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Not so Smartmeters again

Last year, my local water company converted my supply meter to a 'Smart' meter. It worked, but there were always gaps i...
33 comments posted 4mos
posted by davey
33 comments posted 4mos posted by davey

Balcony solar becomes "a thing"

TH;DR is that for better or for worse this is taking off. UK: Octopus says Enquiries up 27% the week war started Germany...
20 comments posted 4mos
posted by jethro_UK
20 comments posted 4mos posted by jethro_UK

Old EON clamp meter - any use?

Before we had a smart meter, we had an EoN power usage monitor system with a clamp and transmitter fitted to the mains...
31 comments posted 4mos
posted by wibble
31 comments posted 4mos posted by wibble

Ansmann Powerline 5 LCD charger

I found the instructions for this device while having a major clear-out. These state: ATTENTION Use only with NiCD/NiMH...
6 comments posted 4mos
posted by newsgroups
6 comments posted 4mos posted by newsgroups

Outlook.com Security

I have just posted this to MSFT's forum: ********* I am trying a new email program because my current one keeps getting...
15 comments posted 4mos
posted by jgnewsid
15 comments posted 4mos posted by jgnewsid

OT: Urgent? What?

I went to my local supermarket this afternoon, and as I removed a cart from the storage area, I noticed that the adjace...
9 comments posted 4mos
posted by davey
9 comments posted 4mos posted by davey

"Spalling" when fastening into brick/mortar

I've got a length of cable running outside and am trying to make it neat with cable clips but when I hammer them in the...
14 comments posted 4mos
posted by nospam
14 comments posted 4mos posted by nospam

Thermostat on gas AGA

My wife has set the temperature knob on our gas AGA to give known temperatures in the various ovens. We noticed that ye...
2 comments posted 4mos
posted by me
2 comments posted 4mos posted by me

Shed Power

Any suggestions for a solar based power supply for a shed? It's got a space for 3m x 1m solar panels, south facing. it'...
17 comments posted 4mos
posted by patchmoney
17 comments posted 4mos posted by patchmoney

Re: Plug in solar panels - announced

> as far as I can see this will also power > up the grid in the event of a power cut. No, the inverter has anti-islandin...
81 comments posted 4mos
posted by usenet
81 comments posted 4mos posted by usenet

Over 70's driving lecence renewal

I earlier asked, and was confused, by the suggested requirement for an eye test, before you could renew your driving li...
31 comments posted 4mos
posted by harry.m1byt
31 comments posted 4mos posted by harry.m1byt

Renaming flash drive

Is there any reason why I can't change the name of my flash drive from 'USB Drive' to 'SanDisk 1'? I make the change fro...
2 comments posted 4mos
posted by newsgroups
2 comments posted 4mos posted by newsgroups

OT Fuel Ration Books

The Missis who started driving some years later than me was somewhat surprised when we watching the news about the rece...
30 comments posted 4mos
posted by gemehabal
30 comments posted 4mos posted by gemehabal