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That can be dealt with in other ways, maybe a simple autostart after a set period of time. Ambulances are now often dotted around the major roads, rather than at a station. One major parking place for them down here is at Chiverton Cross. The locals get fed up with them ticking over, though they do understand the reasons why. There has to be better ways. VW did some research about this before introducing their stop/start system. They found no appreciable difference in longevity.

Welcome. Which of the 3 pillars of sustainability are you most interested in? Answer that and then you know where to focus your studies.

It is a lot different, just as it was back then. Did I mention old Landover's being driven at 15 MPH while belching out smoke, just to obscure the late indication that they were turning.

First thing to do is a room/area by room/area heat load calculation, and the associated airflows, for your local weather regime. That way, if you do get a professional in, they should realise that you know a bit. If you don't do that, you will never know who is talking sense and who isn't.

How much you got, then double it, add your birthday, and then a bit for a laugh.

A lot of it has to do with the volume of air you need to shift. In a car this is easy as it is small, and the noise is masked. A house is very different. If you really want to control each room, then you need to have a water based heater/chilled in each input duct, and each room will need an extract duct. As well as individual control for each room. Then you will need 2 separate systems, one to heat and the other to cool. Large ductwork as well as separate fans for each room. Fun system to design, install and commission. Would get a really fat user manual too.

I worked at the RNIB head office in London. They had zoned heating, air conditioning and lighting. Was an expensive system, ticked all the boxes for a charity, except one. It was useless.

It was what the British Empire, and buggery, were built on. Probably why I am social liberal and European.

I can believe both of them. It annoys the hell out of me when I see delivery drivers doing it. And Taxi drivers. School run Mums and Dads. Ambulences Neighbour's friends Road Crews. Such an easy thing to do, but very few bother. I turn my engine off when I am at a red light.

How will they leave it ticking over for hours, alongside the Toyota or Landrover pickup, that is ticking over too. Why do farmers only turn the engines off once they are parked back in the shed.

Chaucer and Hardy. Put me off reading for decades. Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' stories where a response to quantum theories, so would have been much more interesting to me.

I went to a posh, minor, public school, never had oysters on the menu. Fought over a small tray of chips once.

This is more a job for air conditioning rather then MVHR. MVHR works on the little and often principle.

Does it really need to be perfect?

Can't you just get a USB wireless adapter?

That is because they are. Just a matter of where you stand really.

Any chance it is just getting hot. Stopping for a minute or two while dealing with the faulty firings may be enough to cool it a little. Or it could be the nails, have a good look at the next batch.

Not talking alcohol induced, more running around a 40°C commercial kitchen for 6 hours. Trust me, you sleep after that.

Can you design the house so that the ES is, initially, separate from the bedroom. But in the future a new doorway can could be fitted to connect the two. Or do what I do, work before bedtime, then I am a little dehydrated for the night, and tired. I sleep quite well because of this. Mornings I get up early, tea and fags for an hour or two, then shower/bath. No one is disturbed. Living alone is the real answer.

That will be the glass ceiling then, well until it is shattered.

@JSHarris I was actually thinking that these could do the donkey work and something very low powered would sit on desk. It seems a shame to have loads of low power, but powerful computing and just run a simple task or two on them.

What is the standard deviation, i.e. does it happen a few times in a row, begining of nailing, towards end of nailing session, or apparently randomly.

As most if these small, but powerful, computers probably have a spare bit of capacity, how well would they work with thin clients (term may have changed now to Cloud something or other). Be a lot less clutter on my desk to have just a monitor and keyboard. Easy to move too.

That is about a third of what my whole house used yesterday.

You should at least know how much DHW energy us needed. Wind direction and speed have a big affect on performance. Strong South Westerlies are warm, week Easterlies and Northern winds are cold, and in winter there is little solar gain to be had in the 6 or 7 hours of daylight.