Caravan Park Electricity Metering

With the cost of electricity increasing on what seems like a daily basis, a big concern for many park owners is ensuring that power usage is controlled and when the bill comes in is divided up correctly. Subsequently this means the need for metering is becoming a must for both park and caravan owner.  
There are various types of metering equipment that can be installed. I have listed some different devices below for reference.

·         Din rail mounted kWh meter: these are relatively cheap to buy but would require an electrician to install if they are not already part of the hook up. also they require someone to physically take a reading.

·         Leadmaster: essentially an extension lead with a counter built in, this is easily installed and is portable, this system requires someone to physically take a reading from it.

·         Magnetic card prepayment meters: Pre purchased electricity which adds credit to the meter using paper cards with a magnetic strip. Often these meters have an emergency credit facility, and cards are available in £ or kWh values, these type of meters work fine the only real problem is they are old technology and therefore meters are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain and subsequently more expensive.

·         Smartcard Meter: A new generation of metering that is controlled by a software program that loads credit onto reusable plastic cards, function to transfer credit from smartcard to meter and unused credit from meter to card which is security enabled,  the new meters can also be fitted into existing hook ups.

It is virtually impossible to determine accurately how much power is used by an individual from one day to the next without recording usage. To quote the famous Del boy, “What can’t speak can’t lie!”