I walked past one of those JDDecaux electronic advertising boards at Tesco a few days ago, and it was chucking out as much heat from a ventilator fan as a small space heater (I looked around to check if there was any airco exhaust nearby but there wasn't, it was just this device). I can fully understand the climate activists in France and other European countries switching these things off at the emergency circuit breaker, they really must use a lot of power..

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@vfrmedia I found a BT internet box on the street on my way home from long walk and basically warmed myself up by standing near it, shocking waste of heat. We have a ludicrous electronic sign near the bus stop on my commute, toasty heat. Shame on them, a big poster would be perfectly fine.

@mandaroza this is why local cats often claim the BT / Virginmedia boxes (which as a consequence of deploying faster broadband now contain a lot more than cables) and sit on top of them 😸

At least its more useful than electronic ad billboards..

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