"Roger Hayter" wrote in message
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." writes:
On 12/19/2017 2:08 PM, Bob Minchin wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 19/12/2017 12:45, Cynic wrote:
Are you sure the regulator/governor is at fault? High usage rates by
everyone local in cold spells have been known to cause low pressure
in
the underground mains. It shouldn't but occasionally manifests if
the
mains are old/damaged/undergoing modifications etc. Alternatively
there could be a pipe problem in your property. The gas fire and
cooker would (should?) Show flame variation if the pressure from the
governor drops when the boiler kicks in.
If you have to ask in here I'd suggest you may need to get
professional help by someone with a manometer and understanding of
the
engineering involved.

that is me then......just has scottish gas out they replaced the
faulty
regulator dated 1989...the guy said they "break inside due to weather
age etc"...all fine now combie getting flame .....so any idea if a
smart
meter would have told me without getting the manometer out .....?

I don't believe that smart meters would have this capability. It is
all
about sending out billing information and possibility the ability of
the
gas co to cut you off remotely when they want to (certainly is on LX
smart meters)
not very smart then ....

I've never seen any suggestion of using the smart features the
meters provide, e.g. a reverse auction to find the cheapest
supplier to heat your water cylinder tomorrow morning, or to
say you need to run your washing machine in next 48 hours, and
to get bids from suppliers for cheapest at a time they specify
within your window, or to be able to bid your baseload out and
switch suppliers according to their prices at different times
of the day.

We're rolling out the meters without putting the consumers in
control, which was the whole idea originally, so there's nothing
in it for the consumers currently.

I don't think putting consumers in control was ever
the "whole idea", although it may have been the central
idea of the dishonest campaign to sell them to us.

Correct.

The objective was always more control over the
consumer, in terms of billing and disconnection.

Bull****. It was just a much better way to read meters.

Most don’t even do disconnection.

Sadly, our rulers generally plan their activities
nowadays on the premise that we are mugs
who can be exploited and manipulated.

Even sillier than you usually manage, and that’s saying something.