By rebecca rutt for thisismoney co uk.
Smart meters and solar panels don t mix uk.
Robert brown is convinced his smart meters are wreaking havoc with his solar panels credit.
Sse says it s able to install but advises its customers to wait until technical constraints are resolved.
Of the 18 per cent of solar powered homes with a smart meter 53 per cent.
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Will a smart meter work with my solar panels.
Lastly there might be some suppliers that don t support or offer smart meters.
How solar panels work.
Christopher pledger for the telegraph s mart meters and solar panels are incompatible and can even cause.
I want to get one but don t know if it will mess things up.
So a smart meter will only give you useful energy information in order for you to make the right decisions about your energy usage.
And smart meters and solar panels and whether the meters interfere with the panels.
If we use the words photovoltaic cells you don t have to worry that we re going to go all science and technology on you.
How smart meters work with government schemes.
It means nearly a million households in britain with solar panels on their homes could face billing chaos or being excluded from the government s roll out of smart meters.
British gas first utility ovo energy and utilita told us that they re also able to install smart meters if you have solar panels.
It found 5 per cent of those with solar panels could not have a smart meter fitted as the technology was incompatible.
Energy firms installing smart meters with solar panels.
Edf energy told us it has already installed smart meters for customers with solar panels.
Eventually it s still up to you to make the necessary changes to save money.
This is because during the smets1 roll out energy providers weren t feeling very communicative and they each used different technologies.