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ADDING CREDIT

4.1

Value Cards

4.1.1

When inserting a value card, the meter will display TOKEN VALUE £10

(or other value as appropriate). This will remain on the display for 5

seconds.

4.1.2

On removal, the card will be erased and marked ("clipped").

4.1.3

If the display shows CARD ERROR, the most likely reason is that the card

has been inserted too quickly or too slowly (the card is not erased in this

instance). Insert the card with one smooth action.

4.2

Card Reading Errors

4.2.1

The card may have already been used (look for an indentation in the card

showing it has already been "clipped").

4.2.2

The card may not have been supplied by SHOCKWAVES. Only

SHOCKWAVES cards will add credit to the SHOCKWAVES cardmeter.

4.2.3

The card may have been erased by having been stored in a magnetic field

(ie on a loudspeaker, on top of the television, or next to credit cards). If

this happens, you can expect your tenant to be in contact. It is

recommended to check the total number of cards the tenant has bought

from you, the total inserted (T.CARDS) and the number of cards the tenant

has not used yet to make sure these agree.

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4.3

Emergency Credit

4.3.1

Emergency Credit is a way that tenants can obtain additional electricity,

even if they don't have any value cards available with which to add credit

to the meter.

4.3.2

The setting E.AVAIL sets the point at which the Emergency Credit button

becomes active. For instance if the following is set:

E.AVAIL £000.50

The tenant cannot obtain emergency credit until less than 50p credit is

remaining on the meter. When the meter indicates a credit value below

50p, pressing the emergency credit button will add credit based on the

setting of E.CRED, ie:

E.CRED £005.00

will add £5 of emergency credit when the emergency credit button is

pressed.

4.3.3

Once all the emergency credit has been used up, the meter must have value

cards inserted to bring the credit back to at least £1before the electricity

supply is restored.

4.3.4

So if the emergency credit (E.CRED) was set to £5, and the tenant used all

this up, the supply would be disconnected. The tenant must then insert at

least £6 to reconnect the power. It is suggested that emergency credit is

used, it is set to £1 less that the value card denomination that the tenant

normally uses, meaning that one value card can restore power.

4.3.5

Recommended settings:

Smallest Value Card used by tennant

£5

£10

£20

£50

*You may wish to limit the level of emergency credit in these instances to a

lower value.

E.AVAIL

E.CRED

£000.50

£004.00

£000.50

£009.00

£000.50

£019.00*

£000.50

£049.00*

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