[HECnet] Tardis and sidrat

[Gregg Levine]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:23 PM,   <hvlems at zonnet.nl> wrote:
It takes a steady hand to work on live wires so say the least. The "card"
made me think you have pre-paid power and thus in the UK. Are there more
countries that do it that way?
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From: Tony Blews <tonyblews at gmail.com>
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Basically I live in a flat built on to the back of a house. We were sharing
the electricity supply. Now its been changed so that we each have a
sub-meter and get charged independently. The change didn't go well.
The card meters take plastic cards that you load with credit at the local
shops.
Yes I live in the UK.



On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM, <hvlems at zonnet.nl> wrote:

What is a card meter ?
(Are you located in GB?)
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Subject: [HECnet] Tardis and sidrat

Hi,

My two machines (tardis and sidrat) are going to be down for a while due
to a series of power problems knackering the PSU on the machine I use to run
the bridge software.
Basically, my inept landlord decided to rewire our card meter live and
caused the power to cycle repeatedly for about 2 minutes. The PSU in the old
dell box couldn't handle that abuse.
As the Raspberries (which run the VAXen) were powered from that machine
via usb, I'm now awaiting a crate of wall-warts to power them back up.

I don't think it'll affect anyone, as I doubt anyone was using my
simulated machines, but i'm just letting you know.

Tony Blews



Hello!
There was talk of trying that step here, at the same time the governor
at the time deregulated the power delivery methods in the area where I
live. (US:NY) It fell over with 32 legs in the air dead as a do-do.
That because for NYC and Westchester County the provider Con Ed is
actually way cheaper then the others, and uses spinning meters that
were the selected design about the time Edison passed. As for the rest
of the country, I'm not sure. But those meters are standardized all
over the country. Possibly Canada as well.

For some silly reason the companies in the UK chose what Tony is
grudging about, and yes you are right friend about working on the live
ends coming from the power mount on the pole and inbetween the meter
and the breaker box.

Does this mean Tony that you guys are constantly buying power company
credits at the same time you're buying other stuff?

Incidentally gas meters here were once paid for their allowing the
customer to buy the stuff from the vendor by sticking a coin in the
slot on it.

If you want know more Tony about the other examples I cited Tony
regarding the R.PI and Linux and what else can happen please contact
me off list as the discussion is running off topic.
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