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British Gas offered to fit Smart meters for gas and electricity. Not being a Luddite I thought "Great, bring it on" Half day Wednesday removing the accumulated stuff from the cupboard under the stairs. Engineer arrived Thursday 8:00 am and started work. Turned off the electricity (after querying what the old fashioned metal switch box was for, it was the supply to the garage). Played for a while then announced that he couldn't fit a smart meters because there was no mobile phone signal under the stairs. With 3 brick walls around it not surprising. Said he would have to cancel the fitting and turned the electricity back on.
Moved the accumulated stuff back under the stairs, though some went to the tip. Did find some tools that I hadn't been able to locate for ages.
Mid Saturday afternoon, hot, ice cream time. Wife gets 2 Ice cream lollies out of the freezer and when I opened mine the stick came away and the white liquid ran everywhere. Checked the garage. Checked the light, no light, looked in the freezer. Chest freezer with a lot of the items floating in the bottom. Fridge wasn't exactly chilled either.
Confusion could have been that the old style metal fuse boxes have the up for on and down for off whereas the new plastic boxes are up for off and down for on. But then the engineer, at 22, possibly hadn't seen that metal type before.
Looks like the "engineer" forgot to turn the electricity on to the garage. Hmmmm.... List gone in to British Gas for lost items. £190 or so. See what comes back.
So if you get a smart meter installed check that all the power has been turned back on.
Moved the accumulated stuff back under the stairs, though some went to the tip. Did find some tools that I hadn't been able to locate for ages.
Mid Saturday afternoon, hot, ice cream time. Wife gets 2 Ice cream lollies out of the freezer and when I opened mine the stick came away and the white liquid ran everywhere. Checked the garage. Checked the light, no light, looked in the freezer. Chest freezer with a lot of the items floating in the bottom. Fridge wasn't exactly chilled either.
Confusion could have been that the old style metal fuse boxes have the up for on and down for off whereas the new plastic boxes are up for off and down for on. But then the engineer, at 22, possibly hadn't seen that metal type before.
Looks like the "engineer" forgot to turn the electricity on to the garage. Hmmmm.... List gone in to British Gas for lost items. £190 or so. See what comes back.
So if you get a smart meter installed check that all the power has been turned back on.
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