XPost: alt.sci.physics, uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair   
   From: William_Gothberg@internet.co.is   
      
   On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 23:41:32 -0000, Max Demian  wrote:   
      
   > On 30/12/2018 17:11, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:10:46 -0000, Andy Bennet  wrote:   
   >>> On 29/12/2018 18:21, % wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> and then re wire the house and when you use it ,   
   >>>> you can watch the hydro disk spin like a top   
   >>>   
   >>> LOL. I have a 14.4kW electric boiler. That's what I call spin.   
   >>   
   >> Spin?  Does anyone still have those old mechanical meters?   
   >   
   > Me! Me! Me!   
      
   Why are you so excited about it?   
      
   >> Mine just   
   >> blinks an LED.   
   >   
   > I was in a place with one of those. Spit!   
      
   Why spit?  They're probably more accurate.   
      
   > With the spinning disc I can calculate the instantaneous power   
   > consumption, which all those fancy "smart meters" can do.   
      
   Mine is not a smart meter, I would have to be held at gunpoint to have that   
   installed in my house.  My energy supplier (EDF) has attempted to contact me   
   30 times by phone and 5 times by letter to get one. They are blocked on my   
   phone (although it does    
   register every attempt to phone me, which is a source of amusement - not once   
   did they bother leaving an answerphone message).  Letters go in the bin where   
   they belong.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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