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- Page 1 Meet your new smart meter Your smart meter comes with an In-Home Display. Here’s a quick guide to what’s on the screen and what the buttons do. Model number IHD3-PPMID...
- Page 2 Good news! There’s a built-in tutorial The tutorial uses sample data to show what happens when you press each button. You can’t accidentally switch off your energy or change the tariff, so you should feel comfortable having a poke around. To start the tutorial, press OK and then press the big Forward Arrow on the right 5 times until you see the words ‘Tutorial [OK]’.
- Page 3 There’s an internal battery You don’t need to which lasts for about an take meter readings hour and a half any more Normally, you should keep As part of your installation, our the In-Home Display plugged engineer has taken your last in, but the internal battery meter readings and should put means you can carry the it...
- Page 4 What’s on your screen Signal strength between Fuel type – electricity or gas your In-Home Display and Energy use and cost your smart meter Feedback, messages Budget indicator and prompts Battery level and Instant electricity charge status usage indicators Energy usage dial...
- Page 5 What the buttons do You get to the information on your In-Home Display using the buttons at the bottom of your screen. Home takes you to the Calendar changes the home screen which time period displayed. shows the current day’s Read more about this energy usage.
- Page 6 How to understand your energy use See how much energy See how much energy you’ve used by day, week different appliances or month are using If you’re making changes to To see how much electricity a your habits or your home (for single appliance uses, unplug example, installing energy- your In-Home Display and walk...
- Page 7 Working out how much energy an appliance uses Your appliance kWh when it’s off kWh when it’s on kWh it’s using Kettle 0.5kWh 0.59kWh 0.59-0.5=0.09kWh...
- Page 8 How to set a daily, weekly or monthly budget You can set a daily, weekly or monthly budget to make it easier to see how much you’re spending. This is for guidance only, you won’t lose power if you go over budget, but it can be a useful prompt to take action.
- Page 9 1. Find the 2. Set your 3. Decide if you’d ‘Set Budget’ budget for like an alarm option electricity to sound and gas Press Menu/OK to By default, an alarm bring up the menu will sound when you The first screen reach the limit of your shows a daily budget Press the Forward budget.
- Page 10 Energy saving tips According to Smart Energy GB, 86% of people with a smart meter have said they’ve changed how they do things around the house to use less energy. These are some quick, easy tips to help you save, and links to find more information online.
- Page 11 Turn off the lights if Do one less cycle you’re not using them of washing a week Switching off a light for just a Cutback your washing machine few seconds will save around use by just one cycle per week £15 a year in energy bills, and to save £5 a year on energy.
- Page 12 Your In-Home Display details Supplied by: Bulb Fitted by: Siemens Made by: Chameleon Technology Model number: IHD3-PPMID Help is available online www.bulb.co.uk/help We’re also around for a chat: www.bulb.co.uk/community Printed on 100% recycled paper. We hope you’ll keep this guide for...