.
The question is dealt with at the beginning of this thread 9 days ago, So my query was? Will I miss out if readings are taken at 4 month rather than 3 month intervals?
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It doesn't matter how much data your smart meter stores. All you can read from it manually is the current reading. You can't see any of the stored data.
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Sadly no -one has addressed the question which I asked re storage of export readings for more than 3 months.
The question is dealt with at the beginning of this thread 9 days ago, So my query was? Will I miss out if readings are taken at 4 month rather than 3 month intervals?
I’m not sure of your question
You would be paid for export of readings from that last logged to the latest reading taken.
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