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Our plan is not TOU Lester, I know that much. No change has been made from our 'value saver', even since the new meter. That part is pretty straight forward and not my issue here. As for TOU contracts, when AGL hits us for ~40c for every kwh (except for controlled load), and I can get cheaper than that on peak with a TOU supplier, I only have to weigh up the inevitable increase in daily usage charges. With TOU I am incentivised to use our greediest appliances between 10 and 3 and if peak is stil ...

Hi Lester, thanks for responding. I have no idea what the meter has on it or whether it is connected correctly. It's one unit, and I have no way to know what to do to read/set it, hence my questions. All I can see are hot water charges at 2am for a large solar HW system, long sunny days and a red flashing light. Sans an AGL reply, I'll have to wait until next bill and see if controlled load has spiked, I'll be seeking a solution (and a refund). I think our average has been about $40/qtr (AGL has ...

We have recently been shifted to a smart meter (December 24). Since that time our solar hot water has been flashing red during the day, something it didn't do before. I have just discovered the AGL app and was looking at hourly consumption and see a charge as high as 76c at 2am, averaging ~50c per day. This presumably is HW service, but with such long days and sunny weather I would not expect the HW service to ever switch on. Unfortunately, I can no longer view old AGL PDF bills so cannot check ...

I've recently seen an IT business in the Riverland, South Australia stating they have had to fix quite a few PSU's in computers recently and investigation has identified dirty power as the cause. They claim it may also affect TV's etc. I have several thousand dollars worth of electronic equipment including 7 computer systems so this is of course a concern. Whilst I understand this can happen very occassionally, the suggestion here is it's common and may have been happening for sometime here in t ...