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Just to be slightly pedantic, that’s -30dBm. The minus sign is all important.
It equates to 1uW (micro Watt or a millionth of 1 Watt) of received signal power.
A 30dBm received signal power would be 1 Watt and impossible to achieve unless you were a couple of feet or less away from the transmitter!
Though I’m not familiar with the typical range of values in this specific application, I would say that is a very strong received signal strength. The larger the number the weaker the signal strength is.
Peter
It equates to 1uW (micro Watt or a millionth of 1 Watt) of received signal power.
A 30dBm received signal power would be 1 Watt and impossible to achieve unless you were a couple of feet or less away from the transmitter!
Though I’m not familiar with the typical range of values in this specific application, I would say that is a very strong received signal strength. The larger the number the weaker the signal strength is.
Peter
Just being a little pedant again (hehe).
The crucial titles missing from that nice table are left column is dBm units.
2nd from left column is dBW units.
I will go out and brave the cold and see if my meter can show me mine. I didn’t even know they could do this. Useful if it can. I expect my signal to be strong. I believe it likely comes from the big Emley moor TV mast which I have a clear super line of sight view of about 15 miles away.
Peter
The crucial titles missing from that nice table are left column is dBm units.
2nd from left column is dBW units.
I will go out and brave the cold and see if my meter can show me mine. I didn’t even know they could do this. Useful if it can. I expect my signal to be strong. I believe it likely comes from the big Emley moor TV mast which I have a clear super line of sight view of about 15 miles away.
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My 2016 Secure Liberty 100 is compatible with Octopus Go but I cannot confirm whether it is SMETS 1 or 2.
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My meter is a Secure Liberty 100 - fitted on 1st June this year by SMS on behalf of Octopus when they decided a SMETS2 wouldn't have enough signal strength.
But - & perhaps more helpfully - my son also has a Secure Liberty 100 meter that was fitted by Robin Hood Energy a couple of years ago and was adopted by Octopus when he joined them in March and uses the Go tariff OK.
BTW a Secure Liberty 100 is indeed SMETS1
Further confirmation, you should certainly be ok with that make of SMETS1 meter. Octopus state........
Will my smart meter work with Octopus?
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If you have a SMETS1: We use the smart meters made by the company Secure. Secure also supply meters to Utilita, Shell, OVO, E.ON and Bristol Energy - so if you have a smart meter from them, and it’s a ‘Secure’ meter, it will work. (A different brand of meter from them unfortunately won’t.)
If you have a SMETS2: Yes, it will!
lots of other good smart meter info on their page here......
Smart meters: what they are, and why you should get one
What is a smart meter? Should you get one? What are the benefits? How can Octopus customers get them installed? Here’s everything you need to know about going smart with Octopus Energy.
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It’s interesting that they also state if SMETS2 signal isn’t available, they can still fit a Secure brand SMETS1 meter! I am surprised as I thought I read somewhere else that installing SMETS1 was forbidden after a Certain date. Maybe the rules have changed since I read that. It was a year or two since I recall reading it.
Also it is said that SMETS1 meters should all eventually get linked into the DCC network as the system infrastructure is gradually updated to accept SMETS1 meters.
HTH
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However, if you follow the link on that page to their FAQslots of other good smart meter info on their page here......
Smart meters: what they are, and why you should get one
What is a smart meter? Should you get one? What are the benefits? How can Octopus customers get them installed? Here’s everything you need to know about going smart with Octopus Energy.
It’s interesting that they also state if SMETS2 signal isn’t available, they can still fit a Secure brand SMETS1 meter! I am surprised as I thought I read somewhere else that installing SMETS1 was forbidden after a Certain date. Maybe the rules have changed since I read that. It was a year or two since I recall reading it.
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"Are you installing SMETS1 or SMETS2 meters, and what's the difference?"
They claim only to be installing SMETS2. I of course know that's wrong as they gave me a SMETS1 in June 2020
I suppose the rules were changed back in order to address the quite common problem of SMETS2 meters not being found useable in some locations due to no signal. So they now permit SMETS1 new installs in these locations?
Peter
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Mine is showing -24dBm
Octopus have said they're going to send an engineer but not sure when. Costing me a lot in extra electricity, especially since efficiency is going down in this weather and the free rapid charges are much slower also.
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It's usual OK but they don't always work.
I switched with a secure liberty 100 and after several weeks they decided they needed to fit a new smets 2
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ISTR seeing a note on the Octopus website explaining that some 'Secure' brand meters can be adopted but others cannot - it all depends on which company originally supplied it (& presumably on how it was programmed)
Not heard of it until until you mentioned it. There seems to be a thread about it on here but the thread fizzled out 11 months since
It appears it is (or was?) an experimental trial. Seems like a good idea if it’s viable for them.
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Our invite arrived the day after they finally fixed our bills which had been screwed up for four months. I don't think this is a coincidence.
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You have to email or phone them once your on the standard Go tariff & they send you a link to apply for it, then they get back to you if the time slot you want is available 🙂
I just Twitter them and then I received an email to invite me to the Go Faster tariff, I have now switched with my 4 hours cheap energy starting from 20:30 😃😃
Yes I had a great selection of times and how longs you wanted the cheap rate, ranging from 3 hours to 5 hours, I kept with the 4 as this was sufficient for me
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