when I got home last night it didn't switch to the night meter at all
It sounds like your storage heaters' clock is out of sync with the actual time.
A storage heater with its own clock/timer? I've never seen such a thing. Any Nightsaver storage heater setup that I've seen involved dual meters where the mains switches over to the night rate meter c. 11PM and back to the day meter at 8AM (or 12AM and 9AM in Summer) and the heaters just charge up during that period (and the immersion is usually on a timer to switch on between c. 4-5AM and 8-9AM or something like that). Will - if you have verified that the night rate meter reading is not changing in any 24 hour period then it is simple not switching over for some reason. If the meter reading does change in a 24 hour period but not between 11PM/8AM (12AM/9AM) then it sounds like the night meter's clock is out of whack.It sounds like your storage heaters' clocks are out of sync with the actual time.
Will - if you have verified that the night rate meter reading is not changing in any 24 hour period then it is simple not switching over for some reason. If the meter reading does change in a 24 hour period but not between 11PM/8AM (12AM/9AM) then it sounds like the night meter's clock is out of whack.
If it's the case that the system is switching over to the night meter but it is not delivering power then nothing in the house will be powered since the whole house mains is powered by either the night or day meter at the appropriate time of the day.I don't think so. When they do come on they're consistent with the relay that you hear when the nightsaver kicks in. So when they're on they run on the nightsaver meter. There's no power to them when the day meter is running.
Yeah - sounds odd alright especially if the problem (of the night meter not delivering power at all or at the right time of the day) is intermittent. Could you check the night meter a few times over a 24 hour period just to see if it ever changes at all?Thats what I thought. But the ESB guiy insisted yesterday that the meter was fine. He mentioned though that it could be the relay (the one you hear when there's a switchover) but I don't see how a relay could be so inconsistent as its just a switch!!
If it's the case that the system is switching over to the night meter but it is not delivering power then nothing in the house will be powered since the whole house mains is powered by either the night or day meter at the appropriate time of the day.
Yeah - sounds odd alright especially if the problem (of the night meter not delivering power at all or at the right time of the day) is intermittent. Could you check the night meter a few times over a 24 hour period just to see if it ever changes at all?
But then wouldn't the storage heaters always charge up albeit sometimes on normal/day rate units? Sounds to me like you need to get the ESB out again and insist that they check things out in more detail. Or else get your own sparks on the job (although I'm not sure if they're allowed to look into meter issues?).Could it be possible that the relay is damaged and if it didn't switchover the day meter would still be in affect as the circuit would still be intact?
But then wouldn't the storage heaters always charge up albeit sometimes on normal/day rate units? Sounds to me like you need to get the ESB out again and insist that they check things out in more detail. Or else get your own sparks on the job (although I'm not sure if they're allowed to look into meter issues?).
Going to work this morning and left at 8:45 and it was still on!!!
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