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SteamyTea

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  1. Gas, oil, coal and timber fires also produce CO2. They also convert most of the hydrogen in the hydrocarbon to water vapour. A really badly set up gas boiler will also produce some oxides of nitrogen. (combustion chemistry is quite simple, generally, just look at what the base fuel is made from, split it up and add an oxygen atom or two to it. NOX is normally a secondary reaction caused by high temperature or pressure)
  2. Am I reading that right. 314 Ah at 3.2V, so 1 kWh. 6000 discharges, so £0.19/kWh before the cost of the juice you put in.
  3. Except political disenfranchisement. I tend to think that people that don't vote are happy with what government is currently in. A better system is to give the incumbent the unused votes, there is more of a voter incentive to vote a party out, or keep them in, that way.
  4. Or we having the cooling requirements. A lot of France has similar weather to us.
  5. So my old lodger, who had a stroke in the first 3 years of her life, is a scrounger. As are the people affected by thalidomide. Are the workers that got made redundant when a large employer closes scroungers?
  6. Define 'scroungers'. Seems the over 65s are currently the biggest contributors to income tax. https://ifs.org.uk/data-items/share-adult-population-paying-income-tax-age-bracket
  7. "No taxation without representation" Or "No representation without taxation" Alan B'Stard
  8. Was that really caused by the reduction in uncontrolled ventillation or by an increase in internal temperature dry the structure out. Have you tried checking the RH levels without the PIV switched on recently?
  9. TL:DR the replies. It is worth doing a heat loss calculation on your house, then you may be able to target the areas that can be improved. My guess is the suspended floor (it is a large area) and general air leakage are your main problems. Double glazing, in isolation, does not cause condensation, it is caused by the interaction of humidity and temperature, you can get condensation at 40°C.
  10. There are a number of different reviews about world energy, EIA, OPEC BP, Petroleum, all are within a fraction of each other. Makes it easy to see the Venezuela has more proven reserves/resources that anyone else. The trouble with all these reviews is that many people do not want to believe them. Those people cannot be helped.
  11. I have been told many times that the world economy is affected by oil prices. So I thought I would look at global inflation rates and oil prices since 1970. When inflation is low, oil prices are high, and visa versa. Seems to be the polar opposite from what I was told.
  12. Yes, but it is a good place to start looking for a leak.
  13. The OBR (Office for Budget Responsibility) has, apparently, issued an apology for creating the most recent leaks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmn991pz9jo So they should be the OBI from now on. What a bunch of twats.
  14. Henry are good, as are Numatic (which is the same but a bit cheaper). We got one of these for general cleaning at work, is good, but heavy and hard to push when on full suck. https://sharkclean.co.uk/product/shark-anti-hair-wrap-upright-vacuum-cleaner-with-lift-away-pet-model-black-nz691uktdb-zidNZ691UKTDB
  15. WD40 is not really a good lubricant, it is really a water displacer, so used to free up stuff. These sort of bearings should usually be greased, so a finger of Vaseline, or silicone grease, which I know you have by the bucket load.
  16. This is the good stuff we used, cheap to.
  17. We recently painted the bare concrete floor in our restaurant. The job was pretty easy, and seems to last well (same paint in the high traffic exhibition area). If I remember I shall find out the make of paint on Wednesday when I am next in.
  18. Was not a banding issue, was the fact they charged me when I was exempt (as a full time student). Seems they cannot cope with someone that is a student and a home owner, so charged me double. Total twats in the council office.
  19. Welcome. Good luck with the council tax appeal. I never got very far with mine, but after 6 years they conceded they made an error. I never got the £2500 back though.
  20. You lot use dragons to deliver them don't you.
  21. @damspt UFH = under floor heating OAT = outside air temperature IAT = inside air temperature DHW = domestic hot water WC = weather compensation kWh = energy kW = power
  22. I work with someone that has a house similar to mine, it is also on E7. She decided that the old storage heaters were faulty, so had them replaced with new ones. Guess what, she paid the same to heat the house. Someone at work has lent her a small (500W) fan heater, as it 'only costs a penny to run'. A penny on her tariff is about 2 minutes use. When I questioned as to why the heater was so good and cheap to run, I was told 'because it is ceramic'. Now theses twats know my educational background, have asked me in the past about the best things to do to reduce the monthly bills, and then ignored it. I shall start taking in my bills and complain about my expenditure, which is about a third of theirs. As a general rule, if 'science' is mentioned in some advertising, the product is crap. No one mentions the polymer science of car tyres, or the electro-magnetic spectrum for a DAB radio, I really wish people would stop wishing things were magic and when they have bought them, convince themselves that they have made a good purchase.
  23. That will account for the negative usage then.
  24. Oh dear. Must be getting close to Christmas when all the magic starts happening.
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