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What does the pylon symbol mean on my Chameleon In-Home Display (IHD) 6?

  • June 29, 2022
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I cannot find any reference to the electricity pylon symbol  in any of the guides to theIHD 6 display .I am guessing it is indicating that the solar is exporting .any help on this would be good.

Best answer by Tim_OVO

Updated on 09/04/25 by Emmanuelle_OVO:

Hi @Massey - great question this, we do smart meters and IHDs pretty good here on the OVO Forum, so we always welcome the chance to fill any content gaps!

 

I can see that for the Chameleon 3 In Home Display (IHD), the ‘pylon’ icon shows on the screen if you generate your own energy, (like solar panels), and you’re a net exporter to the grid at that time. This is an important point, because if you’re generating your own electricity, it’s offset against what you use. So net means you’re generating more than you’re using.

 

The amount of energy being exported in kWh will show on the IHD and the live value in £ will show as zero as there is no cost to you for exporting electricity.

 

I’ve not been able to find any info about a IHD6 showing this. @Blastoise186 is one of our smart tech expert members. Also let me ask @EverythingNeedsAUserName @hambrook @PeterR1947 in case they have an IHD6 with their solar…

 

I’ve seen this before and it is indeed an indicator that you’re currently exporting spare electricity back to the grid.

Not every supplier enables it though.

 

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sb123
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March 28, 2025

Hi All, 

 

Sorry if this has been posted before but I have a chameolen home display and whilst it works well I don’t understand some of the symbols. 

Specifically on the “Now” screen where it shows a pylon with an arrow pointing towards it. I have solar panels on my property so I have inferred that it could mean I’m exporting generation back to the grid but it would be useful to have a guide explaining if this is correct and the other symbols the IHD can show from time to time. 

 

Thanks in advance and once again, I apologise if this has been covered before. 

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March 28, 2025

Hi ​@sb123 ,

The pylon one is indeed for active exports.

Any others you need us to explain? Let me know! :)

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    March 28, 2025

    Thank you very much for the super fast reply as ever. 

     

    The value being shown as exported isn’t accurate according to my invertor monitoring app….is there some configuration I could do to improve this or is it just factory set and “indicative” rather than meaning to be accurate? 

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    March 28, 2025

    It’d be what the Smart Meter itself is detecting

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      Fair enough. I can live with it as I can trust my inverter app so not the end of the world. Thanks again.

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