Andrew Ferguson OBE

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Andrew Ferguson OBE

Andrew Ferguson OBE

@MrSaffron

Editor of thinkbroadband, ‘dr’ Broadband, Speed Test Developer and part time (ok full time really) geek. Medical Physics, electronics, software background

Anywhere with Internet Katılım Şubat 2011
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Andrew Ferguson OBE
Andrew Ferguson OBE@MrSaffron·
@raimonick Opted for 12 month fix yesterday, with solar it’s not about summer when self sufficiency but keeping winter bill predictable.
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Tedis@Tedisiek·
These plug in solar panels…. Aren’t they a disaster waiting to happen? I mean on a few occasions when we bought this house and had power cuts I did use a suicide cable to power a circuit from a generator. But since learnt it was incredibly stupid. What’s the difference here? Feeding power back into a plug socket albeit from solar. @MotoNutJob Couldn’t this make your job more dangerous of there are undeclared panels plugged in feeding a circuit you otherwise thought to be isolated? I’m not an electrician but on the surface it doesn’t seem like a valid solution.
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eVNewt⚡️🔋🚙@eV_Newt·
@holyZarquon_ @RaySand17710097 Yeah. I could do similar on the garage or garden fence. Seems they have islanding protection and micro-inverters, so should be perfectly safe. I imagine the problem will come from people using crappy extension leads and dodgy cable joining.
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Ray Sanders@RaySand17710097·
I have just heard that "plug in" solar is to be authorised in the UK. FFS the lunatics really have taken over the assylum. How many politicians/civil servants know the difference between a ring main and a radial spur circuit? My Advice? Invest in undertakers
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@WeAreOpenreach Are you sure? There is pstn switch off in jan 2027 is that what you mean? Saying copper to fibre will panic people who don’t know the nuances ie copper as part of part fibre will continue to work, homes with just adsl2+ will continue to work though will be on SO variants
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Openreach@WeAreOpenreach·
The UK is switching from copper to fibre by January 2027 📡 With new government agreements strengthening customer protections, we’re ensuring vulnerable users can be safely migrated📜 Still on copper? Contact your provider to upgrade or visit our website for more information 📞
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Good Things Foundation@GoodThingsFdn·
We're thrilled to announce Vicki Sellick MBE as our next Chief Executive! Building on the visionary leadership from our founder, @helenmilner, Vicki brings vital expertise to help us ensure everyone can participate in our digital society. Read more at goodthingsfoundation.org/discover/our-n….
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@sarah_go_green @agile_phil Interesting what @OctopusEnergy will do for those who charge with IOG and have solar. Car and charger will see power but battery/solar can mean no draw from grid - for see some being charged even though little to no draw from grid. I usually turn off Smart Charge for solar charge
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@sarah_go_green @agile_phil On flexible IOG and just got email. Without expensive electrician visits am restricted to 13A so max of about 20% added per night. Sticking to 6 hours charging a day is fine apart from perhaps 3-4 days a year - generally when back after long trip and long trip next day.
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Sarah Go Green💚
Sarah Go Green💚@sarah_go_green·
Here's the blog post @agile_phil wrote yesterday about the changes to Intelligeng Go. The thing I love about Octopus is they do listens and they've agreed to add a function where customers can limit the charge to 6 hours 😊 If you fixed at the higher day rate it's questionable if it's worth staying on the fixed version of this tariff as you'll be option to use that (if need be) for EV charging over 6 hours too. I took the fixed as I could see something was coming down the track but it wasn't this 😂
Sarah Go Green💚@sarah_go_green

I'm taking questions 🙈☺️ I'll add them to my list 🙉

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Steve Fowler@SteveFowler·
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms Electric Vehicle Excise Duty of 3p per mile for Battery Electric Vehicles and 1.5p per mile for plug-in hybrids. And then confirms extension of the Electric Car Grant. That’s giving with one hand and taking away with the other?
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Andrew Ferguson OBE@MrSaffron·
It’s just over four hours away from the #ispaawards for 2025 getting underway. Posh clothes in trolley bag on way into London as not lots of others are.
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@tomwarren With less emissions as ev become more common there should be savings from health benefits
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Tom Warren@tomwarren·
UK government: buy an EV, we’ll cut £3,750 off the price for you also UK gov: we’ll charge you 3p per mile if you use your EV
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