Smart meter installed as Economy 10 - how will this affect my cylinder water supply?

That's great, OVO got back on the chat today just to say it'll take 6 weeks for it all to synch, and then the boost option should appear on the IHD, and also link up with the new regime. Hours were still to be confirmed they said due to synching. 

Anf the chaps name it's terrible i forget, but a nice guy from Cardiff! Who was staying up in dreich Dunoon for 2 weeks. Liam was on the OVO chat this morning, also very helpful.

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Thanks for all help guys and aye I'll keep posted. I mentioned to ​@Firedog on another post that i was just a bit baffled as was told the IHD has no boost feature, but then OVO said it will take up to 6 weeks to happen? And just to continue using the old e7 boost box if needed, but i thought that was redundant. Hopefully the need to boost will be less anyway if heating off peak in the afternoon anyway.

Sorry for the delay - I was on fire service volunteer duty all day and only just got back.

The Aclara SGM1416-B does support Boost functionality - you’ll find it somewhere in the menus IIRC if it’s available to you. It may also be available via the IHD in some cases.

But yes, as you’re on E10 you probably won’t need Boost Mode anywhere near as much anyway.

If you need any further advice, you know where we are! :)

​@Blastoise186 not a problem just appreciate you all helping out! When you say 'menus IIRC' is that on the meter itself ie outside on the Aclara? Ie pressing the A or B button? The IHD in the house doesn't offer anything in the menu i can see so far to do with boosting.

​@Albot81 I explained this in your other thread;

• The meter’s boost function simply provides power to the switched circuit if it’s not currently live. There are usually options for, say, 15- minute, 30-minute or 60-minute boosts. This can be used to supply power to the storage heaters’ charging circuits to heat up the bricks if they’ve gone cold, and if the immersion heater’s main element is also on this switched circuit, it will also have power available during a boost session.

Because the menus on the Aclara are configurable, I can’t say precisely where you’ll find Start Boost, but it’s probably on Button B somewhere. If you get stuck on a particular menu item, just walk away - the meter display will soon revert to its default state as if nothing had happened.

The sort of scenario when you might use it is, say, when you come back to a cold house after a few days’ absence, but there are hours until the storage heaters next start charging up even though you switch them on as soon as you get home. 

I also wrote earlier today:

• The meter’s boost function (to override its load control switch) was available on some old IHDs (like the first one I had, the Secure Pipit 500) but I don’t think any modern one has it. You’re not likely to miss it.