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    • I found that the parkin attended has a car with CCTV camera on it, however as I stated earlier, it seems that he did not take video of my car otherwise they would have stated so in the SAR. parking car .pdf
    • The rules state that "approved devices may only be used in limited circumstances"  I was not a threat. I was not present. I did not drive away. I think he has not fulfilled the necessary requirements justifying issuing me a PCN by post therefore the PCN was issued incorrectly and not valid.  What are your thoughts?  
    • I have also found this:  D.2 Service of a PCN by post: 54) There are some circumstances in which a PCN (under Regulation 10) may be served by post: 1) where the contravention has been detected on the basis of evidence from an approved device (approved devices may only be used in limited circumstances) 2) if the CEO has been prevented, for example by force, threats of force, obstruction or violence, from serving the PCN either by affixing it to the vehicle or by giving it to the person who appears to be in charge of that vehicle 3) if the CEO had started to issue the PCN but did not have enough time to finish or serve it before the vehicle was driven away and would otherwise have to write off or cancel the PCN 55) In any of these circumstances a PCN is served by post to the owner and also acts as the NtO. The Secretary of State recommends that postal PCNs should be sent within 14 days of the contravention. Legislation states that postal PCNs must be sent within 28 days, unless otherwise stated in the Regulations. This from London Councils Code of Practice on Civil Parking Enforcement.  The question is what is an approved device? Certainly, he had the opportunity to place the ticket on my car and I didn't drive away.  I looked further and it seems that an approved device is a CCTV camera - It seems that the photos taken were not actual film but images and it is not clear if they are taken from a video or are stills. I'm guessing if it was moving images then the SAR would have stated this.    From the Borough of Hounslow website: "There are two types of PCN issued under the Traffic Management Act 2004, which governs parking contraventions. The first is served on-street by a Civil Enforcement Officer, who will observe a vehicle and collect evidence before serving the PCN either by placing it in a plastic wallet under the windscreen wiper, or by handing it to the driver. The second is a PCN served by post, based on CCTV footage taken by an approved device, which has been reviewed by a trained CCTV Operator."   From Legislation.gov.uk regarding approved devices: Approved Devices 4.  A device is an approved device for the purposes of these Regulations if it is of a type which has been certified by the Secretary of State as one which meets requirements specified in Schedule 1. SCHEDULE 1Specified requirements for approved devices 1.  The device must include a camera which is— (a)securely mounted on a vehicle, a building, a post or other structure, (b)mounted in such a position that vehicles in relation to which relevant road traffic contraventions are being committed can be surveyed by it, (c)connected by secure data links to a recording system, and (d)capable of producing in one or more pictures, a legible image or images of the vehicle in relation to which a relevant road traffic contravention was committed which show its registration mark and enough of its location to show the circumstances of the contravention. 2.  The device must include a recording system in which— (a)recordings are made automatically of the output from the camera or cameras surveying the vehicle and the place where a contravention is occurring, (b)there is used a secure and reliable recording method that records at a minimum rate of 5 frames per second, (c)each frame of all captured images is timed (in hours, minutes and seconds), dated and sequentially numbered automatically by means of a visual counter, and (d)where the device does not occupy a fixed location, it records the location from which it is being operated. 3.  The device and visual counter must— (a)be synchronised with a suitably independent national standard clock; and (b)be accurate within plus or minus 10 seconds over a 14-day period and re-synchronised to the suitably independent national standard clock at least once during that period. 4.  Where the device includes a facility to print a still image, that image when printed must be endorsed with the time and date when the frame was captured and its unique number. 5.  Where the device can record spoken words or other audio data simultaneously with visual images, the device must include a means of verifying that, in any recording produced by it, the sound track is correctly synchronised with the visual image.
    • Hearing took place today.  Case dismissed with costs awarded. Neither UKPC or a representative turned up.  Apparently they messaged the court on 7 May asking for their case to be considered on paper.  Never informed me, which was criticised by the judge as not following procedure.  I was really annoyed as I would have preferred for the case to be thrown out before the hearing, or at least face them in court and see them squeal.   They are just playing a numbers game and hope you blink 1st!   Ended up having to change my flight, but  the costs awarded softens the blow. Was asked to confirm it was my signature on both the witness statement and supplementary statement.  Wasn't asked to read them, said she could see my arguments made and the signs were insufficient and no contract formed. Took maybe 10 mins in total.  Judge did most of the talking and was best for me just to keep quiet or confirm any statements made. Happy to have won as a matter of principle and have costs awarded. Maybe not worth all the time and hassle for any newbies or the technologically challenged.  But if you are stubborn like me and willing to put in the time and effort, you can beat these vultures! I big shout out to everyone who helped on the thread with their advice and guidance, special mention to FTMDave, thank you sir!  Really appreciate everyone's efforts. All the best!
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Which uses more energy in standby mode, a computer or a phone charger? You might be surprised

 

 

 

Most of us know that to cut our energy bills we should turn things like televisions and computer monitors off at the wall rather than leaving them in standby mode, which consumes power even when they’re not being used.

 

 

 

 

But smaller gadgets and appliances quietly running in the background could be pushing your energy bills up much faster than you realised.

 

 

 

The Energy Saving Trust estimates that an average household will spend up to £80 a year powering appliances left on standby and not in use.

 

Annual energy usage while on standby:

 

Wireless Router (e.g. BT Hub) - £21.92

Printer (Laser) - £18.26

Set-top (Satellite) - £18.26

Amplifier - £12.18

Compact Hi-Fi - £12.18

iPad charger - £12.18

Nintendo Wii - £12.18

Set-top box (Freeview) - £7.31

Alarm Clock - £6.09

Microsoft Xbox 360 - £6.09

Modem - £6.09

Sony PlayStation 3 - £6.09

Air freshener plug-in - £4.87

CD player / Tuner - £4.87

Television (Plasma) - £4.87

Video Player - £4.87

Inkjet printer - £4.26

Desktop PC - £3.65

Nintendo DS - £3.65

Oven (Electric) - £3.65

Microwave - £3.04

Television (CRT & LCD) - £3.04

Mobile phone charger - £2.44

PC monitor (CRT) - £2.44

Electric toothbrush - £1.22

Childs night light - £0.73

 

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/10920520/The-devices-quietly-running-up-your-energy-bills.html

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So I am only saving £3.65 a year by turning the cooker off !

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If I went around unplugging and plugging back in all these devices everyday for a whole year then took the amount of hours that wasted and converted it into money earned per hour it will be cheaper for me to leave it all plugged in.

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Which uses more energy in standby mode, a computer or a phone charger? You might be surprised

 

 

 

Most of us know that to cut our energy bills we should turn things like televisions and computer monitors off at the wall rather than leaving them in standby mode, which consumes power even when they’re not being used.

 

 

 

 

But smaller gadgets and appliances quietly running in the background could be pushing your energy bills up much faster than you realised.

 

 

 

The Energy Saving Trust estimates that an average household will spend up to £80 a year powering appliances left on standby and not in use.

 

Annual energy usage while on standby:

 

Wireless Router (e.g. BT Hub) - £21.92

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/10920520/The-devices-quietly-running-up-your-energy-bills.html

 

The top of the (cost) list is one device you might not want to switch off!

 

You could save £22, but how much extra are you spending over "slow broadband" to have "fast broadband", whose speed you might then cripple by turning off the router.

 

By turning it off, the network might think the connection is poor, to which it responds by decreasing speeds until it sees the connection as stable.

 

Turning it off to save electricity may be false economy.

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Hmm so the 3 wireless routers i have round are eating a bit then

 

might replace the alarm clock with an xbox if its same costs tho

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The problem with switching off your home home hub/modem is that it can make your internet wonky for a few days. So I have heard anyway and from personal experience, don't think I was imagining it, it did seem to be the case. Nothing dramatic, but enough to have me leave it switched on. I am surprised that I could save around £1.80 a month by switching it off and might now reconsider.

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If I went around unplugging and plugging back in all these devices everyday for a whole year then took the amount of hours that wasted and converted it into money earned per hour it will be cheaper for me to leave it all plugged in.

 

Have you forgotten the environment?

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I do my bit. I'm not running around turning all my stuff off, it won't make any difference. One day I might plant a tree.

 

ive planted several - i might need firewood in a few years if gas keeps going up

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Wireless Router (e.g. BT Hub) - £21.9

 

I don't think the company provided (Sky/BT etc) average router have a "standby mode" anyway whereby energy consumption is significantly reduced when in "not in use mode". It's just on or off. I could be wrong with this though.

 

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I forgot to add this article is missing

 

- electric water heater

- gas boiler water heater

 

Human error often leads to simply forgetting or simply turning off the water heating at a time later than ideal for energy consumption.

 

Homes are usually not fitted or inadequately fitted with on/off timer devices and the ones that you can buy are notorious for breaking down negating any efficiency savings. Let alone if you paid someone to install one if you don't want to fiddle with the electrics.

 

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I bet the cost of human error from water heating makes up more than all the standby devices combined.

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What they do not take into account is the start up usage when you are switching everything off and then on. BTW why would you want to switch off an alarm clock? Surely chargers only consume power if they are plugged into the unit they are charging? Who leaves a unit plugged in charging 24/7 365 days a week?

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For some, a better approach is to use extension strips with Individually switched sockets. Many living rooms, for example. Have few power outlets, often two double sockets or a cluster of four near the "entertainment" point. In my house, I have just a single double outlet. My home system is a plasma, satellite box, popcorn hour media player, BD player, two consoles, a NAS/media server, and a gigabit switch to link them to the router. The popcorn, BDplayer, amp, and satellite box don't have physical on/off switches. All are connected to a single multi-socket surge protected power strip, each plug is labelled according to the device, and physically switched off at the plug when not in use.

 

Risks cheaper than leaving them all in standby mode, and more flexible than the approach of turning them all off, or all on/standby. The strip cost £34, but has repaid itself in under a year, especially as I'm on economy 7, which is horrendous for daytime usage.

 

Any devices will still consume power, even when off, as there is a small resistive load on the circuit. But this is so small as to be minuscule, but I have long since suspectd some chargers, even when not charging, impose a higher load than others... Main suspects being cheap 3rd party chargers.

 

On subject of power strips, DON'T buy cheap. Cheap ones have no circuit protection, often a single socket will fail, and can also overheat with catastrophic effect.

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Wireless Router (e.g. BT Hub) - £21.9

 

I don't think the company provided (Sky/BT etc) average router have a "standby mode" anyway whereby energy consumption is significantly reduced when in "not in use mode". It's just on or off. I could be wrong with this though.

 

I think you are right as far as I know. I was also wondering if the electricity consumption figure might be very different with the wireless function switched off. Some people do have the wireless functtion switched off and it might not be worth their while to switch off the entire unit, given their internet connection can be a bit unstable on switching it back on, if they knew they weren't going to be saving as much as they thought they would.

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