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Re: What makes a smart meter go offline?
That does sound like your comms hub is dead.I assume it is mounted directly on top of your electricity meter?2 -
Re: What makes a smart meter go offline?
I think most of the Smart meters having flashing LEDS (not the flashing red light that just shows the meter is aware the house is consuming energy) usually on the upper half of the meter, so if they …1 -
Re: Road To Financial Recovery
Thank you @daisy_1571 this is very interesting and good food for thought. It would absolutely be better with the screen, I think we have now become so accustomed to being online and been able to scre…3 -
Re: Steadily climbing the mountain, enjoying the view along the way
What today? Or just in general …? 🤔 It’s now raining here now, so I’m glad I got out and did a goodly chunk before it came in, probably for the rest of the weekend. Knocked up a batch of mushroom s…3 -
Re: Fuse energy- Horrendous
Octopus would have set up Monthly Variable Direct Debit if you'd asked them.1 -
Re: Looking for an investment
Although as I understand it the management process has changed significantly over the last few years so historic performance is unlikely to be as a result of the same team as now. I agree it's …1 -
Re: SMART PARKING, DCB LEGAL court claim 2025
So are you saying this letter can be ignored?1 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
Hi everyone I've finally managed to drop off a big bin bag at the CS, having left it by the front door to remind myself :) I also returned something to the Swedish shop and returned a book I bor…21 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
Reading @Liverpool_Anne's hand cream experience reminded me of when me and Mum went on holiday and she had deliberately taken an almost used tube of hand cream to be used up. She had carefully c…22 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
I’m with Cheery and RT, I think you need a bit of GP specific fun and distraction. January is a tough month for all of us and the washing wrestling is always a frustration to some degree. I get your …6
