Meters for air con in the TRNC

sonypro


Joined: 10/10/2011
Posts: 31

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 07:34

Were can I get meters fitted for air con units

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 09:10

Speak to Vaughan 0533 845 8494.

Are you really interested in measuring electricity consumed or do you want them to pay for it before use i.e. prepaid metres? Vaughan is your man.

ismet

davpat


Joined: 23/08/2011
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 13:04

Ismet,



for your info,the the meters you refer to are spelt meters,metres is a metric measurement.



David

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 13:40

I have these meters off the shelf.

Contact me on

vaughan@sunnycyprus.net

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 14:11

msg. 3, Davpat wrote: " Ismet, for your info,the the meters you refer to are spelt meters,metres is a metric measurement."



I beg to differ. "Meter" is the American form of "Metre".

even my Babylon dictionary agrees with me.



From Babylon:



Metre:

British spelling for meter) basic unit of length in the metric system, one hundred centimeters, 39.37 inches; definite measurement; poetic measure; rhythm (in music); instrument that automatically measures quantities of substances (gas, water, or electricity)



ismet

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
12/12/2011 21:48

What he said.

davpat


Joined: 23/08/2011
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 11:41

My apologies Ismet,I was not aware that you were American,I am British and speak English,there is already too much "americanism" in our way of life.





David

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 16:37

David,

Am I missing something here or have you got it wrong again?

I used the word "metre" which is the British way of spelling. How does that make me American? I am really lost here!!!

ismet

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 16:43

Ismet, "metre" in the UK is the distance measurement, whereas the equipment which measures eg electricity consumption is a "meter".

My Wife, who is American, would say "meter" for the distance measurement.

Flipping Yanks!

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 16:44

Or were you taking the mickey? lol

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 16:51

Honestly not. For me "Metre" is English and "meter" is american, same way as colour and color or recognise and recognize.

ismet

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 16:56

I have just checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre and it agrees with you lot, so from now on its electric meter for me too. We live and learn. Thank you and my apologies to everyone.

ismet

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 17:09

My wife finds you most attractive ismet, would you like to meter.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 17:29

Cooper, you devil, another word game eh? Well done.

I would

ismet

davpat


Joined: 23/08/2011
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
13/12/2011 18:29

No problem Ismet,its just one of those querky language anomolies,we got there in the end!







Rgds,



David