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Can you use a pressure vessel to store the water. It may be called an accumulator. Usually used to flatten out pressure fluctuations when load is greater than inflow can cope with.
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Reducing Energy Bills - How goes it?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
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Down here, 'local' can take a dislike to people. I have seen up country folk driven out of towns because of constant narking and rumours. All totally unfounded. Then there is the use of social media, and as one old loony does, posts up diatribes on lampposts about non specific individuals who may, or may not, have done anything wrong, or intend to do anything wrong. Very effective. Onan hag oll
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Reducing Energy Bills - How goes it?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
It probably uses less energy, but that may be more to do with the overall losses of the actual oven, rather than the amount of energy that the food takes to warm. -
Reducing Energy Bills - How goes it?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Some of it will depend on what you want your food to look, and taste, like after heating. A microwave is very good for heating/reheating, not so good for the Maillard reaction, which is what can cause complex flavours to emerge. Try doing cheese on toast to see what can go wrong. As an aside, microwaves do not cook from the inside, that is just a myth. -
Can you redo those calculations for people who do not have access to the gas network?
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Reducing Energy Bills - How goes it?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Bit in radio about air fryers. Seems they can cook small amounts of food, with smaller amounts of energy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0018hjr -
The roofs, the windows and the solar PV array
SteamyTea commented on Thorfun's blog entry in West Sussex Forever Home
Not pollen that makes your nose run, and your arse smell. It's because you are built upside down. -
I owned a BL Allegro. Not had a BL car since.
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How big is your array, 2 hectares. Think you mean MWh.
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Reducing Energy Bills - How goes it?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Because we know that, generation is significantly reduced. It is reduced, in part, to keep the return on investment high. Having seen the price of my E7 night rate go from a little over a third of the day rate to over half the day rate, and the biggest change in the last two years, I would not be investing in the long term reliability of twin tariffs. -
Increasing an array over 4kW with batteries?
SteamyTea replied to bontwoody's topic in Photovoltaics (PV)
Either a manual or automatic change over breaker. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Automatic-Transfer-Switch-Circuit-Breaker/dp/B07R599LYP -
Will I be eligible for ASHP Grant?
SteamyTea replied to richo106's topic in Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
That is the idea of these grants. But if the market can stand a higher price, and suppliers are wanting to have financially sustainable long term business, the paying public have to pay the going rate. It is not right that we have a race to the bottom on prices as that does no one any favours: company's vanish and consumers get sub standard goods and services. -
Increasing an array over 4kW with batteries?
SteamyTea replied to bontwoody's topic in Photovoltaics (PV)
You need planning permission to go over 9m² on a ground array. Do the existing modules need a good clean? -
The roofs, the windows and the solar PV array
SteamyTea commented on Thorfun's blog entry in West Sussex Forever Home
Don't they, and other critters, invade the house. Would play havoc with my hayfever. -
Reducing Energy Bills - How goes it?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
My Mother took a third of our take home as 'keep'. Was okay when to took home 30 quid. Soon became cheaper to buy my own place. Seems odd that a flat that cost me 17k was cheaper than living with my Mother. Rented it out, when off to university, sold it 3 years after purchase, worked out the place had given me a wage of 500 a year. And had a big deposit for the next place. What you going to do when that price plan becomes unsustainable, pretend it is still there? -
How does your garden grow?
SteamyTea replied to recoveringbuilder's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
We called him Brick. Not because he was solid, but because he was dense. There is a story, after I had been told to leave, about him being tied to a bed and pleasured. No idea if it is true or not. -
How does your garden grow?
SteamyTea replied to recoveringbuilder's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
Was at school with a lad from your neck of the woods, he liked it so much that he held the school record for beatings. You probably know him, name is Tim Simpson. -
How does your garden grow?
SteamyTea replied to recoveringbuilder's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
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So it was @jack’s fault? Surely not And I was thinking it was because an ex of mine had moved to his village. I always suggest that people run to the hills.
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Reducing Energy Bills - How goes it?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Ever day, it is part of my job. Mine can combine the microwave and the fan oven to speed things up more. When I boil anything, I boil the water in the kettle and then poor just enough into the pan. Faster and uses less energy. Yesterday, as an experiment, I did a load of washing at 40°C and a load at 30°C. 0.4 kWh and 0.18 kWh. Shame the a 30°C wash don't get the clothes clean enough. -
Mug of tea takes 0.3 kg of water. So you are boiling enough to make 16 mugs. The remainder can be used to wash the mugs and spoon up in.
