I have a plug in energy meter thing. I think it records the total time that the device was on (as well as how much power it has used). I might...
I can see the concern, but I am assuming that any device that is offered to the public will have to be good enough for people to want to use it....
I doubt you would :) We have two scenarios where we use it:The original hot water tank in this house had a gravity loop - towel rails in...
Ah ... you read my post as if I was preaching? I will clearly have to put far more "I think"s and "If it was me"s in my posts then. I thought...
Can't win £140M on ERNIE though ... mind you, don't reckon I'm going to win it on Euro Millions eh?!If you all get a shiny new Ferrari in the...
@roders I see you disagreed with my viewpoint ...£250 x 12 months = £3,000. Ernie will pay out on average £25 (tax free), 3% interest would be...
Might be answering the wrong question :), but this is what I found:http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/account/privacy[ATTACH]
Was it a decent-ish size?I wonder if Yew, Ilex crenata (although I think that may be VERY slow?) or the small leaved Privet (that might drop its...
Do you need to? Or is this a "first year or two only" thing? They are moderately root-hardy, and if the pseudostem is wrapped that will survive a...
How many households watching football boil a kettle? A million or so perhaps?If every household had a smart meter then that is 25M freezers and...
Two inches may well be enough, but the holes need to be a decent size - the sort of size that a fork would make if wiggled a bit. Not sure what...
Makes sense to me. Use technology to regulate use, safely, rather than building more, expensive, power stations. Your freezer turned off for 10...
Not sure how happy it will be in a pot, they tend to only perform well if they are in the ground for their final stages of growth, to flowering....
I would cut back by 1/3rd when they start sprouting in Spring, to make the bottoms bush out.Before they arrive I would enrich a planting trench...
I use a hollow tine aerator in the Autumn. I have a gubbins I can tow behind a garden tractor, but they are available to hire too. Much quicker...
The only way I have heard of of "saving" is to allow the energy company to use smart meters to send a signal to turn on (and off) equipment at...
Roundup (specifically the latest Monsanto formulations, not any-old-generic Glyphosate-based weedkiller). The Adjuvants it uses no longer carry a...
Came across this for prevention of rust, no idea if it works though, but might try it next year:"find some used electric cable, take the copper...
With interest rates being so low the Interest is probably not worth having for most people ... and on that basis better to stick it in Ernie -...
www.vegetableseeds.net with Joe Swift - Seed SaleI only had a quick look, but all the Carrot seed (random sample!!) I saw were reduced from 95p...
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