Prepaid meter error (Meter has been updated)

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schuits

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Hi,

Hope somone can help. Last week I bought some prepaid elec. Punched the number into the meter and it came back with 'failed'.
I tried moving the meter to different plugs near the DB, bypassed the inverter and even took the meter to a neighbours house, same result. Also replaced the batteries.

Its a sanxing unit on Ekhuruleni.
 
UB40 said:
How the **** did you manage to move your pre paid meter to your neighbours house?
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I think he was talking about the Customer Interface Unit (CIU) which would not have worked because it is a pure chance that said neighbour would be on the same phase as him, and therefore his meter could "hear" the CIU.
Most people don't know that these systems use PLC (power line communication) so even if the power is off, the CIU needs to be plugged into the wall and the circuit needs to be closed. That's what the batteries are for.
 
schuits said:
Nevermind! I started unplugging appliances in our house. Something was interfering with the signal.
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I have a dedicated plug in the house with its own switch on the DB. I switch everything else off, otherwise I'm not able to load tokens.
 
PaulGherkin said:
This is sometimes necessary. One of my previous homes required this kind of intervention.
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I've narrowed it down to the lights. I wonder if some of these fonkong LED lights aren't causing noise on the lines. I switch everything off though... It's good for clearing the cache on my router :)
 
1nsane! said:
I've narrowed it down to the lights. I wonder if some of these fonkong LED lights aren't causing noise on the lines. I switch everything off though... It's good for clearing the cache on my router :)
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It would be them... they're known for causing these problems.
The amateur radio scene in Cape Town is always complaining about them interfering with radios and even the prepaid electricity.
 
PaulGherkin said:
I think he was talking about the Customer Interface Unit (CIU) which would not have worked because it is a pure chance that said neighbour would be on the same phase as him, and therefore his meter could "hear" the CIU.
Most people don't know that these systems use PLC (power line communication) so even if the power is off, the CIU needs to be plugged into the wall and the circuit needs to be closed. That's what the batteries are for.
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I don't really know enough about how they work. I figured that it was using PLC, so thought it would hardly matter if it was plugged in my house or the neighbours ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The bugger now is, it's not going to know how many units it has left.
 
schuits said:
I don't really know enough about how they work. I figured that it was using PLC, so thought it would hardly matter if it was plugged in my house or the neighbours ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The bugger now is, it's not going to know how many units it has left.
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The meter outside (in the kiosk I presume) will have it on the display
 
In a house we rented, ran out of elec and the CIU does not work on batteries anymore. Took a chance and plugged into the neighbors outlet and it worked
 
PaulGherkin said:
The meter outside (in the kiosk I presume) will have it on the display
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They also put the main part of the meter in the same location that the old credit meter would have been on your property, so not always in the kiosk.
 
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