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I got eyed up by Sam Brown and her friend in the mid 80's, think it was because I was wearing cycling shorts. Thomas Twining was born in Painswick.
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To the best of my knowledge, there has never been a case in the domestic environment.
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Isn't there an expectation of a reasonable life for products under EU law. I had my washing machine price refunded from Tesco, eventhough it was outside the 12 months. Was a bit of hassle to get sorted (they 'lost' the paperwork), but Tesco gave me 100 quid in vouchers to cover than.
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LED lighting ideas for small windowless office?
SteamyTea replied to Tennentslager's topic in Lighting
I have always thought that some webcams on coral reefs that streamed a live show would be good, especially if you could set it up so that you always had a view in daylight. But we all know that watching too much TV makes your eyes go square. It is what my Mother said, so must be true. -
I have no idea what things are like in Scotland, but down here in Cornwall, it is pretty hard to get permission for a static caravan site. There was a move a while back to get rid of all the chalet type housing. Much of this was driven because of a perception that 'travelers' would move in.
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Fancy making your own off grid gas supply?
SteamyTea replied to Robert Clark's topic in General Alternative Energy Issues
Too true. A friend of mine is a commissioning engineer for AD plants. It is not a case of just slinging rubbish in an airtight container and leaving t in a warm place. They can easily be 'poisoned ', give low caloric value gas, and then there is the waste to dispose of. This, in commercial plants, is often toxic, see the Coca Cola case in India to how bad it can be. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3096893.stm -
Fancy making your own off grid gas supply?
SteamyTea replied to Robert Clark's topic in General Alternative Energy Issues
For the last 20 plus years, some sewage works have diverted 'our' waste into AD plants. Much better to do it at scale. Energy production is is always better when large. -
Fancy making your own off grid gas supply?
SteamyTea replied to Robert Clark's topic in General Alternative Energy Issues
I spoke to him too, right after I met the people responsible for it. It was obvious that they were chancers. They also had an over parity fuel cell. So that is alright. -
Fancy making your own off grid gas supply?
SteamyTea replied to Robert Clark's topic in General Alternative Energy Issues
There was a guy from Dorset, over at the other place, who got convinced to fit a home AD plant. I met the 3 people that were responsible for selling, designing and installing it. It was never gong to work, and to the best of my knowledge, it never did. All I can say is that £50,000 would have bought a lot of natural gas, or PV, or even a decent windturbine. -
Bit late to this party. The commissioning form is just there paper trail form. You need to add this each time as well It frustrated me no end as I could be sending several of them a day, for the same inverter, just at different address. Just they way they work. The other thing they (Western Power) were keen to know was the physical location of the AC isolator, they were not too bothered about the DC one.
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Heat loss and running cost
SteamyTea replied to Jeremy Harris's topic in Energy Efficient & Sustainable Design Concepts
Just knock up a quick model of the house and see what the differences are. Solar gain may also be an issue, so worth taking a stab at those calculations as well.- 31 replies
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Cutting down a TPO tree by mistake - Enzo's homes
SteamyTea replied to Moonshine's topic in Planning Permission
I think it is do do with the minimum/maximum prison sentence that can be bestowed on the crime. It was explained to me when I did Jury Service, but have forgotten now. -
Seems reasonable what you did. The DHW heating cycling seems strange, but may have some benefits if the HP is already running to heat the house anyway. Was it all fairly straightforward to set, or did it involve a manual, or 3.
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Did you change any of those parameters?
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Thanks. Thought it may be something like that.
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Cutting down a TPO tree by mistake - Enzo's homes
SteamyTea replied to Moonshine's topic in Planning Permission
It seems strange to me that we have local housing plans that says we need more housing, then we have laws that say we cannot develop some of the land because of a tree. I have always though that in Switzerland if it was not compulsory, it was illegal, but in the UK we seem to have laws that say you must do this, and then other laws stopping you. May be worth asking a few people that are desperate for a home what they think. I live in an area of the UK that has very few trees, this is after living in an area that had lots. I can't honestly say that lack of trees is what is affecting my wellbeing. -
Does it make the bleach less effective, or just clog things up?
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Why do you need to use unthickened bleach? Is it the thickening agent that is the problem, or is the bleach less effective?
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Can you please elaborate on what this means? 'Instantaneous current is infinite' When an inductive load is started, the current draw is often much greater than the running draw. This can cause a voltage drop, which makes the current draw even higher. Current leads voltage on an AC system. To over come this 'soft start' devices are fitted to limit the initial current, this reduces the voltage drop. This is why DNOs asks if you are fitting a heat pump, they may assume larger cables are needed, even though the fuse is the same rating. Vpeak = IinR, where Vpeak = √2(V) E = CV2/2 https://sciencing.com/types-electrical-loads-8367034.html
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Cost of complete interior renovation in old croft building
SteamyTea replied to sniederb's topic in Costing & Estimating
What makes you think it will be that cheap. Ask 10 damp specialists and they will give you ten different answers, and they will all be over £1000. -
You going to question him about his nightly download.
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Kevin McClod on Self Build
SteamyTea replied to SteamyTea's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
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Ah, Dilly Barlow. Think she was on Woman's Hour. I am intouch with my feminine side.
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I use Thunderbird for my email, if I want to send a very large file, it gives me an option to use FileLink. Never actually bothered with it, but may be work a go. Create some pop3 email account, set up Thunderbird and see what happens. Alternaltively, you could use something like TeamViewer, VNC, think you can transfer files on a P2P basis.
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Took an old girlfriend and her 12 year old son up there to show them it one evening. As we walked back to the car, at dusk, amazing things were going on in the parking area. Must pop up there again on a warm evening.
