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No hot water or storage heating following smart meter installation

  • March 21, 2024
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Good evening,

I had my smart meter installed Monday.

Since then I don’t have hot water or heating (storage heaters).

I found out yesterday as for personal reason myself and my kids we weren’t home.

i thought it might be because electricity was out and a reset my thermostat program but still not working. 
im calling ovo tomorrow first thing in the morning, but after reading some comments I just would like to ask to any of the members if is anything I should say to ovo for them to fix my problem as soon as possible?

thank you in advance 

Best answer by Blastoise186

Updated on 10/10/25 by Abby_OVO

 

Easiest fix is this: Ask the Support Team to reconfigure ECAUL/ALCS Configs. That fixes 99% of these cases.

 

If that doesn’t work, please come back here and reply to this thread.

 

Blastoise186 has left some really helpful advice about this. The following topics may also be helpful:

 

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igmendezAuthor
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March 23, 2024

Thank you for your response. This is the pictures of TOU 

 

BPLightlog
Super User
Super User
March 23, 2024

Hi @igmendez , can I just check on something you said earlier 

“He won’t touch it as is ovo responsibility but what I could’ve understand is  my cables are not connected properly in my fuse box. 
any ideas of what can I do next? ”

Although as Firedog mentioned, the overnight power wouldn’t be active until the due timing, the cables should be connected. 
Can you post a photo of your ‘fuse box/ consumer unit’ showing the cabling so we can try to see

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igmendezAuthor
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March 23, 2024

Of course. He said that he won’t open my fuse box but the problem comes from there. Tbh I don’t have a clue as everything was working completely fine until they change it. They changed tinned wires for copper ones. According to the electrician he won’t open black boxes or fuse box. In the picture u can see 2 units the one on the right side is the one where the switch is for heater and immersion 

 

igmendezAuthor
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March 23, 2024

Also I would like to point that another engineers is coming today. 

igmendezAuthor
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March 23, 2024

Sorry me again… if everything was fine last night it should’ve been connected at 11pm until 7am as is economy 7. It didn’t connect at all as we still without hot water and heating. 

BPLightlog
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Super User
March 23, 2024

Also I would like to point that another engineers is coming today. 

Ok - fingers crossed they might sort things. 
 

But on your first picture, there are 2 consumer units. It’s the right hand one that the cables from your meter connect to for overnight power. Are there different fuse/switches there?
 

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igmendezAuthor
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March 23, 2024

Yes it is 2 consumer units. The picture I sent you is the one with the hot water and heating (storage) the other one is for lights and sockets.

 

BPLightlog
Super User
Super User
March 23, 2024

Ah, yes .. ok. I see now. The wiring looks correct in that case so it should be back to the settings on the meter. 

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igmendezAuthor
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March 23, 2024

Can’t it be that the wires connected in the fuse box are not connected as it should  be? And that my economy 7 hasn’t been activated? 

igmendezAuthor
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March 23, 2024

The last engineer said that the meter is working fine and the electrician said is not power from the fuse box to my meter