Cheap eletricity rates

Berties

What time is electricity on cheaper rates? Also how does your meter know when  between time and day? It's a old meter with no clock.

IronGiant

Then it's the same rate all day.  If you want to get cheaper rates. at night for example, you need to get a different tariff and new meters.

You need to be careful because these tariffs tend to charge more for daytime use than a standard tariff, so if you use a lot of daytime electricity then you may not save as much as you hope.  There are cutoffs when one becomes more economical than the other so it might be worth keeping a diary of usage:

see here:

What is Economy 7 : Meters : FAQs : E.ON

It will be different if you are with a different supplier but this should help get you started