SteamyTea

The connectors are sometimes really hard to get apart, this is why they can become broken. Too many people pull them bu the cables rather than release them properly. Also to repair one you would need a proper crimper and crimps to do a proper job. And remember that each panel can produce about 70V and 3 or 4 amps, so 5 modules in series could be 350V. Get a good wallop of that.

RHI was really intended as a replacement for solid fuel/LPG/Oil in older properties. Wasn't really for new builds, they should be on gas if possible. None of government backed schemes are really intended for a new self build. Too many variables.

Yes, like Lancias, they had had their full lifespan before the monthly payments had finished.

Except the government told them to simplify the tariff structure. I am not sure how it is all going to work. When I work out my price per kWh, I look at the total price, so include VAT and meter rental. Since I have fixed my immersion heater and 'gone back to normal', my all in price works out at 17p/kWh, which is not too bad really. Sometimes, like two days ago, I only used 4 kWh, and only 59% of that at night. That makes it an all in price of 22p/kWh. Roll on winter and I will, on paper, get really low kWh price.

Seriously, do you need all season tyres and 4 wheel drive in Nottinghamshire. I used to travel the length and breadths of the country in a Peugeot 309, sometimes I would tow a 21 foot spar-bath, on a much longer trailer. I really don't get this 'every eventuality must be covered' thing at all.

Don't think Poundland have gone bust, that was Poundworld.

£1 from Poundland

I thought my E7 meter rental at 23p/day was high, In the last 2 months I have only spent more than that per day on 16 occasions, and that includes taxes.

You are playing with unearthed DC, so you become part of the earth circuit. Now this should not be a problem as each junction should be designed to be save to handle. But if one is broken and a wire exposed, even in fairly low light you can get a nasty shock, and you will be on a roof. So take great care in what you are doing.

I seem to remember that you need to turn the invert off before you turn the DC side off, though should not matter if you are playing at night. It is not unusual to loose a string and in ever case I looked at it was always a connector that had loosened. Sometimes these are really hard to snap together, and even harder to unsnap. Pain in the arse if it is one under a module, they are usually hard to get to even with scaffolding. If it s a major job, then MCS are meant to step in and fix it if the company has stopped trading. But good luck with claiming via them.

Welcome Bit of Es and Whizz and it will be done in no time. Have you thought of just renovating to a high standard? Seems a nice place to me, but then I live in a 1987 terrace. I know a guy who is currently building and ICF place, seems to be taking him forever (and he don't do much else). I teased him before he started about it and asked how he would get around the well know problems. 9 months on he is very sheepish about it all. Must go and have a look at it sometime soon.

That is a lot dirtier than mine was, mine was just a slightly darker colour. But do yours work when there is a poison attack by the Russians. I don't think my vacuum cleaner filter is that dirty.

Yes, those ones.

Yes, a couple of inline Monroe ones. They were dead cheap.

It is activated by the light and has the usual overrun of a bathroom fan (because it uses two bathroom fans).

Yes I did, think PVC sheet. I did a bit of rudimentary monitoring and had an efficiency of around 80%, but as this was a bathroom MVHR, so often on for a short time, and then off, the efficiency was all over the place. I keep meaning to get the unit down to show how it was made. Was pretty easy.

As I understand it, the Allam Cycle engine uses CO2 as mass, then eventually, once it is too cold to be effective, captures it for storage. It does need some method of generating oxygen, so I am sceptical of the efficiency claims, i.e. do they include the oxygen generation and the power used to compress the stored CO2. Most modern diesels capture waste exhaust and recycle it though the engine. This is to help emissions as the SHC of air and exhaust gases are different. Blend them right and there is an advantage (ignoring what VW/Bosch did).

Time for Cornish National Dress then, shorts, T-Shirt and Flip Flops.

What temperature is the house at? I am at 25.3°C and 57% RH

21.4°C and 74% RH Which is pretty nice for here, little breeze compared to normal. I hope tomorrow is the same. It can go cold on Tuesday as back to work then.

Just taken my supper to the beach, was nice.

Just resurrecting this thread. I have just heard about Brave as a browser. It has TOR built in, and I have logged into a site I know my provider has blocked, so seems to work. Couple of screenshots, one of the screen to activate TOR, and one of the memory usage. Bit slow to upload stuff, but that is not unusual when using TOR.

You know those postcards of Cornwall, they were taken on one day in 1976. Fake News was invented here by Newlyn School of Artists. They don't really show rosy cheeked children because they are healthy, scarlet fever more like. The wives looking out to sea on a stormy day is not because it is exciting, it is anguish over lost loved ones. But the sun is out now, and I have some new cycling longes, so going to try them out. That should scare the children.

A few misreadings, but pretty low RH here. Shall see what today's is, tomorrow.

"Cornwall. It is wetter than you think"