Ouroborus

I certainly agree that reducing the use of fossil fuels isn't a bad thing, but I'm not so sure how this relates to smart meters. They are free in the sense that you choosing to have one doesn't cost you to have it fitted. Shell, the thieves who supply me with energy nag me once a month to read the meter. When i read the meter and submit this to the portal, the variation in direct debit is curious. When my old supplier went bust, Shell automatically varies my dd upwards from £150 per month to £350. In two hits. But when i logged onto the portal, i could see that i was hundreds of £ in credit, so i manually reduced the dd - they didn't reduce it automatically! Shell set a limit on how much you can reduce it by, so twelve months into this fiasco, I'm still £700 in credit. My point is this, had i left everything to Shell, they'd have even more of my money. That i have a meter that requires a reading means i get a reminder to log in and have another go at bringing down my direct debit. I'm glad you like your meter, but the only benefit it seems to have over mine is that i have to go outside and look at mine to see what im using. You can view your usage from another piece of tech. Otherwise, i see no benefit - its just passing control to a third party. The business of energy suppliers using customer credits to boost their profitability has recently been covered. Whilst some ring fence it, others use it as working capital. They get an interest free loan from me and at time of rising interest rates, benefit from the money in their account whereas it should be in mine. To me, the whole energy market seems to overdue a substantial overhaul. We're not dealing with shower gel, we're dealing with peoples ability to keep warm. Regards your question about are the industry aware of rotary meters going backwards. I'm sure they are, there was an article in Which? magazine not too long ago, the general advice, reading between the lines, was that it might be something not to raise, less it give the electricity supplier a reason to declare your meter faulty. Its not faulty, in fact its running well, correctly measuring the flow. You'll see other comments in this thread about this. I'm not saying that everyday the meter furiously spins backwards, but if its sunny and the kids are off their tech AND you're watching the meter, you'll see it go the other way and then switch back to its normal way as a washing machine clicks on. All said and done, I'm sure the days of this are numbered and when i had our pv system upgraded this year, I went with a battery in anticipation of the day coming when smart meters become mandated/forced. I'm wondering what the tipping point will be that will see the government do this. I would have bet on a power cut enabling them to flex their hand and allow them to say that "we have to do this to protect our supply", but the mild winter put paid to this, so maybe it'll be EV cars and the demand they put on the grid being the reason - differential pricing.

I'm sure you're aware that on a sunny day, solar panels may drive your old rotary meter backwards, thus you get payment for generation, export, plus a bill reduction. Smart meters don't go backwards. Sure, you can sign up for an export tariff at ?9p/kw but it compares somewhat unfavourably to the the 34p reduction i get. Smart meters were never for the benefit of us. If they were, why are they free?

Thanks for this. From what i can see though, Partial.ly is a payment service used by retailers. As with Klarna, use of Partial.ly means Section 75 protection for credit card purchases ceases since there is no longer a direct link between the customer and retailer. Issues with QC, failed delivery etc all go Partial.ly's dispute process rather than being handled by a bank.

Thanks for this. I don"t have a problem with paying up front, I can appreciate that development costs can be massive and with no guarantee on returns on the future. If we want something, tome to put our money where our mouth is. Buy for clarity, when i have an 89 in the basket, i can either pay all in one (with you) or pay a deposit/spread the payments with a company call "partial.ly". Is this still Accurascale or a third party like Klarna?

You missed off Realtrack models as well for wanting payment up front. If you want a 142, you're paying for it (i did). As for Accurascale, if you want an 89, you're paying for that up front too. (Ditto). Which makes we wonder why bring up this model of commissioning models if its common across smaller manufacturers/manufacturers of obscure classes. I'm guessing Santa didn't pay a visit to CJI

No maybe about it.

Its not only KR models who have this business model.

Rails did the same to me.

My point was not so much the car, but that drivers of them were benefiting from free fuel IN ADDITION to claiming mileage. It creates a lot of bad feeling amongst those not able to claim an EV and who have to pay for fuel. But its NHS management - they create their own rules and guard them fanatically..

The Tesla is part of the NHS car pool. High enough pay grades are able to claim them. They're also entitled to charge them at work and claim mileage allowance. Remember when you clapped for us....

My first three (of five) have turned up with all the parts in place and looking good. Very pleased. So less there be any doubts i'm an Accurafan. The EWS livery caught my eye when assembled alongside its cousins. Definitely a lighter hue. Is this like Network Rail yellow where there are 'natural' shade variations? (Genuine question)

I've read your post four times and I still don't understand much of it. I'll put it down to a long day on the ForEx

That address is Canns Trading. You might want to see the other forum about them

If you're changing the time you eat your evening meal I don't see how this saves energy. I DO see how it allows Octopus and the others to say "during this hour we saved 400 polar bears". Keep it quiet that we burned 300 later on. Its all smoke and mirrors. If i remember correctly, the transition from 100W bulbs to LEDs was not direct. In the middle we had "Low Energy" bulbs (Compact Fluorescents). Remember those? The ones that took an age to warm up, remained dim and were so full of mercury that they need their own recycling facility. I'm not sure they were such a 'win' for the environment. The point I'm making is this. There is a cost to everything. Everyone wants the western lifestyle. And some want it more than us and are prepared to pay for it, perhaps more than we are. There will be a reason for these trials, one likely not shared with the general public. Maybe its the forerunner of energy rationing, actually limiting how much energy we are allowed to use. You and your fellow participants may perhaps be allowing the authorities to determine just how much electricity you need as opposed to how much you want. How low can you go? We're about to find out. I can already hear the tin foil hat comments coming along, but i well remember those comments about smart meters and those spurious claims about how they were introduced to save us money. I suppose in a roundabout way, they will, just not in the manner we really wanted.

Over a third of the page an advert for crypto currency.

I watched in horror last night as the local news featured a woman who was sitting in her house in the dark with absolutely everything turned off. She was pleased to be earning £25 for this. Its a powercut in all but name. And this is the sweetest carrot it'll ever be. The next round of 'trials' will see that £25 reduced until eventually it fizzles down to zero and we get some bs propaganda that "Energy Saver Tuesday" is good for the planet and good for our wellbeing. This happens every time, whether its smart meters, diesel cars, electric cars, whatever. Here's the carrot, here comes the stick.

I reckon my workshy benefit scamming neighbour across the road should comfortably achieve that

Loved that video, fell in love with the car. 1990? Still completely timeless (from the timelords)

And i thought you were referring to Montana Hoeren

Hornby ideas office be like

Boohoo are ok, but I'd always shop a size larger. As for Rubbermaid, never heard of them. Are they like LatexLadies?

A lighting unit will make all the difference to those seats. But that mark.....😵

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkfrgZQyoaE&t=6s Hall sensor on the track, magnet on the loco, arduino controlling the flash rate

Came up different on my phone 🤪 Maybe its an android thing

Certainly a few vexed souls. But I couldn't help notice that it was a 37 that caught everyone's attention in Hornby's post - "Be the first to see our new TT120 range" . A Bachmann 37