SteamyTea

I use my camping stove and some LED lanterns on the odd occasion it has been prolonged. Having no water for half a day was worse.

Over what time scale?

Isn't that the same as I live in the Windy South West, yesterday there were a few thousand houses without power. I have never been seriously affected. I don't know if I was without power yesterday as I decide (actually had to) drive in 80 MPH crosswind for the first 100 miles, then the last 80 were in snow.

Oh yes, but it is not really comparable is it. Taking the same methodology, 99.75% of the solar irradiance is lost when growing trees.

There is a huge difference between running a stove in a lab and then running one in a house. Maybe 50% up the chimney us a little harsh, but I doubt many will ever reach maximum efficiency for more than a few minutes at a time. So about 20 kWh of energy.

That will be about 134 m2. Or about 170 kg of air. To heat that air up 1 K will take 170, kJ of energy, which is 47 kWh. So a 10 kW burner would take 4.7 hours to raise the room up 1 K. Timber has an energy density of about 4.5 kWh.kg-1, but half of that goes up the chimney, so you would be looking to put 20 kg of timber in it. (to me that seems an lot of timber to heat just the air up, so may have made a mistake) Yes, I was 1000 out, so 17 seconds to raise the room up 1 K and about 200 grams of timber.

A 2 kW portable generator would give you enough juice to keep you going. And a lot less PM2.5/10s in the house.

A few seconds of my drive along the M4 yesterday. VID_20211127_093611102.mp4

How many different protocols are currently in use for off the shelf home automation? And why should the latest one be any better, or longer lasting, that the previous ones?

These pumps draw about 100 W. Can you get a couple if PV modules and a second pump that runs when the sun is out, and switches off the mains powered pump.

First kW, or first kWh. They are different things.

I often here this said. How do you unlock the back door? Or open the interconnecting door. Point I am making is how much automation is really necessary. Very little in my opinion.

Say it is a 5 W LED. If you just turned it on and left it, would cost about £10/year. I just remember where the switch is, seems easy to turn a light on, or off, at the wall.

Was mine as well.

I misread it as optimism. On a good day it gives me a warm feeling.

The decor looks more 1970's. Suppose this is right for a self build, start, then a decade later, it is time to decorate.

Morning wood.

Which ever way it is said, it is still quite a distance. Anyway it can be all closer together? How does it get the extra 2.7 kW? Is it via a built in resistance heater? If so, then the unit is too small.

Why do you put fan on, us it to reduce the internal relative humidity?

I think in all fairness they know it isn't the complete solution. Probably the quickest and cheapest way to get to the next round of internationally agreed targets.

That will be a Number 2 then.

Why not use a host name to SSH into. You can, if you want, give it a number.

Why I have stuck to quarterly billing. Only 4 times a year it can go wrong.

Is that the astrophysics Dr. Murphy who has morphed into social commentary and economics? He is not all bad.

Bulb receivers are having trouble moving customers to other suppliers. It is strange how people will overspend on functional items like cookers and taps, but underspend on energy.