I saw a discussion on another board about using washing lines instead of tumble dryers to save energy. I was going to post about the constant rain right now but a guy from India posted to say that he gets problems with monkeys throwing his clothes about. I thought that only happened in cartoons
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Then the companies that are currently making massive profits from our energy supply need to invest in making the system better and stop leaving the home owners to deal with the problems that they create.
Completely agree
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
We have a long banister rail on the landing which is great for drying things, even duvet covers. Smaller stuff goes on a clothes airer in the spare bedroom. The air circulates from downstairs to up and mould has never been a problem here either. Most things are dry by the evening if hung up early.
We have an enclosed car port the full length of the house, high gates one end and open the other. We hang items out there to get rid of most of the moisture and then put them over radiators if necessary. Unless it's very humid they generally dry completely under there. Never had a tumble dryer.
I have heard of several instances of smart meters going wrong in various ways. My heating engineer advised us to hang on to our old meter as long as possible and I notice the chap who presents the watchdog consumer prog says he won't have one either, must be a reason why.
It would seem that smart meters are more for the provider's benefit than the consumer. I believe when they first became popular, the idea ( ? ) was that the consumer could see the amount of energy they were using per hour/day/week. That could possibly have helped people to see what each appliance was costing them to run but unless the consumer was gaily wasting power without realising it, or was unable to change a hungry appliance for a more efficient one, I'm not sure what help it would be. Providing your ordinary meter is accessible, it only takes minutes to see what power you have been using over a set period and you could equate that with what appliances were running. As for someone coming to read your meter, it happens rarely - IME at least.
They've been talking about smart machines/gadgets on the news recently, and saying how quickly they stop working - often within a couple of years. That's great if you've forked out a wad of dosh on a washing machine or telly or something eh? I can't remember anyone reading a meter in any house I've lived in for the last 20 years or so, apart from when the leccy one had to be replaced. All the online companies rely on the customer to do readings, from what I can tell.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Providing your ordinary meter is accessible, it only takes minutes to see what power you have been using over a set period and you could equate that with what appliances were running.
As for someone coming to read your meter, it happens rarely - IME at least.
You're dead right smart meters are purely for the companies benefit.
I can't remember anyone reading a meter in any house I've lived in for the last 20 years or so, apart from when the leccy one had to be replaced. All the online companies rely on the customer to do readings, from what I can tell.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...