{"id":244,"date":"2018-08-15T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T12:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:07:08","slug":"smart-meters-are-here-just-not-in-my-place","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/149-2\/smart-meters-are-here-just-not-in-my-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Meters are here&#8230;   &#8230;just not in my place&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soooooo, its here&#8230; The install smart meter request, well i am afraid the answer is no!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today i recieved this email. a moment i have been dreading for a long time&#8230;\u00a0 only to do with how they will react, I&#8217;m all for accurate readings, and getting my overpaid money back, but there is too much controversy surrounding smart meters.<\/p>\n<table class=\"deviceWidth\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><strong>Membership number: *******<br \/>\nSupply address: *Removed for Privacy*<br \/>\nSupply reference: G******* <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Dear Mr Maceley-Young,Your new gas prepayment card is on its way<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be installing a gas prepayment smart meter in your home soon.<\/p>\n<p>Your new top up card should arrive in the post in the next few days, with details of how to use it.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to top up your smart meter before your card arrives, just follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"10%\">\u2022<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Take your top up number *<strong>Removed for Privacy* <\/strong>to your local PayPoint outlet. You can find your nearest PayPoint outlet <a href=\"http:\/\/click.utilitywarehouse.co.uk\/f\/a\/Pk2LG1vV2GQsjuWR6qLtKA%7E%7E\/AAAAAQA%7E\/RgRdVoHiP0QXaHR0cDovL3d3dy5wYXlwb2ludC5jb21XDXV0aWxpdHl3aG91c2VCCgAG4vxzW-DPu3dSG3NlcnZpY2VAbWFjZWxleS15b3VuZy5jby51a1gEAAAAAA%7E%7E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"10%\">\u2022<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Buy the amount of credit you&#8217;d like \u2013 you can add anything from \u00a35 to \u00a349 in one go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"10%\">\u2022<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">The cashier will need to enter your top up number. Keep hold of the receipt until the credit is showing on your smart meter display \u2013 it should be added to your meter automatically within 45 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We&#8217;re here to help<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please <a href=\"mailto:%20smart@utilitywarehouse.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a> or call our Smart Metering team on 0333 777 0 777. You&#8217;ll need your Membership number (above) when making the call.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tdwide\" valign=\"bottom\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Thank you,<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Smart Metering Team<\/strong><br \/>\nUtility Warehouse<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www1.utilitywarehouse.co.uk\/eshot\/system\/UW_logo_163w.gif?w=474\" alt=\"Utility Warehouse\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>So, i replied.. (clicking on the link&#8230; )<\/p>\n<p>*which came back as email account not known*\u00a0 &#8211; facepalm!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supply address: *removed due for privacy*<br \/>\nSupply reference: G******, <\/strong><strong>E*******<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To whom it May concern,<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I am writing with regards to the emails received about the upcoming installs of the new smart meters that electricity companies are delivering to all homes in the UK.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Firstly, until a point where this discussion is fully resolved, please place any install you have on record on hold until a satisfactory conclusion to me is met, or a long term exposure on human life has been reached.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I wish to request all information regarding the health warnings on smart meters as is required under health and safety law on all products installed in properties.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I am against having smart meter installed in my home, due to health concerns the new technology raises and have seen plenty of evidence than suggests that these devices are more dangerous than mobile phones (which the general public were told was safe in the mid to late 90&#8217;s, it is now known after 20\/30 years later that the RF radiation can cause tumours).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctors have told MP&#8217;s that the smart meters emit up to 800 times more radiation than cellular devices, as i have mental health conditions, my primary concern is not to add anything to the property that could or does cause the conditions to get worse.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I look forward to your reply.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sincerely,<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mat MacEley-Young<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soooooo, its here&#8230; The install smart meter request, well i am afraid the answer is no! &nbsp; Today i recieved this email. a moment i have been dreading for a long time&#8230;\u00a0 only to do with how they will react, I&#8217;m all for accurate readings, and getting my overpaid money back, but there is too &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/149-2\/smart-meters-are-here-just-not-in-my-place\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smart Meters are here&#8230;   &#8230;just not in my place&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":149,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6i0F2-3W","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions\/246"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maceley-young.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}