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Thats a trench.....and a very poorly supported long drainage pipe.Can't build without them.
3 days of internet darkness
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Mum reluctantly got a 'smart' meter installed in her high rise apartment a year or so back, had no choice as old signal being switched off.
A few weeks back it stopped working.
We phoned Scottish Power. Now remember, they installed the blessed thing, albeit via a sub-contractor.
'Unfortunately your meter isn't being recognised on our system as a smart meter. Can you please take a photo of it, send it to <email address> and allow two weeks for this to permeate through our system. Please phone us again at that time and we'll advise if an engineer visit is required.'
A few days back they phoned. Essentially a call to say they are aware of the fault and will be in touch if an engineer visit is required.
As you can imagine, it's leaving my 80 odd year old mum perplexed.
You couldn't make this sh1t up. Is it any wonder folk lose it with these companies.
All standard solar inverters automatically shutdown when there's a power cut. This is a required safety feature, otherwise the bloke trying to fix it on a pylon somewhere would get a shock from your solar panels if the sun came out.
Systems that can go off-grid are available, they isolate themselves from the grid if they go live while the supply is dead. But they cost lots extra so are only fitted in a tiny minority of cases by people who choose to pay lots extra for this functionality. Usually together with batteries, which cost lots of £1000s extra too.
Our solar panels will be utterly useless in a power cut, along with 99% of all other installs.
All this talk of stocking up etc etc.....me thinks the Government knows something is incoming!!!
Not for long..! You have to have them inspected before you fully surround them in pea gravel.
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