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    I find it hard to believe that an electrician would have left it in that state. Was it a previous home owner 'having a go'.
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    Hysterically at one stage.
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    Rather than doing a full PHPP model, you could make a simple spreadsheet model and see what happens when you change the key elements of walls, doors, windows floor, and air changes. You can normally get basic weather information for you area from the Met Office.
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    Oh dear, have I got a reputation for this already!
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    What would be the advantage of using a PHE? I can't think of one off the top of my head apart from they can be changed to a smaller or larger one.
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    Your SatNav says 'Find Alternative' Do they find plumbing parts now as well as speed cameras
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    I worked briefly for a now defunct small windturbine manufacturer. They were looking at reducing the installed cost from £18,000 down to £12,000 for a 4 kWp turbine. It was pointed out that even of the actual generator and blades were free, they could still not do it for £12,000. Probably why they went bankrupt twice. Also worth remembering that that the maximum power of a turbine is generated at a fairly high windspeed. Try running at 12 m/s.
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    Yes, now is the time to flush it out and see what is happening. Well down here it would be as there is occasionally some sun today.
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    Small turbines have a very low efficiency, sometimes below 20%. It is the nature of turbines that power is proportional to the swept area and the cube of the windspeed. Even 5kW are not brilliant. There was a spreadsheet by Dr. Michael Hunt (I know) that showed all the efficiencies of most available turbines.
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    I am all confused now. Was just catching up and saw the comment about the boys in the shower, so when back a page to remind myself what they were up to and this is what I saw first. And I went to Public School in the 70s, so thought I had seen it all
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    Our old leader, David 'scared of UKIP' Cameron had a small turbine on his house. Was told to take it down. Think his was a Windsave, as sold by B&Q. There are so many reason why small turbines are pointless.
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    Spent 4 hours in a Den Haag police station once. I was giving a statement after a very vicious and unprovoked attack. I begged them to call me as a witness to the court case, but the liberal bastards left the criminal off with a warning. All the best bars where in the red light area and had a nice Indonesian, take that whatever way you fancy.
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    "An engineer does for ten pence what any damn fool can do for a pound" Ken Tyrrell Well done.
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    I think I totally misunderstood what you were after
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    Something like this? https://www.novatech.co.uk/products/novatech-4-port-usb-3-0-adapter/m069.html
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    Hi

    SteamyTea replied to Hecateh's topic in Introduce Yourself

    I have often wondered why roofs are not, shall we called it sheeted. Just seems to make sense to me. I am also surprised that it is not standard down here in the wind and wet.
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    And the potato stuffed in the back. It was at a hotel anyway
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    "Practice on a shed or garage wall" says the man that has tried to plaster 3 times, only. And as for body dryers, I popped my nads in a Dyson Blade today, just for a laugh, now I have two acres to nurse
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    Hooks that go under the tiles, unless slate, then it is threaded rods that go though the slate, or sometimes a thin plate that slides under the slate. https://www.cclcomponents.com/schletter-roof-hook-universal?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImp7ui8Oh2gIVTzobCh0JngvQEAYYASABEgKCPfD_BwE
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    Most things in nature, and in mathematics look better on a natural log scale. No one knows why it is that way. I have planed the saplings in the local wood, so shall keep an eye on them over the next few years and see how they grow in their natural environment.
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    I think my Mother's was around a grand. Thinking back, the old one was damaged when they refurbished her kitchen. So not a fault as such, just bad fitting. She puts slat granules in it rather than tables, not that it should make any difference.
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    She has a softener made by Kinetico. It is the second softener she has had in 30+ years and I think this one is over 10 years old.
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    Do you understand the basics of thermal insulation and how the different metrics work? If not, I am sure one of use can knock up something to explain it pretty well. I am a bit busy with a show this week, but if you are not in a terrible hurry, I may be able to say something about it next week, as long as I am reminded.
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    That is for babies, try a Carolina Reaper raw, it makes you shake. I know, I ate one for a laugh.
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    So about 1170 kWh/(kWp.Year) That is quite high, but then you are only 1.5° North of me. Having 20, 175W modules seems odd now as 250W is about the minimum fitted. We got offered a container worth of them a few years back from a company that had miss ordered. They were a good price back in 2011 I seem to remember.
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