u/thattomguy91

Remember the great outage of November/December 2025?
I feel like it’s happening again

I’ve got 0 usage on my electricity meter showing since 13th July.

My gas bill came through as normal on 3rd August, but still no electric bill, I’m assuming because they don’t have half the usage they need.

My only concern is that I’m on an EV tariff, so currently my usage splits between peak and off peak, and I’m worried they just do a manual meter reading and whack it all on as peak usage. (I’ll be honest, I’ve no idea if this is how it works or not)

Anyway, anybody else missing their usage since mid July?

I currently have a Harley Benton SpaceShip Power 50, which I use to power my stomp and 3 other pedals.

I originally used the 1A output, however as it’s not isolated I was getting some noise, so I got a doubler cable and used 2 500mA outputs (isolated).

It works great about 50% of the time. The other 50%, although the power is going to the stomp, the sound is super juddery. So I will play a note on my bass, and it sounds like it’s got some kind of repeated delay on it (not sure how else to explain it).

But as I said, it’s only at about 50% of the venues I play at, the other 50% are fine. Doesn’t matter if it’s plugged directly into the wall or into an extension, it just depends on the venue.

The venues where I have the issue, as soon as I use the power cable it came with, it’s absolutely fine.

Any ideas before I go and buy a new power supply for my board?

As well as the stomp I’m running a Shure GLXD+ receiver, a Sansamp and a compressor pedal.

Selling my tickets as I can no longer make it. They’re up on Twickets at face value (plus fees) however I’ve got offers on, so feel free to make me an offer!

I’ve been down a rabbit hole and now I don’t know which charger to go with…

Back story. Getting our first EV at the end of the month. Landlord is paying for his electrician to fit it (bonus).

I’ve narrowed it down to 3. The issue is, I’m renting so I don’t want to get an all singing/dancing one at the moment as it will stay at the property when we (hopefully) move out in 3/4 years time.

My shortlist is
Project EV Apex 7-S
Sync Energy EVWC2T7G
Hydra Cubus

Project EV and Sync ones I’ve read the apps are shockingly bad. The Hydra is a fairly new one so can’t really find much info on it.

Does anyone have any of the above that can give me their experience?
Or any other recommendations for a smart charger under £400?

First EV coming at the end of the month. I’ve been recommended the Project EV by my landlord, however I’m a British Gas customer and from what I can tell I can get a discount if I get the Hive charger. Has anybody done this? Is it easy enough to sort out?

I don’t need installation as my landlord is getting his go to electrician to fit it for us to save us money (he’s fully qualified).

Price on the Project EV is around £330
Hive is around £550
So a big difference in price. But if I’m going to save money in the long run then I’m happy to go for the Hive.

I know there are other options, but right now I’m just wanting to compare these two. Any help is appreciated!

VIP says it includes free cloakroom facilities. Last year there were free lockers that we had to book.

Anybody know if we have to pre-book the cloakroom facilities?