SteamyTea

Last year I was doing a slightly longer trip every week, now down to once a fortnight. I used to drive 50 to 70k miles as part of my working life, but I was 30 at the time. It takes it toll, I am rattling almost as much as my car.

Not sure. I met her at The Mean Fiddler. She wanted to swap her Lotto cycling jersey for my Joker one. She must have known how rare it was. I was a bit surprised when she appeared on stage.

Sadly I think you will have to pay it. You could point out the high cost and buy a cheap diesel heater. Trouble is, once the fuel runs out they fill just plug in the fan heater. Trouble down here is that half the builders are related to each other, and you don't know which half that is, so complaining can cost you.

Flicker is a bit of a vague term. Do you mean they dim a bit for a second or two, or pulsate at a fixed frequency all the time the ASHP is running at full chat? The causes could be as simple as terminals needing a re-tighten, to a larger supply cable, better 'drivers' on the light circuit, or even a better motor controller in the ASHP.

It matters not two hoots how you use the system. All that matters is if it is capable of exporting more that the 16A per phase. So either redesign so it can't, or apply for G99 before you start.

Does a different job. A car battery has to deliver a huge amount of power for a second or two, then has a long time to be recharged. It also has to work in extreme temperatures i.e. -20°C to + 80°C. If I take my mean usage profile, and exclude the space and DHW heating period, my mean power usage is 80W over 21 remaining hours, with a maximum power draw of 10.1 kW. I am not sure what size battery system would be needed for this, 5 kWh?, and an inverter that can reliably deliver say 12 kWp. It would also have to be able to cope with the 16.3 hours a day when the house is drawing zero power (well less than a watt). Some inverters need a minimum power draw to work reliably (have read that this is 200 W). I don't think that battery storage is financially, technically or environmentally worth while at the moment. I also suspect that the generation companies, who are already investing £millions in storage, are going to have a lower £/kWh than any domestic installation.

I had my bowel videoed, an interesting experience. Not too bad at first, then they pumped me full of air, and bent the end of the camera over, to make a movie of my 'left side'. Was a painful night at work that day.

My old Bosch, an AvantiXX, uses 1.3 kWh for a wash and spin. About 20p a wash then. I use it probably 3 times a week. ~£30/year in electricity. It cost me £600, 14 years ago, so £43/year. Call it £100/year. £2/week. Less than a coffee, or the Sunday Times. I really don't think that energy efficiency is an important factor with washing machines, really just a function of how much water is used. Tumble dryers, if you really do need on, which you probably don't, is a different matter. Heat Pump ones are the way to go environmentally, but probably not financially. A quick look at my price chart, which includes meter rental and VAT, shows that at 2 AM, the time I set the washing machine to come on, the mean price is £0.04. As we are 62 days into the year, that is £2.50 (ish) for clothes washing. This will go up during the year as I will be working more hours in a hot, sweaty, smelly kitchen. But 4p/day to keep clothes, towels, bed linen clean, bargain. There are much more effective ways to save energy.

Yes. Do one thing, and one thing only, but do it very well. Then move onto the next thing.

Does not matter if every single lender will lend against it, except one. If the purchaser has the loan with the one that does not lend, they are not buying your house.

I think the main problems with spayed insulation inside roofs is that it is trying to convert a cold, ventilated, roof to a warm, airtight one, on the cheap. And uneducated idiots doing the preliminary surveys.

Are they really needed? Probably. There are some basic rules about maximum voltage drop for PV systems, an electrician should know these. Look up the regs and it will tell you. Run a bit more conduit, again, stick to the regulations about separation. Never know an IT person to do any physical work, ever. If you have to ask, all of it needs to be done by a qualified electrician. Maximum power draw will set the cable size to the garden office. t is sometimes. General rule is that if you can use the majority of the generation on site, then it is not worth it. Majority being exported, then is worth it.

If it was as easy (relatively) to remove as normal, retrofitted loft insulation, then there would not be a problem. Trouble is, it is often sold on its ability to 'stick' old roofs back together, which makes it, by default, horrible to remove. Like a lot of rules, regulations and laws, it seems to be just clarification of what was already there.

This is where I start to get confused, and rapidly loose interest. There seems to be dozens of programs that can be used for data collection, all have there quirks. Surely it cannot be hard to write a bit if Python (or MicroPython) that grabs the sensor data, then stores it in a time stamped file on a network connected device. Then anything you want to do i.e. charts, statistics, relay control, just accessed that file. Has to be easier that setting up say mosquito, then nodeRed, then, something else, then something else, and then something else..... I often think that the aim is lost in the past objectives.

*.CSV to somewhere on the network. I must have a go when I get some enthusiasm back.

Yes, but not as much as trying to find a website that gives the correct advice. Seems every site has a different opinion about how to spot a fake. I just buy them, then calibrate them to see if the readings are sensible.

My TOR webserver, which is free to set up i.e. needs no domain registered or a paid for hosting service, is proving to be very reliable. Not sure how well it would work with live streaming video, should be OK as it is relatively low resolution. All encrypted, many times, as well.

Have you finished the ESP based energy monitor yet?

Drive a stake tough its heart. Then bury cover down, under several tonnes of radioactive waste. Never want to see one ever again.

AKA a wanker.

I use mine to impress my neighbours. Make them think I have aa friend staying. Of course, the French only wear the lower half at best.

I have had a Bosch Washer Dryer. The trick is to not use the dryer but spend 2 quid on a washing line and pegs at Poundland.

The cure is a hammer.