Again its a case of they havent got the resources to catch us all they would use any such system to systematically pick the largest abusers as in largest use of electricity if i am running one 600 the person running 2 will get busted but on a higher level and may even not want to pick up a little 600 watts of power surging for 12 hours, sometimes we are the reason the media drives a frenzy because we started it, they wont be arresting even if they use this system all of us over night, i not fucking worried you cant be made out as a farm when its not and direct confrontation with the law always is fun at end of day, I still hold out hope that we will turn a corner soon but dont hold my breath and dont care what anyone says i can do and will do it even if they listening, will just do it quietly.
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#23
Posted 13 February 2015 - 01:47 PM
Interesting point, but I think this is unlikely simply because such meters are often in the sreet and have no power source. (Or, maybe they'll fit little hydro-electric turbines in the meters?
The company I work for has been looking at monitoring the use of all resources (power, water), most of the meters I've seen run off a battery that lasts 6 months plus - but these are designed for monitoring big buildings internally, not residential units.
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#24
Posted 14 February 2015 - 08:27 PM
Intresting read if you dont want a meter but they tell you its a law and you have to except it.
http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/
It`s not law though so you can`t be forced to have one by anyone, it was law or gonna be law under the last lot (Labour) and they were gonna force it upon us, but this lot in charge shy`ed away from making it law, although the leccy peeps are still pushing it upon us and if i remember rightly every house should have one fitted by 201_, fucking forgot date, i think lol.
#25
Posted 16 February 2015 - 02:21 PM
There are 2 options. To reduce electricity consumption it could be worth considering LED, especially the latest generation of ultra efficient LEDs which use a half the energy, or less, compared to HPS.
If the smart meters really can discern 12/12 usage peaks in power , then would growing autos on a 20/4 (or even 24/0) cycles defeat them? Just suggestions.
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#26
Posted 20 February 2015 - 11:21 PM
#27
Posted 21 February 2015 - 12:06 PM
We just got some electric statement through says our estimated usage in last 12 months was 22,081kwh last year we used 21,019kwh this is all on a prepaid key weve never had them say anything to use about high usage if this is even high compared to you lot?
I got one these too, but get them every quarter and i use a pre-paid key like yourself, they estimasted my usage upto end of the year using my previous years use when i did 2 or 3 grows and cus i`d only done one grow it was way down, they said i needed to use a stupid ammount of leccy in the 3 months left which i had no chance of doing or i`d owe them a daft ammoint of cash, cheeky cunts i thought, it`s pre-paid, so i slung it in the bin.
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#28
Posted 21 February 2015 - 12:51 PM
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#29
Posted 21 February 2015 - 03:18 PM
What about all the other stuff these days
3 bed house, still might house more people
Multiple devices to charge these days (I have)
Gaming. PC with large PSU (I have) 750w
Nas with multiple discs on all the time. ( I have)
Home server ( I have a nas but some may require this too)
Other pets, like fish tank(I don't)
Plasma tv draws 400w power( I got a new one one so it's lower)
Picture stands with changing photos (I don't)
Could be other things requiring power
So they would be making mistakes if raiding solely alone on that, could always help them with their investigation or twig them to investigate.
And the toothbrush.
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#30
Posted 21 February 2015 - 03:25 PM
Plasma tv
Almost no-one makes these any more
Even Panasonic have given up
It's all heading towards 50 Watt LCD/LED stuff thse days.
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