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Cut the supply to known environmentalists, global warming activists, climate change activists, the Green Party and anti fracking protesters. It is partly due to these idiots we are in this position.
Cut the supply to known environmentalists, global warming activists, climate change activists, the Green Party and anti fracking protesters. It is partly due to these idiots we are in this position.
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When I enquired about having them I was told my current gas meter and electricity meter have to be able to "talk" to each other to work, and need to be no more than 10m apart. Mine are borderline. So don't get EDDIE's comment about only electricity.
When I told them my gas meter was in a hole in my back garden then that was the end of the conversation, for now, until the technology improves. Gas Meters have to be mounted on a wall it seems.
So I want them but can't have them.
When I told them my gas meter was in a hole in my back garden then that was the end of the conversation, for now, until the technology improves. Gas Meters have to be mounted on a wall it seems.
So I want them but can't have them.
Gness, They will disconnect you if there is a power generation shortage. When the demand for power is more than the maximum generating capacity , ordinary homes will be disconnected to save electricity for essential users like hospitals ,vital industry and military bases.
A smart meter means they can disconnect you direct from the power companies computer ,instead of having to come to your house and disconnect the meter. It is called Load shedding or Load management . Those with smart meters will be the first to be disconnected . This is why the power suppliers are so desperate to get smart meters in all homes. The electricity supply situation is going to get worse as old power stations reach the end of their useful life. It will not improve until the UK's new generation of French/Chinese built nuclear stations are all online in 10 to 25 years.
A smart meter means they can disconnect you direct from the power companies computer ,instead of having to come to your house and disconnect the meter. It is called Load shedding or Load management . Those with smart meters will be the first to be disconnected . This is why the power suppliers are so desperate to get smart meters in all homes. The electricity supply situation is going to get worse as old power stations reach the end of their useful life. It will not improve until the UK's new generation of French/Chinese built nuclear stations are all online in 10 to 25 years.
Read this link on emergency load shedding and the role of smart meters.
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But they could disconnect me from the side of my house then....they wouldn't even have to come inside....but I guess remotely is easier.......so....
Are you saying that, without notice, they will disconnect all power to an elderly lady, living alone just because she has a smart meter?...without knowing her circumstances.....perhaps she has a dialysis machine...suffers from sleep apnea or other medical conditions that rely on a power supply?
And I think it is virtually impossible to turn off gas supply to individual houses because of the danger of explosion when supply is restored...is that not the case?
Are you saying that, without notice, they will disconnect all power to an elderly lady, living alone just because she has a smart meter?...without knowing her circumstances.....perhaps she has a dialysis machine...suffers from sleep apnea or other medical conditions that rely on a power supply?
And I think it is virtually impossible to turn off gas supply to individual houses because of the danger of explosion when supply is restored...is that not the case?
Gness no they can't. People with smart meters are protected by exactly the same strict regulations that protect anyone with a traditional meter relating to an energy supplier switching off or disconnecting their gas or electricity supplies.
You can't have your gas or electricity cut off between 1st October and 31st March if you are a pensioner and you live alone, with other pensioners or with a child under the age of 18 no matter whether you have a Smart meter or not.
You can't have your gas or electricity cut off between 1st October and 31st March if you are a pensioner and you live alone, with other pensioners or with a child under the age of 18 no matter whether you have a Smart meter or not.
Someone with a dialysis machine is classed as vulnerable and gets priority for power like a hospital does,they normally get a generator as a backup as well. They have to give warning of possible 'load shedding' but they will still do it if there is a power emergency. I am only talking about electricity not gas.
Thanks, LB......I am more than happy with my smart meter....I am just so curious as to why Eddie is, so often, posting false information that could be putting others off......
As you say......houses won't be switched off one by one......we had the hours off in the 70s and if it comes to it that is what will happen again.....smart meter or no smart meter.....x
As you say......houses won't be switched off one by one......we had the hours off in the 70s and if it comes to it that is what will happen again.....smart meter or no smart meter.....x
