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Yes I did. Took 3 days to work out is was burning about 3 kWh a day. Crank case heater maybe. Warms the pump up if it has been idle too long.

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I think there is a misunderstanding about education and training. I like the example I learned during my teacher training from a rather pompous ex-army Major. "If your 12 year old daughter comes home from school and says they had a sex education class, you would not feel to concerned. If she came home and said they had sex training...." Apprenticeships, old and modern were about training and experience.

How many reports of buildings being damaged, 10, 20, 100?

Is lightning really a problem. Here is a small animation that shows how often it happens.

How about a small fan, one from a PC maybe. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dealikee-Brushless-120mmx25mm-Computer-Radiators/dp/B0BXWB9T85

Octopus don't need pressure to stop something. Just look at all the great deals they have offered, most do not exist anymore. They are like a software company, they rush out the latest version, then let customers test it. Or to put it another way, let customers pay for the mistakes.

Yes, and I am not criticising your work. The point is, that for every talented person, there are a lot more that are not skilled enough, do not care enough, and work for companies that are run by fraudsters (I worked for someone that would claim that his 'engineers' were all qualified plumbers, electricians, SEs or whatever needed to be said to get the sale or fob off an angry customer. He prided himself that he got a Physics 'O' Level by failing his Physics 'A' Level). Is that such a bad thing. Builders are modifying buildings that can cost upwards of £120,000, often £million. I have seen some dreadful treatment of staff in some companies. I was lucky that I was treated very well where I did my apprentice. Not so in all cases. In my current sector (catering), work place bullying is still very much accepted. It is not acceptable anywhere. I blame Gordon Ramsey who has made million out of being a horrible (expletive deleted) that likes to belittle everyone else. I don't know what the answer is to improve the attitude towards work and improve the level of skills needed. It is a hard job, some people just do not want to be told anything. They are the kind of person that if you offered them a tenner, they would refuse it because they would think there is a catch somewhere. They are also, in my experience, the type of people that prefer conspiracy theories and reality TV.

Yes, and that is taught in the first 7 years of life (if you are a Methodist anyway). I found nd that a bit worrying. When I go for a meal, I like to know that the food safety standard are at a minimum at least. Does not mean that my fish allergy will vanish, but at least I know the fish will not have been kept, unfrozen for 14 days. I think there is a rather romantic notion about apprenticeships. The old master teaching the young pup all about life, the universe and everything. In reality, it is often forced upon a worker or college lecturer, just as it is forced upon a 16 year old, who may or may not be an entitled snowflake. I did an apprenticeship in toolmaking, job for life. I often mention toolmaking to people only a decade younger than me, and they don't have a clue what a tool is. Useless tools.

Apprenticeships are very expensive. I just had a quick look at my local skills college and they do a Level 1, 1 year course in Carpentry, £1292. Electrical Installation Level 3 is £3345. Now level 1 is really for the functionally illiterate, and Level 3 is just a gnats above a GCSE. Now I know that 16 to 19 year olds get the education for free, except it is not really free, just comes out of general taxes. I am starting to think that a Science Degree is good value (no point commenting on an Arts or Humanities one as they are pretty poor value). Let us say that it cost, on average, £2k per course and you study for 3 years. My Hons Degree was 140 points, 120 ify them were actually needed. Each of the first two years was 7 subjects, so 14 in all, then the final year was 5 subjects and the project. So 20 in all If an apprentice does something similar but at a lower level, then £2k times 20 comes out at £40k. Similar price to a Science Degree. Except they are at a much lower academic level.

And a weather forecast, though energy usage and weather are generally closely related.

That is quite interesting as when I was studying climate change 15 years or so ago, Hungary was a case study for future weather extremes. Under any of the climate models, your part of Europe was going to get a lot hotter in the summer. As you are still at the design stage, are their things you can do to mitigate higher temperatures i.e. window shading, tree planting, body of water as a heat dump, PV on a roof and side walls (it can suck up 20% of the incidental solar energy). I lived on a 'tropical island' that often had sustained 35°C+ temperatures, luckily it was permanently windy, but large land masses do not have that affect. You may find Air to Air heating and cooling is better than slab heating/cooling.

Could it be cross laminated timber, but with an additional veneer?

Reminds me of all those happy summers with the family. Only 285 quids.

To a certain extent yes, but there are some hopeless cases as well. This guy for instance. https://www.hvpmag.co.uk/Suspended-prison-sentence-for-prohibition-notice-breaking-plumber-/17105 Apparently he is now working as a motor vehicle fitted, possibly unqualified. It is usual to let the 'lad' in the garage change brake linings, as that is a simple job.

You got your, matches, blow torch and some solder ready in case it leaks?

Your wife things I am the Bull.

I wonder how much of the poor workmanship is caused by the mismatch of building materials. Building have morphed from caves with a fire in them, via huts, to timber, steel, stone and brick building. In later years we have added heating systems, separate insulation, decentralised and centralised heating systems, better windows and doors, ventilation systems etc. Maybe because there is not any agreed standards for build standards and performance (even the Building Regs are open to a lot of interpretation) we have problems. When my neighbour was having his very expensive, though not particularily good, windows fitted, I started chatting to the fitter about air tightness tapes and why they were nto using any, "because it makes a house stuffy, I can't sleep in a room without the window open". "How about fitting proper ventilation" I suggested. I got a blank look. Maybe if he stopped wanking in bed he would sleep better.

What, not even a Goblin.

There are married women that work in catering. Though all the ones I have worked with recently are divorcees.

I have run a few factories in the past. I would spend weeks with production engineers sorting out the logistics and manufacturing methods for a project. Train the workforce, then watch them work in the same slapdash fashion they preferred. Yes. One place I ran I introduced a shorter working week, but over 4 days instead of 5. 36 hours instead of 40 for the same money. The workers genuinely thought they would be working more hours for less money. (expletive deleted) the lot of them.

Here is my oven. Can easily do 250 meals in a day, including the fussy eaters and the genuine allergy people.

A 10 m run of that will have a percentage volt drop, at 1 A/12V of 7.3%. I think that is outside the regs.

Pine has a thermal conductivity of around 0.15 W/m.K So 0.1 m will conduct 1.5 W/K (R-Value = length / conductivity). The U-Value is 0.67 W/m2.K (1/ resistivity). Without knowing the exact dimensions, I shall assume that the thickness is 0.04 m. 0.67 [W/m2.K] x 0.04 [m] = 0.027 W/m2.K for each linear metre. You say it is a warm roof, so the steel will be in the region of 20°C. It is a very rare spell of weather where the outside air temperature is below -5°. So. 0.027 [W/m2.K] x (25) [dT°C) = 0.68 W/m If I assume that the beam is 10 m long, that is 6.8W at -5°C Now my kitchen has two pendant lights of 3W each and my laptop at about 10W that is 16W. (It is early and I may have made a mistake).