Happy Corner

[Archery1969]

My problem is, between 16:00 and 19:00, I'm either out or trading with just two laptops and a TV on. So my fridge is consuming the bulk of the electricity at that time. But if I can get my 16 hours of free electricity on Sunday, I can run the washing machine, cook a roast dinner and do the hoovering, consuming £3 worth of energy, and get something back from these thieving bastards that charge enough anyway.

Derek, why don’t you buy a EcoFlow DELTA 2 Portable Power Station. Charge it up at off peak periods and then let it power whatever you need, you can add power packs to it if need be ?

Are you being serious? I live in a ground floor flat, don't use much electricity and they only hold just over 1 kilowatt of power. It wouldn't save any money.

Apologies, I totally misunderstood what you were trying to achieve. I’ll shut up, throw another log on the fire and open another bottle of gin.

[firlandsfarm]

You could use a timer on the socket

Thats true, but I still can't see it's worth the effort with the fridge/freezer. The oven is the heaviest usage. The dishwasher also with the washer next.
But all the electric pale into insignificance vs gas central heating during cold weather. Saving on that isn't really an option.

My problem is, between 16:00 and 19:00, I'm either out or trading with just two laptops and a TV on. So my fridge is consuming the bulk of the electricity at that time. But if I can get my 16 hours of free electricity on Sunday, I can run the washing machine, cook a roast dinner and do the hoovering, consuming £3 worth of energy, and get something back from these thieving bastards that charge enough anyway.

Is it really worth all the angst for £3

[firlandsfarm]

Turns out the Judge told Tommy he would get a reduced sentence if he took down a video on his website. Tommy said “No” and therefore got 18 months. Normally after 7 months he would be paroled with good behaviour but it looks like he will be freed in < 5 months, with good behaviour.

Obviously I had heard of TR and how he was presented by the media and the establishment but I had never bothered to delve and learn more. That is until this thing about his video recently became news again and I became curious. I wondered what he had said that could result in such condemnation so I tracked it down to https://rumble.com/embed/v2ntg1u/ expecting a short Youtube type video so the first thing that caught my attention was that it is 1:48 long!

I was further intrigued and started to watch, expecting to see a load of unsubstantiated rambling ... but didn't. If you have not watched it all through I would ask you to do so and help me understand why it should be banned, I can't see why other than it does expose some very uncomfortable issues. He makes many claims that are in the main substantiated by others on video. Frankly it stinks of the lack of action taken towards the grooming gangs but in this case worse because the judge is portrayed as being determined to find the Asian boy and his community as the innocent victims.

Either TR is a professional threat to Stephen Spielberg or there is something here that should be investigated but it never will because the Establishment never investigates itself until backed so far into a corner it has no alternative.

I’m not sure that’s the correct video. I think the one the Judge was referring to is where TR named someone who he later went onto have to pay damages too.

However, Judges don’t like contempt of court issues. They tend to throw the book at you.

TR is considered a threat to national security on a number of levels. I bet when he gets released he will be rearrested and have to explain what money he was living on in Cyprus. If turns out to be from a Russian friend then you can imagine where that will go. He will be subject to an HMRC audit going back 20 years and during the investigation will only be allowed to withdraw £50 per day from his bank accounts.

I believe that's the one ... I understand judges not liking contempt of court that's not my issues ... I'm asking why the banning order in the first place. I can't see anything wrong in that video but I can see why the establishment it exposes would want it to be. And why is he considered a security risk ... let's have some evidence and not toumour and speculation.

[firlandsfarm]

Turns out the Judge told Tommy he would get a reduced sentence if he took down a video on his website. Tommy said “No” and therefore got 18 months. Normally after 7 months he would be paroled with good behaviour but it looks like he will be freed in < 5 months, with good behaviour.

Obviously I had heard of TR and how he was presented by the media and the establishment but I had never bothered to delve and learn more. That is until this thing about his video recently became news again and I became curious. I wondered what he had said that could result in such condemnation so I tracked it down to https://rumble.com/embed/v2ntg1u/ expecting a short Youtube type video so the first thing that caught my attention was that it is 1:48 long!

I was further intrigued and started to watch, expecting to see a load of unsubstantiated rambling ... but didn't. If you have not watched it all through I would ask you to do so and help me understand why it should be banned, I can't see why other than it does expose some very uncomfortable issues. He makes many claims that are in the main substantiated by others on video. Frankly it stinks of the lack of action taken towards the grooming gangs but in this case worse because the judge is portrayed as being determined to find the Asian boy and his community as the innocent victims.

Either TR is a professional threat to Stephen Spielberg or there is something here that should be investigated but it never will because the Establishment never investigates itself until backed so far into a corner it has no alternative.

I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. Bottom line is he's been convicted and jailed for contempt of the justice system. He's at best a self-publicist and at worst a far-right agitator.
All of his "witnesses'''' had the option to make statements to the police, but diidn't. Perhaps perjury laws do have some weight after all.

But why is the judge so adamant the video be taken down ... what harm is it doing?

[Derek27]

Thats true, but I still can't see it's worth the effort with the fridge/freezer. The oven is the heaviest usage. The dishwasher also with the washer next.
But all the electric pale into insignificance vs gas central heating during cold weather. Saving on that isn't really an option.

My problem is, between 16:00 and 19:00, I'm either out or trading with just two laptops and a TV on. So my fridge is consuming the bulk of the electricity at that time. But if I can get my 16 hours of free electricity on Sunday, I can run the washing machine, cook a roast dinner and do the hoovering, consuming £3 worth of energy, and get something back from these thieving bastards that charge enough anyway.

Is it really worth all the angst for £3

It's not the money, it's the feel-good factor. Just like my Big Mac & fries for £2.99.

[Derek27]

I've hit my target for 16 hours of free electricity. Didn't even need to worry about the last day or two.

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[greenmark]

I've hit my target for 16 hours of free electricity. Didn't even need to worry about the last day or two.


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How? Have you bought a bicycle powered generator?
My issue is my electric is at worst £2.50 a day and on average £1.50 of which £0.52 is standing charge. I can't see it's worth the effort.
If you have gas saving tweaks I'm all ears.

[Derek27]

I've hit my target for 16 hours of free electricity. Didn't even need to worry about the last day or two.


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How? Have you bought a bicycle powered generator?
My issue is my electric is at worst £2.50 a day and on average £1.50 of which £0.52 is standing charge. I can't see it's worth the effort.
If you have gas saving tweaks I'm all ears.

If it was mid-winter, I'd be able to switch off my gas central heating for a day, get a two-kilowatt electric heater and leave it on for 16 hours. 32 units is about £16.

Switching off your fridge for 3 hours a day isn't really an effort.

[jimibt]

I've hit my target for 16 hours of free electricity. Didn't even need to worry about the last day or two.


Screenshot 2024-11-02 153259.png

How? Have you bought a bicycle powered generator?
My issue is my electric is at worst £2.50 a day and on average £1.50 of which £0.52 is standing charge. I can't see it's worth the effort.
If you have gas saving tweaks I'm all ears.

If it was mid-winter, I'd be able to switch off my gas central heating for a day, get a two-kilowatt electric heater and leave it on for 16 hours. 32 units is about £16.

Switching off your fridge for 3 hours a day isn't really an effort.

i admire your eco credentials, but personally, life is too short. i'd much rather find the best deal out there and look at better insulation. definitely hybrid storage (tho it's pricey just now), but you could get a 10kw storage battery and store the off peak overnight and use *as if for free* during peak times.

[edit] - haven;t researched the options, but this was the 1st one from google of the ilk i'm referring to: https://www.myenergi.com/libbi-battery-storage/

[greenmark]

I've hit my target for 16 hours of free electricity. Didn't even need to worry about the last day or two.


Screenshot 2024-11-02 153259.png

How? Have you bought a bicycle powered generator?
My issue is my electric is at worst £2.50 a day and on average £1.50 of which £0.52 is standing charge. I can't see it's worth the effort.
If you have gas saving tweaks I'm all ears.

If it was mid-winter, I'd be able to switch off my gas central heating for a day, get a two-kilowatt electric heater and leave it on for 16 hours. 32 units is about £16.

Switching off your fridge for 3 hours a day isn't really an effort.

Maybe I'm missing something. 3 hours with the the fridge off is going to save me literally pence. My IHD usuakky read about 80p when I get up. So that's from midniight to 7am or whatever. 50p of that is standing charge so that's 8hrs for 30p. Are you sure your fridge isn't on the blink?

[jimibt]

in a happy place today after replacing the cpu fan on my pc. was surprised at the size of the replacement (about the size of a small mini clubman radiator )

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but -the cpu temp went down (on heavy usage) from +90c to around 40c.. excellent!!

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[greenmark]

in a happy place today after replacing the cpu fan on my pc. was surprised at the size of the replacement (about the size of a small mini clubman radiator )

Screenshot 2024-11-02 175445-2.png


but -the cpu temp went down (on heavy usage) from +90c to around 40c.. excellent!!


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I wish I knew what the hell you are on about. But happy you're happy. More homework for me. On top of why my Java program has suddenly stopped working and I can't remember how to debug it. C'est la vie.

[Kai]

but -the cpu temp went down (on heavy usage) from +90c to around 40c.. excellent!!

Lovely

I had thermal throttling issues with mine and still not overly happy with the temps

It was a goddamn space heater before I power limited the CPU, they've lost their minds with hardware

[Derek27]

How? Have you bought a bicycle powered generator?
My issue is my electric is at worst £2.50 a day and on average £1.50 of which £0.52 is standing charge. I can't see it's worth the effort.
If you have gas saving tweaks I'm all ears.

If it was mid-winter, I'd be able to switch off my gas central heating for a day, get a two-kilowatt electric heater and leave it on for 16 hours. 32 units is about £16.

Switching off your fridge for 3 hours a day isn't really an effort.

i admire your eco credentials, but personally, life is too short. i'd much rather find the best deal out there and look at better insulation. definitely hybrid storage (tho it's pricey just now), but you could get a 10kw storage battery and store the off peak overnight and use *as if for free* during peak times.

[edit] - haven;t researched the options, but this was the 1st one from google of the ilk i'm referring to: https://www.myenergi.com/libbi-battery-storage/

I don't have economy 7, nighttime prices are the same as during the day. But even if I did, considering I use 4-5 units a day it wouldn't be worthwhile.

[Derek27]

How? Have you bought a bicycle powered generator?
My issue is my electric is at worst £2.50 a day and on average £1.50 of which £0.52 is standing charge. I can't see it's worth the effort.
If you have gas saving tweaks I'm all ears.

If it was mid-winter, I'd be able to switch off my gas central heating for a day, get a two-kilowatt electric heater and leave it on for 16 hours. 32 units is about £16.

Switching off your fridge for 3 hours a day isn't really an effort.

Maybe I'm missing something. 3 hours with the the fridge off is going to save me literally pence. My IHD usuakky read about 80p when I get up. So that's from midniight to 7am or whatever. 50p of that is standing charge so that's 8hrs for 30p. Are you sure your fridge isn't on the blink?

If I reduce my electricity usage between 4 and 7 (by percentage, not pennies), I get 16 hours of free electricity the following Sunday. The fair usage policy is 45 kWh, which is worth over £20.