You can do this by popping it into the meter and leaving it there until it beeps.
How to top up electricity key.
You can have up to 249 credit on your gas meter and 255 credit on your electricity meter.
Put the key or card into your meter.
To top up your credit take your card key to an outlet.
As of the 31st august 2012 you will not be able to top up your card at your local shop.
If you can consider topping up more than you normally would to reduce the risk of running out of credit.
You can buy any amount of credit in whole pounds up to a maximum of 49 per transaction.
You just need to take your electricity key or gas card to your nearest paypoint or post office branch.
It s important to keep your gas and electricity meters topped up.
Put your key or card into the meter for at least a minute to activate it.
You can add up to 99 at a time to your meter but be aware that it will only hold up to 250 credit in total.
To get your emergency credit just insert your key into the meter and it will transfer your 5 credit.
Top up your key or card at a convenient payzone or post office.
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.
If it s your first time topping up you ll need to activate your key or card in your meter first.
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.
At this point we can give you 5 emergency credit.
This is to make sure your supply doesn t stop.
Topping up your electricity meter online.
When your electricity meter beeps it s a warning that you ve got less than 50p of credit left.
Gas meters hold a maximum of 999.
We also operate a friendly non disconnection policy on most meters.
Topping up it s easy to top up you can top up at any payzone paypoint or post office.
Zara gets excitement to top up the electric key only to get shy at the end.
See if you can switch getting started simply register your new gas card electricity key before you topping up.
Smart pay as you go means you can top up wherever whenever.
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.
Electricity meters and emergency credit.
Electricity credit will transfer automatically.
Once that s done we ll be your official supplier of green electricity.
If you ve got a smart meter and are on our smart payg plan you can top up your electricity and gas online.
Using your electricity top up key.
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.