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sylviacaldicott
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Nov 4, 2026 10:52 AM UTC
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smart meter display consumption.

My smart meter display is the only electrical item switched on and is costing me 49p per day - this seems a lot of money for an empty house ?  I googled it and it said they should not use more than 1kw in energy and be about £1 per year.

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Peter E
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Peter ESuper User
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Nov 4, 2026 11:14 AM UTC

If you are looking at the total for the day don't forget you have a daily Standing Charge which is about that level. In Home Displays (not the smart meter display) only take much less than 1W which is 24Wh a day which comes out at 0.6p a day absolute maximum. New IHDs use a lot less than that and they are probably £1 or less per year as per your research.

 

Peter 

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