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Smart Meter and Storage Heating

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  • 10-11-2022 10:32pm
    #1
    blackbox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,363 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know how smart meters will work with storage heating?

    Storage heating is currently controlled by the day/night meter.



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    Sleeper12
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    Smart meters have three tariffs rather than two. One tariff is still the night rate so you still get to use the storage heating in the same way



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    kirk.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.


    Day/nite uses a twin wire connected at the meter that controls the storage heating

    I presume this connects back into the smart meter to do the same thing



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    blackbox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,363 ✭✭✭blackbox


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119860689#Comment_119860689

    I hope so.



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    adrian92
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭adrian92


    The contractor to install my smart meter told me that it cannot be done because the existing timeswitch directly switches the Night Storage Heaters



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    kirk.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.


    You'd probably have to do your own timing at the board wouldn't be a major issue

    There was a lot of different setups for storage heating,direct switching of heaters and control pair etc



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    adrian92
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    I was told that, in order, to install the Smart meter that a separate contactor would need to be installed in order to switch the Night Storage Heaters.

    I was told that the Smart Meter cannot switch directly.

    I suspect that many Smart Meters are not being installed where there is Night Storage Heaters.



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    kirk.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.


    Yes you would need a contactor and a control pair to smart meter to change from direct switching

    The other alternative in theory anyway is just to fit a contactor and time the heaters on/off yourself if they have no issue with it.

    There wouldn't be a huge percentage on direct switching I'd say. Mostly separate those on NSH metering and some older dual-tarriff if I recall correctly.



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