Matt GrayApr 7, 2024

I'm on an unrestricted variable electricity tarrif.
My price per kwh is about to go negative for 3 hours*

I can get my oven and air con unit to fight each other, and be paid for it!

*it's so windy that there's nowhere to put all the energy the turbines are generating, so they pay (mostly industry) to use it up. The price shoots up in the evening when everyone starts putting their heating on and cooking dinner. People on a fixed price tarriff are paying ~25p/kWh all day in the UK right now.

Show threadMatt GrayApr 7, 2024
A friend has just suggested I turn on a humidifier and a dehumidifier to wirelessly transfer water.
Show threadschwarze0fm
@mattgrayyes Surely the (de)humidifier have cables, no?
Apr 7, 2024 at 9:46amWeb
Show threadnexApr 7, 2024
@schwarze0fm Power cables maybe (as do a lot of wireless LAN routers), but water cables no.
Show threadschwarze0fmApr 7, 2024
@nexvie Aren't water cables just... pipes?
Show threadnexApr 7, 2024
@schwarze0fm Pipes, hoses, wicks, canals … doesn't matter—the point is that none of it is involved in the transfer of water. Just like … well, you know ;)
Show threadschwarze0fmApr 7, 2024
@nexvie All I am gonna take from this is the idea of Matt transfering water in his apartment using a canal. ;)
Show threadtyxFeb 12, 2025
@schwarze0fm @mattgrayyes
Your router and notebook have them too. But still.