Metered electricity - avoid it!

That's a very amateurish and convoluted way of going about charging for electric and, if you look at the Ofgem regs linked to in the main metering thread, it would appear the exempted site owner may be in breach of the rules.

Could you not read the meter yourself Dunclair? Or was it not viewable? Always helpful if you can see the meter, and what pulls the power the most.

You say you don't want to name the site but that might help the next person going there?

Surely the whole point of the site review option is to highlight things that others might struggle with if they don't get prior knowledge of the system. You don't have to be particularly damming in a review but to point out the lack of transparency would be useful to other members?

David

+1.  A review of the site would be good; alerting other members to the issue you had with metered EHU is no different to pointing out other issues on a CL/CS, such as whether it's a long way to the Elsan point or to the one and only fresh water tap on site.  Or whether the site is next to a busy main road; it's what reviews are for and what is very helpful to fellow members.  I use reviews when looking for sites and find them useful.

We've just been to a CL, Cholsey Grange, where the charge for electricity couldn't be clearer. Each pitch has its own, easily readable meter. Within the pitch price is a daily allowance of 10kW. Anything over this is charged at £0.30 per kW. Very easy to calculate what, if any, extra is owed to the site. Read the meter when you arrive, read it again just before you leave.

Another CL we are going to in Cornwall in June also has meters on each pitch. Within the pitch price is a daily allowance of 15kW. Again, if this is exceeded, the difference has to be paid to the site. But, if the daily allowance isn't exceeded, any under-use is refunded. In June I'm hoping for an under-use and a re-fund.

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I think, Dunclair, that by not writing a review on the appropriate club’s website you are not only failing to alert other potential users but also not giving the site owner the opportunity to see how he could improve things. That would be to his benefit as well as helping end users.

Tbh, one report on here of a strange set up on an anonymous site is fairly meaningless and it certainly isn’t representative of all metering systems.

"....especially when you won't even name the site."

Hmm ... more than a little ironic, that comment, DD! 

I can't understand the difference between not naming a site when "condemning" it as opposed to "recommending" it? 

Metering on a CL won’t put us off visiting. Ideally you want an easy to use, easy to read set up, and knowing the price you are to pay via the meter.

We have a good understanding of what power is drawn by what appliances, our outfit isn’t as power hungry as some with only a small fridge, and we are always in camping mode when away, and have happily survived for days on sites without a hook up. We do have a solar panel, and charge up iPads and phones on the move, so we have most of what we need, short hair means a quick shower and an easy dry😁