retrotecchie
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About retrotecchie
Are you an E.ON Next customer? | Yes |
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What type of meter do you have? | Standard |
Do you have an electric vehicle? | No |
Do you generate your own electricity? | Yes |
What interests you? | Being part of a community, Climate change, Customer service, Renewable energy, Saving energy, Sustainability |
Are you taking part in the Demand Flexibility Service? | No |
Join Date | 10-10-22 |
Latest Activity | 25 Minutes Ago |
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Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player. I DON'T work for or on behalf of EON.Next, but am willing to try and help if I can. Not on mains gas, mobile network or mains drainage. House heated almost entirely by baby dragons.
retrotecchie's Activity
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@Stuart1985 There's nothing you can do to boost the signal. Arqiva's Long Range Radio in Scotland is what it is. Some areas in Scotland are 'not... see more
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@Andy65 It rather depends on who your local beauty spot happens to be.... see more
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@Annie6649 Telephone Customer Services and request a Tariff Update push to your smart meters. see more
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Never let perfect be the enemy of the good. But the system barely scrapes mediocre...it doesn't even make 'so so', let alone 'good'. I have... see more
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@geoffers No. You have to take the wider view. Only around 51% of the total meter base is 'smart'. Which means if you take the 86.5% as... see more
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@Queenchattu You will be eligible for the offer if they let you choose it You'll only save £25 for electricity only most likely. see more
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@meldrewreborn The National grid have the largest interconnector planned for West Wales. Connecting Wylfa to Port Talbot. Proposed new nuclear on... see more
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@wizzo227 You are a factor of 5 out on your pricing. A full SMETS2 setup is around £32 compared to around £16 for a 'traditional' or conventional... see more
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@wizzo227 Steam is invisible. What you see in the 'plume' is water vapour at significantly less than 100°C. The latent heat of steam has already... see more
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@wizzo227 My suggestion would have zero cost. Yours would mean rewiring every premises in the country! see more
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@meldrewreborn @skbalfour No RTS malarkey there so no problems with RTS switch off, which will now be August 2025 anyway. In fact, word... see more
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@Mailman I'm thinking another good 'stick' would be a change from the Economy 7 mentality to something like Penalty 9. You get cheaper (or... see more
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@StillWaiting There is more money to be saved by reducing energy consumption all year round than there ever will be for shifting consumption... see more
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@meldrewreborn The comms hubs WAN interface has been upgraded to 4/5g to sort out the WAN issues. The Zigbee side of the hub (HAN) remains... see more
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@meldrewreborn Agreed. With all the mobile networks switching off 3g well ahead of the government target of 2032, smart meters not already in an... see more
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@Lee_EONNext Why non-functioning? If the Fylingdales comms hub is fitted, there shouldn't be a problem? Unless there simply isn't any signal... see more
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@Annie6649 Forget the pounds and pence. Track your usage by actual kWh. You can do the sums with your own tariff rates to get the cost, but the... see more
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You will be billed to your statement tariff, not what is shown on the meter. Might be worth a call to customer services to request a tariff update... see more
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Looks like young @WizzyWigg beat me to it. I'm less up to speed on modern gas meters as I am on old fashioned gas meters (my grandfather was in the... see more
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- 13:47 - Stuart1985 mentioned retrotecchie in post Smart Meter Signal - Scotlandretrotecchie thank you for taking...
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- 09:58 - meldrewreborn mentioned retrotecchie in post Latest stats show 13.5% of smart meters dumb@retrotecchie It seems to me tha...
22-03-24
- 10:32 - DebF_EONNext mentioned retrotecchie in post Next Pledge - our E.ON Next tracker tariff...ity 👋 The lovely retrotecchie has got it spot on t...
21-03-24
- 11:56 - meldrewreborn mentioned retrotecchie in post Eon.next rejected bid for DFS this week@retrotecchie I think most (but ...
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- 17:24 - meldrewreborn mentioned retrotecchie in post Sangamo time switch and economy 7One for retrotecchie methinks! ...
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- 09:49 - WizzyWigg mentioned retrotecchie in post Eon.next rejected bid for DFS this weekretrotecchie Well said. 👍
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22-03-24
- 09:10 - geoffers quoted retrotecchie in post Latest stats show 13.5% of smart meters dumb@geoffers No. You have to take ...
20-03-24
- 20:00 - wizzo227 quoted retrotecchie in post Eon.next rejected bid for DFS this week@wizzo227 My suggestion would hav...
- 08:56 - wizzo227 quoted retrotecchie in post New Boiler Offeryour CO2 emissions would be aroun...
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- 10:10 - Mailman quoted retrotecchie in post Eon.next rejected bid for DFS this week@StillWaiting There is more mone...
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- 16:08 - meldrewreborn quoted retrotecchie in post Persistent Gas Meter Reading IssueYou will be billed to your statem...
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- 19:54 - Mailman quoted retrotecchie in post Smart meter sending gas readings but not electricity to the IHDOne possible line of attack is to...
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29-02-24
- 22:46 - JoeSoap quoted retrotecchie in post Next Drive Tariff sign up@JoeSoap Don't forget, he's one...
26-02-24
- 17:37 - JoeSoap quoted retrotecchie in post Is it Time to move to a Fixed Tariff?@JoeSoap My exit fees haven't b...