澳大利亚智能电表的时代来了,还在用传统电表吗?

相信大家都有过和电力抄表员“讨价还价”商量什么时候来抄表的经历,约定的当天您什么都做不了,只能翘首以盼。而抄表员却很少准时出现在门口按响您的门铃,而是在一个出其不意的时刻突然造访,有可能您刚准备出门遛一下狗,或者正在回复一封很重要的邮件,又或者在陪家里的宝宝看书玩游戏。抄表员就这样出现,打乱您的所有计划。怎么样才能拯救这美好的一天呢?智能电表出现了。

澳大利亚传统电表

澳大利亚智能电表

智能电表的优点

1.准确便捷。传统电表需要抄表员上门读表,安装了智能电表之后就不需要任何人来打扰您美好的生活,智能电表可以“云抄表”,它自己就会把抄表员所需要的数据发送给电力公司,找回您因为每次等待抄表员而丢失的好心情。

2.降低成本。智能电表还有分段计量的优点,您可以了解家庭的用电习惯之后根据需要选择时段用电,降低用电成本。用一样的电,花更少的钱,这不但是为钱包“减负”,而且也做到了节能减碳,为环保贡献了自己的一份力量。

3.统筹兼顾。传统电表虽然可以自己记录每天的用电量进行查看,但是没有办法实现“随地”查看,很多人都是等每三个月抄表时才能知道当月使用了多少电,并且三个月之后才会邮寄一次账单给您。而当您安装了智能电表之后,您可以通过它随时随地查询您24小时前的用电情况。

如果您想更智能地掌握家庭用电情况,我们的Discover Energy系统完全可以胜任。如果您是我们的太阳能客户,安装智能电表后您可以在Discover Energy的“My account”页面看到电量的实时功率及走向,并且能够清晰地看到您整个家庭每天(前一天)、每周、每年的用电量以及所有数据的统计图展示,您可以根据这些数据充分了解家庭的用电习惯。如果您家里没有安装太阳能也不用担心,您仍然可以在安装智能电表之后通过Discover Energy系统中的“My account”看到家庭前一天的用电量统计。Discover Energy很高兴能够为您的智慧生活贡献一份力量。

4.保护用电安全。如果有一天不幸突发意外导致断电,会使家中正在运作的电器造成损坏。传统的电表起不到任何作用,而智能电表能有效防止由于电网问题给用户带来的不必要损失并将异常信息自动记录上传、防窃电、防破坏。

都看到这里了您难道还想要继续使用传统电表吗?快和我们一起将传统电表换成智能电表吧!如果您在安装智能电表方面有问题需要我们解答或需要我们提供帮助,请联系我们协助您免费更换智能电表。

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