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Scottish gas are here at the moment doing both meters...one wee man came
to the door and was shocked that he was expected...told my he went to
nine doors yesterday and never fitted a single meter....I was expecting
a hoard of pimple faced yoof in multiple big vans ...but no ...one wee
old man in a small van .....done the lecy and he told me I was using 8p
an hour...seems a bit high.....doing the gas at the moment and fitting a
new regulator even though the one I have is only a year old after it
failed......Oh well heard all the horror stories but if I get my
electric car I may be able to switch to a supplier with a good overnight
rate.....every cloud?
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Scottish gas are here at the moment doing both meters...one wee man came
to the door and was shocked that he was expected...told my he went to
nine doors yesterday and never fitted a single meter....I was expecting
a hoard of pimple faced yoof in multiple big vans ...but no ...one wee
old man in a small van .....done the lecy and he told me I was using 8p
an hour...seems a bit high.....doing the gas at the moment and fitting a
new regulator even though the one I have is only a year old after it
failed......Oh well heard all the horror stories but if I get my
electric car I may be able to switch to a supplier with a good overnight
rate.....every cloud?


sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking
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Jim GM4DHJ ... presented the following explanation :
sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking


My hourly consumption, averaged out over a year, works out at £0.03664.

That is 87p per day.
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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking


My hourly consumption, averaged out over a year, works out at £0.03664.

That is 87p per day.


the wife can tell now when I tX on 2m fm now...I run 70w and draw about
10a at 12v .120w..the wee graph goes into the red...you would wonder why
It would do that....bears investigation
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Jim GM4DHJ ... presented the following explanation :
sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking


My hourly consumption, averaged out over a year, works out at £0.03664.

That is 87p per day.


the wife can tell now when I tX on 2m fm now...I run 70w and draw about
10a at 12v .120w..the wee graph goes into the red...you would wonder why
It would do that....bears investigation


this bloody thing better not be over reading because of my 2m rf .....


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Jim GM4DHJ ... presented the following explanation :
sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking

My hourly consumption, averaged out over a year, works out at £0.03664.

That is 87p per day.


the wife can tell now when I tX on 2m fm now...I run 70w and draw
about 10a at 12v .120w..the wee graph goes into the red...you would
wonder why It would do that....bears investigation


this bloody thing better not be over reading because of my 2m rf .....


The old CB kit used to need a fairly beefy power supply from what I
remember.

Is your stuff still full of valves ?
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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking

My hourly consumption, averaged out over a year, works out at £0.03664.

That is 87p per day.


the wife can tell now when I tX on 2m fm now...I run 70w and draw about
10a at 12v .120w..the wee graph goes into the red...you would wonder why
It would do that....bears investigation


this bloody thing better not be over reading because of my 2m rf .....


nah checked it out on hf 2m 4m not over reading thank supreme being......


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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking


Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...

totly...too many gadgets


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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking


Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...

totly...too many gadgets



Must be all those compooters you leave on all night


My EDF bill for the last quarter is £102, how much do you
pay for a summer quarter ?
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On 22/08/2019 14:25, Andrew wrote:
On 22/08/2019 11:24, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking

Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...

totly...too many gadgets



Must be all those compooters you leave on all night


My EDF bill for the last quarter is £102, how much do you
pay for a summer quarter ?

gas 65 lecy 50 a month all year


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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking

Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...

totly...too many gadgets



Must be all those compooters you leave on all night


My EDF bill for the last quarter is £102, how much do you
pay for a summer quarter ?

gas 65 lecy 50 a month all year


Wrong answer. I meant actual use and cost for summer months.
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Jim GM4DHJ ... formulated on Thursday :
gas 65 lecy 50 a month all year


That is extravagant...

Mine is £71 per month combined gas and electric bills spread over the
12 months.
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My EDF bill for the last quarter is £102, how much do you
pay for a summer quarter ?


gas 65 lecy 50 a month all year


gas 0.00, lecy 201.56/month, oil ~2,000.00/year.

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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking

Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...

totly...too many gadgets



Must be all those compooters you leave on all night


My EDF bill for the last quarter is £102, how much do you
pay for a summer quarter ?

gas 65 lecy 50 a month all year


spring quarter to June

66 electric, 27 gas

HTH

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After serious thinking Andrew wrote :
My EDF bill for the last quarter is £102, how much do you
pay for a summer quarter ?


E.on £91 here, all in.


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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking


Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...


Nah, I tested mine when I first bought them, they use bugger all.

12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on stand by?
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Pancho pretended :
12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is router,switches,
WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on stand by?


100w as a base load is still a helluva lot.

My base load is Fridge/freezer, upright freezer, 2x routers, 3x TV's on
standby, 1x radio on standby, 1x electro/mechanical timeclock, 1x auto-
occupancy switch, heating controls and 4x USB chargers which are always
on.

As said earlier - My hourly consumption, averaged out over a year,
works out at £0.03664. That is 87p per day including meter.

That includes when I up and about, heating pump running, lights TV's on
etc..

I am up now, big screen TV on, laptop on, no heating, but usual
baseload - showing 97w
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Pancho pretended :
12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on stand
by?


100w as a base load is still a helluva lot.


It is a target to aim for in a modern house with things like burglar
alarm, emergency lights, router, cooker, freezer, fridge, TV, phone,
radio, clocks and hifi all taking their share. Most homes use more!

Routers are actually quite power hungry. And if you have an older TV
from when TDTV was new some of them by default consume almost as much in
"standby" as they do when they are on. This is well worth checking!

I'd quite like a router that did wake on LAN and suspended itself when
there was no internet traffic for more than 15 minutes. My router is the
largest base load component at 12W followed by alarm and kitchen things
at about 5W that have LED time/temperature displays on them lit 24/7.

My base load is Fridge/freezer, upright freezer, 2x routers, 3x TV's on
standby, 1x radio on standby, 1x electro/mechanical timeclock, 1x auto-
occupancy switch, heating controls and 4x USB chargers which are always on.

As said earlier - My hourly consumption, averaged out over a year, works
out at £0.03664. That is 87p per day including meter.

That includes when I up and about, heating pump running, lights TV's on
etc..

I am up now, big screen TV on, laptop on, no heating, but usual baseload
- showing 97w


My daytime load is typically 400W mostly for computers and a printer.

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On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:30:05 +0100, Martin Brown wrote:

My daytime load is typically 400W mostly for computers and a printer.


day time is around 1000 W. 400 W is more or less the overnight
minimum. Must try and find where it's all going...

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On 22/08/2019 13:30, Martin Brown wrote:
My daytime load is typically 400W mostly for computers and a printer.


That's a lot.

My 6-core amd win7/32 4g machine plus a samsung TV as a monitor
plus netgear switch is 140 watts while typing this.


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On 22/08/2019 12:05, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Pancho pretended :
12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on stand
by?


100w as a base load is still a helluva lot.


1 Modem, 1 Router, 1 Wifi access point, 4 Switches, 1 IP camera, 1 Radio
garage door opener, 4 Cordless phone chargers, 1 Headset charger, 1 TV
standby, 3 Raspberry Pi's, CH thermostat, 2 sets of PC speakers (one set
was about 8 watts when PC was off), Cooker standby, Microwave standby, 2
Pir lights and no doubt lots I have forgotten.

It easily adds up.

I think cost is about 1 £/watt/year. Given how rapidly technology
changes I'm dubious that paying for more efficient equipment would be
cost effective.
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On 22/08/2019 13:57, Pancho wrote:
On 22/08/2019 12:05, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Pancho pretended :
12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on
stand by?


100w as a base load is still a helluva lot.


1 Modem, 1 Router, 1 Wifi access point, 4 Switches, 1 IP camera, 1 Radio
garage door opener, 4 Cordless phone chargers, 1 Headset charger, 1 TV
standby, 3 Raspberry Pi's, CH thermostat, 2 sets of PC speakers (one set
was about 8 watts when PC was off), Cooker standby, Microwave standby, 2
Pir lights and no doubt lots I have forgotten.


It is worth getting one of the smart switches so that all unnecessary
peripherals are powered down when your PC is off. PC speakers seem
particularly badly designed mine draws the same power on *or* off
(unless you really wind the wick right up and shake the windows)!

It easily adds up.


Worth saving the odd 10W here and there if you can. Hard to get much
below 100W in a modern house full of gizmos and gadgets though.

I think cost is about 1 £/watt/year. Given how rapidly technology
changes I'm dubious that paying for more efficient equipment would be
cost effective.


OTOH if you can find an add on for about a tenner to save 10W it pays
for itself inside a year. Some eco tariffs will give you one for the TV
and one for your PC like a 3 way adaptor master/slave/always on.

Or you can get smart master/slave sockets - one such is:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CrazyGadget...dp/B00YZ50CE0/

Not tried this one. Mine is a previous generation (better made).

Energenie ones are overpriced. Other brands are available.

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Are they still running down the stock of SMET1 meters or are they installing SMET2 meters. I could do with one fitted + smaller gas regulator whilst doing the kitchen as the space for the housing will be a bit more compact.

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On 22/08/2019 13:57, Pancho wrote:
On 22/08/2019 12:05, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Pancho pretended :
12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on
stand by?


100w as a base load is still a helluva lot.


1 Modem, 1 Router, 1 Wifi access point, 4 Switches, 1 IP camera, 1 Radio
garage door opener, 4 Cordless phone chargers, 1 Headset charger, 1 TV
standby, 3 Raspberry Pi's, CH thermostat, 2 sets of PC speakers (one set
was about 8 watts when PC was off), Cooker standby, Microwave standby, 2
Pir lights and no doubt lots I have forgotten.

It easily adds up.

I think cost is about 1 £/watt/year. Given how rapidly technology
changes I'm dubious that paying for more efficient equipment would be
cost effective.


My PIR light is plugged into a cheap mechanical timer to switch the
whole thing off from 1AM to 4PM, else it just sits there in daylight
using about 20 watts
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Pancho brought next idea :
1 IP camera, 1 Radio

Yes, forgot I have one of those.
garage door opener, 4 Cordless phone chargers,

Yes and both of those.

3 Raspberry Pi's

Only one of those, running my weather station server.

Cooker standby, Microwave standby,

Both of those.

lights and no doubt lots I have forgotten.


Well, thanks for reminding me of some of my forgotten items.


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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking


Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...


Nah, I tested mine when I first bought them, they use bugger all.

12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on stand by?


just noticed I had an oil filled lecy heater on in the shack ...
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On Thursday, 22 August 2019 15:56:38 UTC+1, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
just noticed I had an oil filled lecy heater on in the shack ...


left on since when? October?

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left on since when? October?

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no....who was the guy on here that discovered an on electric heater behind a
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On 22/08/2019 11:10, Chris Hogg wrote:
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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking

Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...


Nah, I tested mine when I first bought them, they use bugger all.

12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on stand by?


I should have enclosed it in a couple of /sarc's


Its not legal to put her in a couple sacks anymore.

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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking

Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...


Nah, I tested mine when I first bought them, they use bugger all.

12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on
stand by?


I should have enclosed it in a couple of /sarc's


Its not legal to put her in a couple sacks anymore.


Does multi-tasking mean they can spend money more quickly than
we do ?.


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On 22/08/2019 11:10, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:11:04 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..."
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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking

Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
fixes those...


Nah, I tested mine when I first bought them, they use bugger all.

12p and hour is about 900W.

Base level stuff in my house is about 100 Watts. That is
router,switches, WiFi standard stuff. Fridge and Freezer put it up to
about 250 W.

Perhaps he has a wife, I've heard they can be expensive, even on stand
by?

I should have enclosed it in a couple of /sarc's


Its not legal to put her in a couple sacks anymore.


Does multi-tasking mean they can spend money more quickly than
we do ?.


Corse it does, thats why you need to triple bag the buggers.

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Its not legal to put her in a couple sacks anymore.


PLEASE, spare everyone your idiotic attempts at senile "humour", you
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sorry lecy 12p/hour...shocking


Must be those USB sockets. I have a wall socket with a switch which
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And those RCBO's that use power too.
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Scottish gas are here at the moment doing both meters...one wee man came
to the door and was shocked that he was expected...told my he went to
nine doors yesterday and never fitted a single meter....I was expecting
a hoard of pimple faced yoof in multiple big vans ...but no ...one wee
old man in a small van .....done the lecy and he told me I was using 8p
an hour...seems a bit high.....doing the gas at the moment and fitting a
new regulator even though the one I have is only a year old after it
failed......Oh well heard all the horror stories but if I get my
electric car I may be able to switch to a supplier with a good overnight
rate.....every cloud?

Can your supplier see your electricity meter?

Ours has been installed for 12 weeks now and neither our supplier, nor
our in-home display, can see the electricity meter. Despite the gas
readings being sent through it!

Latest from the supplier is that the current issue is well known in the
industry and is currently 'insurmountable'. But the industry is still
installing them and inviting customers to book appointments.

Waiting for a response to our complaint with OfGEM.

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On 22/08/2019 14:11, F wrote:
On 22/08/2019 09:55, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
Scottish gas are here at the moment doing both meters...one wee man came
to the door and was shocked that he was expected...told my he went to
nine doors yesterday and never fitted a single meter....I was expecting
a hoard of pimple faced yoof in multiple big vans ...but no ...one wee
old man in a small van .....done the lecy and he told me I was using 8p
an hour...seems a bit high.....doing the gas at the moment and fitting a
new regulator even though the one I have is only a year old after it
failed......Oh well heard all the horror stories but if I get my
electric car I may be able to switch to a supplier with a good overnight
rate.....every cloud?

Can your supplier see your electricity meter?

Ours has been installed for 12 weeks now and neither our supplier, nor
our in-home display, can see the electricity meter. Despite the gas
readings being sent through it!


Wonderful new technology isn't it!

Latest from the supplier is that the current issue is well known in the
industry and is currently 'insurmountable'. But the industry is still
installing them and inviting customers to book appointments.


Waiting for a response to our complaint with OfGEM.


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On 22/08/2019 09:55, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
Scottish gas are here at the moment doing both meters...one wee man came
to the door and was shocked that he was expected...told my he went to
nine doors yesterday and never fitted a single meter....I was expecting
a hoard of pimple faced yoof in multiple big vans ...but no ...one wee
old man in a small van .....done the lecy and he told me I was using 8p
an hour...seems a bit high.....doing the gas at the moment and fitting a
new regulator even though the one I have is only a year old after it
failed......Oh well heard all the horror stories but if I get my
electric car I may be able to switch to a supplier with a good overnight
rate.....every cloud?

Can your supplier see your electricity meter?

Ours has been installed for 12 weeks now and neither our supplier, nor
our in-home display, can see the electricity meter. Despite the gas
readings being sent through it!

Latest from the supplier is that the current issue is well known in the
industry and is currently 'insurmountable'. But the industry is still
installing them and inviting customers to book appointments.

Waiting for a response to our complaint with OfGEM.


What is point of a smart gas meter ?. Unlike leccy, the gas pipelines
are not going to suddenly lose all their pressure, so balancing
the load can't be an issue. The high pressure pipelines apparently
are the 'storage' for a quite a while because of the enormous pressures
involved.
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On 22/08/2019 09:55, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
Scottish gas are here at the moment doing both meters...one wee man came
to the door and was shocked that he was expected...told my he went to
nine doors yesterday and never fitted a single meter....I was expecting
a hoard of pimple faced yoof in multiple big vans ...but no ...one wee
old man in a small van .....done the lecy and he told me I was using 8p
an hour...seems a bit high.....doing the gas at the moment and fitting a
new regulator even though the one I have is only a year old after it
failed......Oh well heard all the horror stories but if I get my
electric car I may be able to switch to a supplier with a good overnight
rate.....every cloud?

Can your supplier see your electricity meter?

Ours has been installed for 12 weeks now and neither our supplier, nor
our in-home display, can see the electricity meter. Despite the gas
readings being sent through it!

Latest from the supplier is that the current issue is well known in the
industry and is currently 'insurmountable'. But the industry is still
installing them and inviting customers to book appointments.

Waiting for a response to our complaint with OfGEM.


What is point of a smart gas meter ?.


The meter can be read automatically.

Unlike leccy, the gas pipelines are not going to suddenly lose all their
pressure, so balancing the load can't be an issue.


Yep, remotely turning off was always FUD.

The high pressure pipelines apparently are the 'storage' for a quite a
while because of the enormous pressures involved.


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Yep, remotely turning off was always FUD.


If it could only be used to turn YOU off, senile pest!

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Andrew laid this down on his screen :
The high pressure pipelines apparently
are the 'storage' for a quite a while because of the enormous pressures
involved.


Plus underground storage.

Its potentially dangerous to turn gas supplies off. Some older
appliances lack a flame failure and would spew gas out if it came back
on, with the appliance left on.
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On 23/08/2019 10:21, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Andrew laid this down on his screen :
The high pressure pipelines apparently
are the 'storage' for a quite a while because of the enormous pressures
involved.


Plus underground storage.

Its potentially dangerous to turn gas supplies off. Some older
appliances lack a flame failure and would spew gas out if it came back
on, with the appliance left on.


I thought they always had a bimetallic strip heated by the (pilot) flame.

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