Prepayment meters work a bit like a pay as you go mobile phone you have to top up with credit to get your gas and electricity.
Pay as you go electricity meter display.
The table below gives you the letter codes that identify the screens of many electricity prepayment meters.
At least 30 of what you top up will be used as credit on your meter even if you need to pay back a lot.
When you complete a change of tenancy form on the moving home section of our website www jec co uk we will transfer any existing debit balance to your new meter automatically and set a recovery rate deducted as a percentage of any future payments as you make them.
The electricity meter appears to be working ok but the in home display just shows a few pence all day.
This information is for prepayment meters only.
You can also use e on see located in your account.
But you can top up any amount to get your gas supply back on.
For information on how to operate your pay as you go meter please take a look at our information leaflet.
The top ups work in a variety of different ways.
Press red button a or enter gas card to re activate the display.
If you ve run out of credit your meter will show you how much you need to pay back.
What meter display screens do i need to know about.
If you think you are using more energy that you should be on your smart pay as you go meter you can switch your in home display to a weekly or monthly usage view so you can track how much energy you re using per week or month.
For example if the debt is set to be recovered at 20 per cent and you make a 10 payment 2 will go off the debit and.
You ll need your key in the meter to access some of the screens see table below.
The card isn t accepted by your meter.
Please note cards can no longer be topped up at guernsey electricity.
The display on my smart gas meter is completely blank.
Prepayment electricity meter display blank posted by aj91 a year.
Make sure that you re using the correct card and that it s clean then try again.
Firstly i have to have the pay as you go meter replaced and then log a new job to have the pay as you go replaced by a credit meter surely there has to be a more efficient way.
Your meter has a screen saver which will make the screen go blank when not in use to save your battery power.
It s not for pay as you go smart meters.