As of the 31st august 2012 you will not be able to top up your card at your local shop.
How to top up electricity key.
Topping up it s easy to top up you can top up at any payzone paypoint or post office.
To top up your credit take your card key to an outlet.
Key meters work in similar ways to smart card meters you top up a plastic key and when you put the key into your meter the credit is transferred to the meter.
Put your key or card into the meter for at least a minute to activate it.
See if you can switch getting started simply register your new gas card electricity key before you topping up.
All electricity suppliers are replacing smart card meters smartpower with key meters.
Gas meters hold a maximum of 999.
You can have up to 249 credit on your gas meter and 255 credit on your electricity meter.
You can buy any amount of credit in whole pounds up to a maximum of 49 per transaction.
Electricity meters and emergency credit.
At this point we can give you 5 emergency credit.
You can top up a maximum amount of 49 per transaction on your key or card and your electricity meter will hold up to 249.
Electricity credit will transfer automatically.
Topping up your electricity meter online.
Zara gets excitement to top up the electric key only to get shy at the end.
Use up all the credit on your meter before you plug in your new key this is important otherwise your new key will wipe your existing credit.
Smart pay as you go means you can top up wherever whenever.
If you can consider topping up more than you normally would to reduce the risk of running out of credit.
Using your electricity top up key.
If it s your first time topping up you ll need to activate your key or card in your meter first.
This is to make sure your supply doesn t stop.
We also operate a friendly non disconnection policy on most meters.
The credit you buy will be added to your key or card.
You just need to take your electricity key or gas card to your nearest paypoint or post office branch.
However if you ve got an older traditional meter or you re on smart payg standard and use a key or card to top up you ll need to top up at a paypoint instead.
It s important to keep your gas and electricity meters topped up.
Plug your bulb key into the meter and wait for 60 seconds this will register your key.
To get your emergency credit just insert your key into the meter and it will transfer your 5 credit.
You can do this by popping it into the meter and leaving it there until it beeps.
Top up your key or card at a convenient payzone or post office.
When your electricity meter beeps it s a warning that you ve got less than 50p of credit left.
Once that s done we ll be your official supplier of green electricity.