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Variable temperature boiling water tap
SteamyTea replied to SimonD's topic in Kitchen & Household Appliances
Or in fluid ounces. -
How on earth does my smart meter know this?
SteamyTea replied to CotswoldDoItUpper's topic in Electrics - Other
I have 1X3W. Just been chatting to my Mother's Carer, she said their monthly bill for electricity only (they have gas) is going up from £400/month to £800/month. There is 4 of them. She did not think that nearly £5k a year on just electricity was excessive. Pointed out that it was horrendously excessive. -
How on earth does my smart meter know this?
SteamyTea replied to CotswoldDoItUpper's topic in Electrics - Other
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How on earth does my smart meter know this?
SteamyTea replied to CotswoldDoItUpper's topic in Electrics - Other
Was also used to find out where the terrorist were staying in Munich 1972. -
MVHR system in new build
SteamyTea replied to deuce22's topic in Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR)
I think all the relevant rates are in the building regulation documents. Have you downloaded them? -
MVHR system in new build
SteamyTea replied to deuce22's topic in Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR)
Except Building Control are the ones that sign things off, not the suppliers. It is not that hard to calculate the individual room flow rates, add them all up, then look for a suitable unit. -
Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses. Zaphod Beeblebrox in 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' used sunglasses that turned completely dark at the first sign of danger, thus preventing him from seeing anything that might alarm him. The only drawback: he couldn't see anything, including where he was going!
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Where is the kWh price heading in 2022?
SteamyTea replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
WOW. It gets to a voltage if 73 mV. Must generate thousands of amps to get 50 W/m². -
How on earth does my smart meter know this?
SteamyTea replied to CotswoldDoItUpper's topic in Electrics - Other
Mine is. And when it gets really cold, I turn it on. -
Owner-Builder looking to build our family home!
SteamyTea replied to AccidentalSkydiver's topic in Introduce Yourself
Welcome. Insulation should not be look at in isolation. As you fancy being net zero, you have to look at your self generation capacity. PV probably. This, to a certain extent, sets your roof type and size. Quite simply, the less energy you need, the less you have to generate. So just thinking that there is not much difference between say a U-Value of 0.12 and 0.1 rather misses the point. It is the temperature distribution that becomes important, this may be skewed to more cold days than warm days. It is because of that you start paying the price. What are you doing for water and waste? -
Where is the kWh price heading in 2022?
SteamyTea replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Who do you trust then? -
A negative result is a result, but you do have to collect suitable data.
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Many years ago, some of us, over at the other place, logged our weekly energy usage, along with some basic details of our houses. All it really showed was that some houses use less energy than others.
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Three sheets per sit down visit. And they are to just wipe my fingers with. Did you learn nothing in the Forces. May start using The Packet. Or if I fancy a nostalgia trip, the Domino's Pizza flyer.
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Yesterdays technology, here is what is coming tomorrow. https://techxplore.com/news/2022-03-solution-thermal-energy-storage.html On a more serious note, do you know how much energy your house actually uses, once you take home generation into account. So imports + PV. Think I may turn of heating this weekend.
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Can't afford to turn the blower on @30p/kWh
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Where is the kWh price heading in 2022?
SteamyTea replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
You said But with reference to When it comes to new capacity, RE is now the cheapest on levelized costs. In the UK subsidies have just about stopped for new developments, though the fossil fuel industry is still claiming them. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies Don't get a 'strike price' mixed up with a subsidy. A strike price is just a form of price hedging, and we have seen the consequences of not doing that recently. The is an interesting area, it is what I was studying when I did my Masters. The models where not BS at all, most where very accurate. They were local models, glorified weather models and the limitations were very well known and understood. In the last 15 years, we have collected and analysed much better satellite based data and now, as I understand it, they are proving useful, two recent reports about forest fires and sand particles have confirmed what was already know, and over a greater geographical area. If you think that all models are BS, then I cannot help you understand how they work and the limitation they have. The fact is though, that even the old model projections are holding up extremely well. They are not weather models, which you seem to think they are, they are climate models, different things, with different names. -
Where is the kWh price heading in 2022?
SteamyTea replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
There is no quick way to replace Russian gas production either. So given the choice, the RE route is favourable. -
I missed them all. Did see some Simpsons when I was in Australia, was the only thing I could stand to watch.
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Refurb - setting up for heat pump in future?
SteamyTea replied to -crashd's topic in Other Heating Systems
Really just a case of designing for a properly sized heat pump, then connect it up via a buffer tank. The buffer may need changing, but they are cheap items.
