Meter Guardian with Waste Hound
Coming soonSniffs out leaks and wasted power before the bill does
Meter Guardian keeps watch over your water and electricity meters around the clock, on farms, holiday lets and other sites where nobody is on hand to notice a problem. Its Waste Hound alerts sniff out the things that quietly cost money: a burst pipe running all night, a leaking trough, or heating left on in an empty cottage.
A burst pipe in a field can run for days, weeks or even months before anyone spots it, and a holiday let can sit empty with the heating on for a week between bookings. Meter Guardian tells you the same day, so you can fix it before it shows up on the bill.
We're currently trialling Meter Guardian at a small number of local sites, so it isn't generally available yet. If you'd like more details, or to hear when it is, just get in touch.
Waste Hound has sniffed out a leak
Top Field trough supply has been running all night - about 1,400 litres since midnight, when it's normally close to zero.
Waste Hound: unusual power use
Orchard Cottage used 38 kWh over the weekend - about four times its normal quiet-weekend use. Something may have been left on.
What Waste Hound sniffs out
Burst and leaking pipes
Water that keeps flowing when it should have stopped - a split supply pipe in a far field, a leaking trough valve or a dripping cistern - spotted in hours, not when the bill arrives.
Power left on
Heaters, pumps, lights and appliances left running in empty buildings, sheds and holiday lets between guests.
Use when nobody is there
Meter Guardian learns what normal looks like for each meter - overnight, at weekends, when a property is empty - and flags anything that doesn't fit.
Supplies that stop
Just as important on a farm: a supply that suddenly drops to nothing can mean an empty trough or a tripped pump.
How Meter Guardian works
Water and electricity
Watches water and electricity meters side by side, so one system covers the fields, the yard and the cottages.
Built for remote sites
Long-range wireless sensors fit on your existing meters and reach across fields and outbuildings - no cabling back to the house.
Alerts to your phone
When Waste Hound finds something, you get a plain-English alert saying which meter, what it's doing and how long it's been going on.
The full picture online
Every reading is kept, so you can check the history for any meter from a browser, using the same platform as our mydata service.