"JhnWil875" wrote in message
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Subject: Off peak electricity
From: Wanderer
Date: 01/03/04 15:50 GMT Standard Time
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No. Older style two rate meters relied upon a local t/s.


Some older style systems relied on an electric clock to make the switch
which
was fine until there was a power cut.

On a completely unrelated subject it would be interesting to know what
percentage of electricity is stolen by various means.

And what different methods people use, bypassing the meter, impeding the
disc
inside the meter turning, using some sort of phase shift device to make
the
dial turn backwards and wiring into the street lamp or the nextdoor
neigbour
house are all methods I have heard of.

I knew someone who stopped the mechanical Economy 7 timeswitch for
about 12 hours using a large magnet. This meant that from then on he
got the seven off-peak hours during the day instead of night.
None of the meter readers ever noticed, even when the meter itself
was replaced they failed to spot the incorrect time on the timeswitch,
and that was before privatisation, when the meter was read every
quarter by electricity board staff.

Nick