How much credit can I put on my top-up card and gas prepayment meter (not smart)? (2024)

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How much credit can you put on a prepayment meter? ›

How much credit can I put on my top-up key and electricity prepayment meter (not smart)? Your prepayment meter can hold up to £249 of credit. You can add anything from £1 up to £49 onto your key each time you go to the Payzone, PayPoint or Post Office outlet (whole pounds only).

For traditional, the electricity meter holds £250 maximum, and the most you top up in one transaction is £99. For gas traditional the maximum a meter holds is £999 and can top up up to £49 in one transaction. For Smart a meter holds up to £999 for both gas and electricity and maximum top up in one transaction is £200.

Traditional Gas Meter. You can top up from as little as £1 and up to a maximum of £49 per transaction at PayPoint or a maximum of £99 at Post Office or Payzone.

Our prepayment electricity meters can hold up to £249 – our gas prepayment meters can hold up to £999 credit. You can add anything from £1 up to £99 onto your card each time you go to your nearest Payzone, PayPoint or Post Office outlet to top it up with credit.

Borrowers may be allowed to foreclose or prepay their loan 6 months after the date it has been disbursed, without any prepayment penalty. A charge of 2.5% + GST will be levied on any prepayment amount that is over 25% of the principal due. Part prepayment can only be done once in a year.

Friendly credit hours are a feature on prepayment electricity meters that let customers keep using electricity, even after you run out of credit (or emergency credit) during evenings, weekends or Bank Holidays. Our friendly credit hours depend on whether you have a traditional (non-smart) or smart prepayment meter.

The meter assists in Managing a tenant's utility usage and eliminates disputes whilst offering a cost effective method of metering loads up to a maximum of 80A. The meter has an Advanced Tamper Detection due to the internal battery.

If you have a traditional meter

To activate the emergency credit, put your card or key into the meter. You might need to remove the card or key and reinsert it again. If emergency credit is available for your gas meter, insert your gas card and you'll be asked to activate it. To do this, press button A.

You can purchase gas credit at any amount from the minimum of £5 to the maximum of £49. Every time you make a payment, you must ensure that you keep the receipt as this is your proof of purchase. PAYG allows you to check your natural gas usage and top up the card when you decide.

If you run out of credit you'll build up extra debt to your supplier, for example you'll need to pay back any emergency credit you use. You can agree how to pay it back with your supplier.

How much gas can you top up at a time? ›

Minimum and maximum amounts

You can only top up in full pounds, not pence. For example, you wouldn't be able to top up £8.50, but you could add £8 or £9. The maximum amount you can top up at once is £49. However, you can top up multiple times in a row.

Most vehicles' average fuel tank capacity is between 10.5 and 18.5 gallons. Smaller vehicles like subcompact crossovers and other hatchback models generally hover somewhere around 12 gallons. However, subcompact models, like the Chevrolet Spark, yield a 9-gallon tank.

Automatic Disconnection for Non-Payment: If the prepaid meter runs out of credit, the electricity supply is automatically disconnected.

Some prepaid debit cards let you load up to $15,000 onto your card, while others may have a lower maximum amount. For example, the Regions Now Card has a $7,500 balance limit. You can find the maximum limit on your prepaid debit card by reading your card's terms and conditions.

Disadvantages of Prepayment meters

If your prepayment meter has run out of credit and your supply is off, you may need to repay any 'Emergency Credit', 'Friendly Credit' or any outstanding amount owed, before your supply will come back on. You may also need to account for any debt repayment plan that has been agreed.

What's a closed mortgage? You can't prepay, renegotiate or refinance a closed mortgage before the end of the term without a prepayment charge. But, most closed mortgages have certain prepayment privileges, such as the right to prepay 10% to 20% of the original principal amount each year, without a prepayment charge.

If the prepaid meter runs out of credit, the electricity supply is automatically disconnected.

You just take your top up card or key to a Payzone, PayPoint or Post Office outlet. You can find your nearest outlet on their respective websites. Simply give them your key, along with the amount of money you want to top up. The minimum payment is just £1, and you have to top up by full pounds.