How to read your Landis & Gyr E355 Meter
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Hi Guys, was trying to find some info on this but all seems a bit sketchy so i have figured out a fair few things so hope this helps you out although when you know the readings it still takes some working out. hope this helps solve some mysteres. luckily i have my solar system connected to the web so this has helped me work this out
Thank you! The only video I could find about this. Well done 👍
Thank you.. finally some clarity on how to read this meter. There’s a feeling of distrust when the power companies don’t explain the meter operation. The technician who installed it said that he wasn’t allowed to teach the customer when asked. My Fronius Gen 24 Inverter has an excellent App that shows the power management but also understanding the Smart meter is important.
Yes figured this out using my fronius data
Thank you so so much for this video. I have been searching everywhere for a manual to read all the codes on the E355 meter and none was available. Your video is so helpful for me to understand the reading on my smart meter.
How to read real-time info from one of these meters: (yes, Jamie has shown how to read accumulated power).. press the button about 3 times until "ALT2" is displayed, then press and hold for about 3 seconds. It should display the Volts (about 240) and you can cycle to Amps - and see what you're actually using moment by moment. Plus a whole lotta other gobbledy gook. It will go back to normal display after about a minute.
Thx Jamie for putting this vid up - not at all surprised that nobody can find usage info, and power distros and retailers are all playing dumb and pointing the finger at each other: as long as they can charge us for power they dont care and dont have to.
Thanks very much for this comment. I wanted to see if there were any draws on the meter when the house power was switched off, and this did the trick. Also interesting to see the passive power draw of stuff that's always left on. And many thanks as well to Jamie.
Thanks heaps for your time to sort this . Just had one of these fitted and the installer did not know how it worked.....
Thank You so much. This is the olny info i came across for this meter. I have just had this meter installed with my solar system.
Thank you Jamie. You are so helpful!
Thanks for the video. It helped a lot. Although only fitted 10 days ago, and no bill yet received, register 16 (presumably 18 on your meter) on my meter appears to be cumulative total power produced by the solar system. This means that register 16 minus register 4 is the total solar power used locally with the balance exported, which is displayed as a cumulative total on register 4.
Thankyou. I have this one fitted. The electrician was only able to tell me that the left pointing arrow shows exporting to the grid and the right is importing FROM the grid…. Or vice versa!. Must look when it’s totally dark.
Thanks mate, Much appreciated. It definitely is helpful.
If I had realised how complicated this new meter was, I would not have let them change it. The old one was so easy to read and keep a check on.
Once you know what each register is measuring it is pretty easy to read the meter, the difficult part was how little public information about this meter is out there.
Thank you so much for this. Needless to say our latest bill was an estimate and hundreds of dollars over what it should be so, queue self reading the meter ... bit of a joke but with your video I now know what is in my pics :-D
These smart meters though are not “ estimated “ they are in real time that’s the whole point of them .. they are wireless direct to the electricity company which means they calculate in real time … your hundreds of dollars over is must likely the recent power increases in price which were massive … and also coupled with a fault somewhere possibly in an appliance inside a house .. that can be anything from a faulty Air con unit … hot water cylinders ( usual suspect check temp is set properly ) and also a faulty fridge with old fridge seals …
Yes ... so my provider has informed me. Just was a bit shocked at the increase in the amount@@iamasmurf1122
Thanks, same here, i couldn't work it out and the solar installer just pissed off and left me to try and work the icloud app out ! That's still not working but thanks, this is the only thing i have seen on these meters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you very much Jamie.
Had one of these turn up at my house today , my question is WHY?? Previous one was digital seemed to work fine , am getting a credit every month (with solar credits) instead of a bill , will see what happens after this (improvement?) thanks for the video ,
Hi,
they installed this for me today and i used to have two old meters, one for general and a dedicated one for offpeak (hotwater) how can I be sure they connected it as a controlled load/offpeak reading?
Thanks for the explanation mate. We too have solar hot water system and now the booster only works in off peak times on controlled load which means by days end we run out of hot water. Origin not helpful at all.
Thanks for the video but going by the comments how can the usage get a 100-200% increase in bill ???
I have this meter installed after solar panels installation. I only have 01,02,15,16.
What's 16 for?
Will I get other numbers when my retailer (in 16 days) knows that the meter is changed?
Yeah I only have 01 02 17 18
Thanks so much.
Does the E355 have a P1 port under the hood
Thanks Jamie. Your video has answered most of my L+G meter questions. I have a register "16", not an "18" visible on my display. Any thoughts what this might be?
Thankyou so much for this. Would you happen to know what that green button is for?
did you find out?
@@kymbo72no I haven’t.
Mate I have a question I noticed on the sticker it says you have control load 1 off peak but notice the control load 2 light was flashing on the metre is that correct because I have control load 2 but only the control load 1 light flashes I also have a solar hot water heater and I have noticed now that the weather has cooled down im running out of hot water much more than I used to before they change the metre my query is have they accidentally connected me to control load 1 when I'm paying for control load 2
Can anyone advise what the arrow on the left is? Mine is facing the opposite direction.
pretty sure if its pointing right you are using power from the grid. if its pointing left you are pumping solar back into the grid
Hi james, I have the E350.
Im guessing its similar to the E355. I don't have solar or peak off peak differences, so the only reading I need is the total usage on the day I take my photo of the meter reading.
Like the odometer reading. The total I have used since I had the meter connected. So just to be sure it's number 3 gives me the total usage?
Mine shows only 2,3,4 and 5. I take photos weekly to check. My town gets power fluctuations and drop out regularly.
Hello, thank you for the useful video. Is the coding readings 03, 15, 21 supposed to be the instantaneous readings (how much kWh coming from the grid into your house at the current time) or is it cumulative (how much total kWh coming from the grid into your house given a period of time) if so what time period? I've seen some people say that it calculates total kWh coming from the grid since the meter was installed but I'm not entirely sure.
The readings you get are a cumulative total over time not what you are using at the time. these values will just keep getting bigger. if you dont have off peak tariff then 3 and 15 should be the same.
@@jamieelliott3723 Thanks for the help, I have another question for my electricity bill the sum of the previous meter read and the current read is the usage I am paying for. This doesnt seem correct if the meter is a cumulative reading then shouldnt the usage I pay for be the difference of the previous read and the current read? Recently I've received a bill saying my electricity usage has increased by 140% since the last year even though nothing has really changed.
@@realpart actually it is my new house and I can see same meter with this one. the bill is 200% increased.
You said 22 is solar exported to the grid at night? How is that possible?
Didnt think this was possible either but realized this must be for people with batteries that are signed up for an export plan. So figuring that is what this ones for
Somebody can tell me please the flashing arrow ( 2 of them) what the f....means.Thank you
i'm pretty sure if it points to the right you are sucking power from the grid and to the left you are pumping it in
@@jamieelliott3723 make sense. Thanks
And how can one bypass this meter, or earn free units?????
By illegally connecting the input power directly to your switchboard. Quite possibly you'll kill yourself if you haven't removed the main fuses, and quite likely you'll be detected and fined heavily. Guaranteed you're going to the hell reserved for people who steal and sponge off their community.
I find it shocking that there is no manual or user guide for this product Landis + Gyr E355. Its now Aug 2024 . This product was being installed in South Australia in 2022 almost 3 years ago . Has noone raised this?
I’m still trying to figure out what the green button is for?