Martyn Dews

Technical Account Manager @Citrix. Passionate about IT & tech and how it can make life easier. CUPRA Born #EV owner. Views are my own.

[Martyn Dews @Yorkie71]

Short 🧵following some checking of our smart meter data from before and after our @JASolarOfficial #solar panel and @GivEnergy #battery install. Comparing the 7 days usage before the install against the 7 days after. As it would happen, consumption was the same at 135kWh.

[Martyn Dews @Yorkie71]

@unitedutilities I have just reported this leak for a second time. The system says you are aware from my first report almost a month ago. Clearly we have plenty of water in storage to be able to let clean water go down the drain.

Please can you fix it.
///trickster.flush.kiosk

[Martyn Dews @Yorkie71]

@HullTeslaModel3 @Eddystone506 We installed battery and solar about four years ago. I haven't done the sums recently but some man-maths tells me that we have recouped most in not all of the investment.

I didn't view it that way though. We had savings and the ROI was better on the roof than the best savings.

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@JoeBaguley Thanks Joe.

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@JoeBaguley XON/XOFF. 🙂

I think I still have my box with all the LED lights in the loft.

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@JoeBaguley @HeinzUK THIS!!! has annoyed me for years. Surely it's not that difficult to change the can design.

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@Dowen1979 @danny_robins I had that podcast on during my morning walk this morning too. For some reason, it didn't take as long as it normally does!

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@OctopusElectro Thanks for the update. That's disappointing but I know that it's out of your control. I've been feeding back to @GRIDSERVE_HQ at every opportunity but it's clear that this is not a priority for them so I won't waste my time.

I just use the CPO that does partner with you instead

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Hi @OctopusElectro I have been listening to the latest podcast with @MattRGDavies and @GinnyBuckley in which Matt mentions that @GRIDSERVE_HQ are partners. This would be great but I'm certain this is not the case. Can you confirm?
https://t.co/8d7SBEy4E2

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@OctopusElectro That's sort of good news but for the majority of consumers, it's not.

Are there plans to open this to general consumers?

I can't understand the reluctance given that other CPOs don't seem to have had an issue. 🤷‍♂️

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@KateFantom The savings make it a no-brainer don't they? I'm assuming this is home charging at 7p/kWh. I'm interested in how it would compare if the owner only had public charging available. More expensive or around the same as diesel? Public charging is still too expensive IMO.

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@_james_gee_ I do love a good EV road trip. We have just done our annual 400 mile Lancaster to St Ives trip. No charge queues. Two charge stops in which both, the car was recharged plenty way before the human was.

Safe journey.

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@JoeBaguley Haha yes. Funny should say that. We walked past a cafe today where the waitress was going to great lengths to explain the jam-first protocol. I got the impression that if they went cream-first it would not go down well! 😂

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@OctopusElectro Done. Thanks.

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@OctopusElectro Hi team, what's the issue with the favourites section of the app? It's been like this for days and I can't add or view any favorite chargers.

[Martyn Dews @Yorkie71]

@AsdaServiceTeam You've recently updated your grocery shopping app. The user experience much worse than the previous version. The favorite function is not great plus all the previous favourites were removed. Also, the delivery location didn't work.

Where can I provide feedback?

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@BeyondRadio Looks great. Do you have any plans to transmit on DAB again? When driving up to the Lake District, the FM signal cuts out at J36 so I have to switch to Magic or Radio 2 and that's nowhere near as good.

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@speak2thegeek @sarah_go_green @OctopusEnergy @g__j I dread to think how much additional energy is being consumed to create the current trend of all these action figure posts I'm seeing in my feeds. On top of that, all the personal data that is being readily fed to the machine.

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@Bishop_Beesley @Ed_Miliband Thanks for taking the time to reply. I respect that and I also respect your opinion. It just happens to be the wrong one. 🙂

But thanks for the laugh. That really was one of the most amusing and nonsense things I've read in a while.

Have a great day.