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Where’s the gas smart meters, that’s what I wanna know. Elec and water has been remotely read for years.

If you use HomeKit as your aggregator, no, as this goes via Apple servers. This is what I do with all my HA stuff, just feed it into…

Repco's own brand stuff is decent too, and has a lifetime warranty (provided you're not trying to do something you shouldn't) I've got a…

Great quality shirts, tempted to buy more but that will re-initiate them sending me catalogues and flyers in the post every fortnight.

Uniqlo seemed to have moved (some or all) production to Vietnam and the quality has really gone downhill.

The benefit will largely depend on how much of your usage you can shift to daylight hours since FIT is so low. Things like scheduling…

Making up a third of all electricity production is certainly hilarious.

A "complaint" switchboard is required :D

Wow so BYD said they’ll replace the battery but instead the customer chucked a wobbly and demanded a refund? His actions do not make…

Heat pump dryers will have a lint trap, but particles smaller than the holes in the lint trap can build up on the condenser, which is laid…

I have a Chinese made Bosch, can't fault it.

Battery aging follows an exponential curve, you lose the most in the first couple of years and then it settles down. I would say a fair…

Not far off. Pretty much everything but the 15 minute charge you can have right now. Maybe not brand new off the showroom floor for that…

Hydrogen will never catch on. It's just a delay tactic. Energy density is too low and the bloody stuff keeps leaking out of the tanks. I…

The materials that can be extracted from a battery during the recycling process are *far* too valuable to just throw in landfill.

If you read the comments from some of the naysayers, allegedly they do 1000km every day without so much as a piss break. Uphill both ways…

I recommend learning a few key words/phrases. Helps a lot.

Yes, Globals are known for being on the softer side. Conversely, less likely to chip or break. If you know how to sharpen a knife properly…

That's the naming convention for atmos. 5 main surround channels, one lfe, and two "height" or "presence" channels... L, C, R, SL, SR, LFE,…

I bought a pair circa 2017, they're pretty much my one-pair-of-shoes solution for travel, have been durable and comfortable. I also wear…

It's not that I don't believe you, I just don't care.

Best of luck with that then

It's not *completely unreasonable*, but I don't imagine people are paying full RRP for these on the regular.

The retailers smooths the pricing. You could theoretically have free power during the day where there's excess solar, but then you could…

Cambridge dictionary, Merriam-Webster, dictionary.com, Oxford dictionary, all also make reference to plants in their definition of milk.…

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Eh it's an hour of your time and just slap Iridiums in and forget about it

The GE 1.5 plugs are a pain to remove anyway, you need to be very small and bendy, or remove the wiper assembly and scuttle panel. Not a…

RIP Deeds These are now technically limited edition. Buy now and resell later for profit, beer stonks!

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