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Can always change the car wheels so that higher profile tyres can be fitted. Twice I have caught a kerb (in gas stations) and had to buy new tyres.
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Slimline water harvesting unit inside wall cavity?
SteamyTea replied to ashthekid's topic in Rainwater, Guttering & SuDS
Well it will certainly add some 'thermal mass'. That should keep your house nice and cool. What happens when it leaks? How about condensation? How about vapour control? How about odour? How about rigidity? Will there be enough storage? where will the overflows go? -
Probably going to be renegotiated as it is so delayed. Be interesting as the French Government will have to pick up the tab. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamanville_Nuclear_Power_Plant is still not producing. Nor is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPR_(nuclear_reactor) producing on a regular basis. 1 2020 is the estimated date. 17 years after work commenced.
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With the government's price cap, they seem be heading up with inflation. Odd as wholesale prices have not moved much. From Ofgem
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Storage size divided by power delivery kWh / kW = h 60 [kWh] / [7 kW] = 8.57 h
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‘Packing out ‘ plasterboard
SteamyTea replied to Pocster's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
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Our old mate @Jeremy Harris used the same system and when I first visited his place I did not notice them at all. I am surprised it is adding so much to the cost.
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There is a radio program about AI on at the moment. Klara and the sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Probably going to end badly. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000sy2h
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Why not just stick to one or the others. A set of measuring cups is a quid. Does Alexas warn if you are over eating?
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Device to Monitor Electricity Use
SteamyTea replied to canalsiderenovation's topic in Electrics - Other
I found it is really down to how much post analysis one want to do and what you are actually after finding out. Data can be a little confusing sometimes. Here is an example. Temp Diff Power Ext Temp Internal Temp Count Hours 7 414 8 15 1 8 7478 10 19 1 9 2161 10 20 34 10 1205 10 20 101 11 1241 9 21 134 12 1174 8 20 177 13 1419 6 20 156 14 1617 5 19 93 15 1153 4 19 104 16 1748 3 19 116 17 1502 2 20 95 18 755 2 20 56 19 388 1 21 18 20 700 1 22 13 21 1039 1 22 5 It shows the mean power (W), mean external temp (°C), mean internal temp (°C) and the number of hours in each temperature difference bin. The important thing is that the first two rows only account for 2 hours out of 1104 hours (had the door open and then a fan heater and oven on). Similar is true for the last 4 rows, they only account for 8% of the time, even though they were extreme temperature difference (for down here). The main thing I wanted to know was how thermally stable my lightweight house is, and the amount of energy it uses per degree temperature difference. So taking the data between the 10°C and 17°C temperature difference bins, my house is within 1°C either way of my target temperature (20°C) with an average power consumption of 1.382 kW. This works out as a mean of an extra 56W per °C temperature difference. The confusing bit is if the extremes are taken into account, a total of 10% of the time (over this period, winter 1104 hours), it shows that there is a negative slope -162W/°C. The kWh difference is an extra 16 kWh/°C (excluding the extremes) and -3 kWh/°C including the extremes. So the moral is, be careful with data. (The other moral is that it is easy to make an error) -
Device to Monitor Electricity Use
SteamyTea replied to canalsiderenovation's topic in Electrics - Other
While that is true, if you are long term logging it reduces the file size. -
Device to Monitor Electricity Use
SteamyTea replied to canalsiderenovation's topic in Electrics - Other
Thanks A quick look and it says that basic current is 5A. My night storage heater has a load of 13A for up to 7 hours. So may struggle, will have to check. Useful website and reasonable prices though. -
Device to Monitor Electricity Use
SteamyTea replied to canalsiderenovation's topic in Electrics - Other
Can it link up to a logger? Do you have a link to it? -
I know exactly where it is.
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Easy enough to look it up, but I am not vulgar like that.
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Me to. And the service can be cancelled at any time. With stored energy, reducing parasitic losses is the name of the game. I just boxed in my cylinder with Celotex sheets and mineral wool. Cheap and easy.
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Hello, from two Lake District Passive House wannabees
SteamyTea replied to LakeDistrictEugene's topic in Introduce Yourself
What would happen if the main contractor/project manager filled to deliver to PH standard. Remedial work would probably prohibitively expensive. Do you would have overpaid at each stage, but have nothing to show for it. -
3 siblings though.
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Mormons have loads.
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@ProDave Well you know how plumbers like to hide all the controls out of site. This allows the same when you loose your phone, or the service is discontinued.
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Oh, I thought you wanted different views on education.
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Then you just end up with a postmodernist pile of nonsense. https://studyingsociology.com/2020/06/02/postmodernism-education/
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You never studied physics or chemistry then. How do you intend to make hydrogen then, steam reforming? What are these new ICE vehicle mad from, Unobtanium. Most lithium is from lithium salts, not mined from rock, deep in the ground. While the current process is not that environmentally good, there is a lot of scope for getting a clean mining system up and running (they are thinking of doing it near me, and we have some of the most stringent environmental laws going when it comes to metal mining). No, I want to educate people, rather than listen to unfounded opinion and zombie facts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_reforming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium
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‘Packing out ‘ plasterboard
SteamyTea replied to Pocster's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
TL;DR CT1
