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what i used to do is tilt the meter to one side so that the wheel had to go
uphill so to speak and it worked coz it was an old meter..it struggled to
move and i tried by putting the cooker on and sure enough it stayed the
same speed.........that does not apply to all spinney meters but it worked for
me
uphill so to speak and it worked coz it was an old meter..it struggled to
move and i tried by putting the cooker on and sure enough it stayed the
same speed.........that does not apply to all spinney meters but it worked for
me
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somone told me that you can use a wire to slow down the old wheel ones.
Is this true?
Is this true?
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Yes a big loop of really thick copper wire.
PS: I take no responsibilty if you kill yourself? Take Curly's advice and don't touch it!
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Curly
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Speaking as an electrician, my advice would be DON'T TOUCH IT.
It will be backed up by a 100Amp cartridge fuse.
They don't take prisoners!! :angelwing
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It will be backed up by a 100Amp cartridge fuse.
They don't take prisoners!! :angelwing
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here's another strange way i found
http://www.diylife.com/2007/09/12/your-electric-bill-in-half-without-conserving-energy/
http://www.diylife.com/2007/09/12/your-electric-bill-in-half-without-conserving-energy/
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I can't imagine anyone being daft enough to balance a cup of water on top of the meter ffs.
Just fit energy saving lamps !!!
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Not saying I would do that....just found it funny.
classic Yank stuff
classic Yank stuff
i for 1 im up for ways to cut electric bills in half after recently paying edf over 300 quid for last quarter use of electricity and all i was running is 2 pc a washing machine ( 1 load aday) a fridge freezer, a few lights and a v+. for the past few yrs it would only cost me a £100-120 a quarter and now its almost triple...ripoff ba***rd
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1 at mi old house was old spinny type and could take it off the wall (gently) and place it on it side and it didnt turn at all and got leccy free just put it bk on wallk ween metre man comes
If you are sure that you use virtually the same stuff as before and your bill has gone up this much then i would ask for a new meter to be installed personally . is it a digital one or analoge one ?
