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All you hear tbh is water flow Women testing flow, mid stream, is something to worry about.
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I think in really it does not work anywhere. There is a disproportionate I crease I energy usage when there is a change in temperature. Bit like driving. You will soon notice the change in MPG if you only accelerate hard, when going up a hill.
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Glad you have some acknowledgement that there is a problem. Really does highlight the need for half decent energy monitoring. Especially if there is 3 Phase. 3 Phase is not really that useful in the domestic setting, except it does allow for a greater capacity. Reducing the loads though time shifting i.e don't run a 6 kW water heater at the same time as charging the car and cooking supper, is probably an easier and much cheaper option.
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Anecdotally is an partial anagram of No Data. Without knowing the energy inputs, air leakage and temperature variation, it is not possible to compare the two. Building Regs will tell you a minimum standard anyway, so you cannot go below that. If you know the power losses and the power inputs, the sized of the room, you can calculate the energy needed to heat it
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Turfcutter or similar tool - handy for laying slab?
SteamyTea replied to Pabbles's topic in Garages & Workshops
Does it not just make it a self fulfilling prophesy though. There are many products on the market that are all three. Just take mass manufactured food, or automobiles. White goods are another, a basic fridge, £120, lasts for years, does the job asked of it, and as it is a 'white good' looks like most of the rest. Planning, organisation and execution are they keys to getting a job done properly and within budget. -
I am sure that some will claim that because they live in a rural setting and they use 'their own wood', this story is untrue. Smoking in public buildings was banned, and that was less of a problem than this.
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Man who built house on his drive
SteamyTea replied to nod's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Should have built a fence around it. https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/01/couple-at-war-with-neighbours-over-fence-blocking-front-door-18200458/ -
SolarEdge grid demand flexibility service
SteamyTea replied to Pocster's topic in Photovoltaics (PV)
Makes a change from fish fingers. -
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SteamyTea replied to bob the builder 2's topic in Environmental Materials & Construction Methods
Totally missed the point I was making. -
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SteamyTea replied to Pocster's topic in Photovoltaics (PV)
Saw your car in that local. Reg is. pEN 1s -
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SteamyTea replied to Pocster's topic in Photovoltaics (PV)
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Eat more fruit.
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SteamyTea replied to bob the builder 2's topic in Environmental Materials & Construction Methods
Standard Error of the Mean. Allows you to infer how accurate the results are within pre agreed limits. When looking at something like PV output and Solar Power, there is no need to work at the 1W level, 50 W bins would be accurate enough. Would be the same as a P-Value of 0.05. -
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SteamyTea replied to bob the builder 2's topic in Environmental Materials & Construction Methods
Just add in the standard error and it will be close enough. -
Flat roof top coat EPDM, GRP, Liquid Polyurethane?
SteamyTea replied to Warrentdo's topic in Flat Roofs
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Flat roof top coat EPDM, GRP, Liquid Polyurethane?
SteamyTea replied to Warrentdo's topic in Flat Roofs
Could be a problem for any material. There are flexible polyester resins, and with a suitable orientated weave, expansion joints could be made. I am willing to work as your consultant about all stuff GRP. -
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SteamyTea replied to bob the builder 2's topic in Environmental Materials & Construction Methods
That is because of the testing methodology, they have have been tested for output with an input of 1000W.m-2, at 25°C, which would be the point that they deliver at least the stated output. They may well have produced 10% more for during the test. Modules that just fail the STC would be relabelled to a lower output i.e. failed at 330 Wp, relabel as 310 Wp. Even of they are just 1 Wp below the level. So the trick is to not buy the highest output modules, but the ones below, if there is a decent enough price difference. If you find a local weather station that has a W.m-2 sensor on it (kWh/day is no use here), you can take a random selection of dates, but pick the same 3 times each day i.e. 10 AM, 2 PM and 4PM, then correlate the output of your system to the irradiation levels, then see how the performance has changed over the years. You can even adjust for different ambient temperature. -
While filling the bath, the shower pump seemed starved of water. Shut the taps, bathed, got up in loft and the cold tank is not refilling. Shut off water, removed ballcock and valve. The little white plastic cone that has a hole in the middle has a small screw in it. The same screw I dropped down a pipe when changing the cylinder a few years ago. Ten minutes, problem sorted.
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SteamyTea replied to bob the builder 2's topic in Environmental Materials & Construction Methods
That is 87% of the stated peak power output of the module at standard testing, which is not the same as as what they actually tested at when new. That makes it very possible that over a decade you will see a quite large drop off in performance of the total system.
