What lights should be on my smart meter?

It’s normal for the lights to flash, so don’t worry about red or green lights. This is your electricity smart meter. As you’ll get all your energy info through your IHD, you won’t need to do much on your smart meter. If your meter is connected, you’ll see a green light flashing every five seconds.

What does the orange light mean on a smart meter?

What do the lights on my smart energy monitor mean? The illuminated button at the bottom of the monitor shows your electricity usage. Green is low, amber is medium and red is high. Blue is for gas only.

What does a blue light on my smart meter mean?

The LED at the bottom of the Smart Energy Tracker shows your electricity usage (green for low, amber for medium or red for high) or BLUE for gas-only set-ups.

Why is the red light flashing on my smart meter?

Why is my electricity meter flashing red? It’s completely normal for there to be a flashing red light on your meter. In fact, the light shows that energy is being used – and sometimes it will flash faster if there is more energy being used.

Why is my smart meter not working?

The smart meters are probably still working well. The IHD needs a good charge on its battery, or to be plugged in, also it needs to be quite close to the actual electricity meter. To reset it it turn it right off by holding down the power button for 10 seconds and then power it back on again, it should work.

What happens if my smart meter stops working?

If your In-Home Display stops working, it won’t affect your smart meter, and won’t cut off the energy supply to your home. If your In-Home Display screen is blank, it could be that it’s run out of power. Plug it back in to recharge it, and press the round flat button on the back to restart it.

How do you reset a smart meter?

If your smart meter display is still not updating, try resetting it: Unplug your in-home smart meter display. Hold the power button on the back for five seconds. Leave your in-home display off for one minute,plug it back in and switch it back on. It usually takes about three hours.

What do the red and green lights on a smart meter mean?

My understanding of the ‘red and green’ lights on the smart meter information box is that the green light indicates that energy is being use efficiently, i.e., low power use, and the red light indicates high power use.

Why is the light on my smart meter not flashing?

If you’ve got solar panels and the light isn’t flashing, that means you’re exporting energy to the grid. The 3 lights above the screen, from left to right, are: Power light: this should be off all the time – it only comes on when the smart meter is first installed or when your energy supply is restored after a power cut.

What do the lights on a meter mean?

At the top is a series of green lights. What is being indicated by the order and frequency of each light’s flashes? On the right side of the meter are 2 red (does this colour indicate that there is something serious happening?) lights which are sometimes off, sometimes on continuously and sometimes flash at varying frequencies.

What’s this blinking red LED on my electricity meter?

If you aren’t using much electricity, the light may be flashing so slowly that it appears to be on all the time, i.e. on for 10 minutes, off for 10 minutes. My meter has 2 red lights, one for normal, the other for economy 7. Cheers clockworks999, that could well explain it. At the time I don’t think much was being used.