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    We prefer that they die, while hidden away on an industrial estate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r4qdr
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    And the sheep said 'Baarlooks'
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    What they should have done is put a picture of the door and windows on the garage door. Then when they council comes around, just laugh at them. Later finish the project off. It is a sad state of affairs when people feel they need to convert a small garage into a house.
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    That was one of the mistakes that led to the financial crash of 2007/8. Consumers are anything but rational when it comes to discretionary spendings, and self build is all about that sort of spending.
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    Same applies for boats, they also have rules for wiring, like caravans. There was a lot of DC back then, my Father worked for the local electricity board in High Wycombe. One of his jobs was to change housing from DC to AC. There is so much going for AC that, unless you are off grid, you gain nothing.
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    DC is great for creating an electrical arc. It is not all about wattage. This has been looked into a lot in the past, and if it is not available, there is a good reason for it. It is too costly and complicated for normal housing.
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    Ohm's Law As your voltage decreases, the current goes up, so there is no real saving to be made on the installation. Then there are the rules about low voltage, extra low voltage and separated extra low voltage. Not as simple as just trusting in low voltage. Edit: Bit cross post with Jeremy
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    Just leaves me with a bilious feeling
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    I find putting 'xyz discography' mp3 into www.thepiratebay.org is the simplest method. If I am feeling posh and superior, I change the mp3 to flac.
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    Someone on GQT was asking about hedging. As usual, they could not agree. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qp2f But the best program toady, apart from the Archers, was The Food Program. It was about Charlie Hicks. He had the most complained about radio show in the 1990's, bloody hero. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r3qv0
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    Sell them to mugs on eBay, dealers offer nothing. Just to keep up with @Onoff I found a picture of the 'music centre' I bought in about 85. My mother still has it, with speakers and the remote. (for some reason I now have Springsteen's Glory Days, in my head)
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    It will still reproduce all the snap, crackle and pop in hi fidelity all the same. If you have kept your records in the loft, then you can get added wow. LPs really are a load of rubbish aren't they. Like valves. You want a softer sound, put some earplugs in.
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    Get lots like that down here, they have the same stupid roof shape. Someone used to make triangular modules, but they were not cost effective at all.
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    Could that cause the heating system to drag heat out of the cylinder. So the house is being heated by electricity and not the heat pump. Have a look at the electricity bill and see if it is very high.
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    Would that be about the time CD's came out. I think I stopped buying 'records' about the same time.
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    Yes, but i is so embarrassing to tell your audiophile friends with the correct balance of irony and humour.
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    @JSHarris Have you managed to get your monitor hooked up yet? I have just cooked myself one of those 'builder's breakfats', would have been fun to see the readings. Wish I had 10m in any direction in my house, though 10m from the kitchen is my diesel car
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    No you couldn't. I had a to share a class with students that liked all those animals and creepycrawlys, they were an odd bunch. Very little humour.
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    I got it first read though, but Morgan don't make lorries, just wooden cars
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    Where is the monitor in relation to the wood burner? I had a little play with my plantower, could not get much sense out of it, but then I have never played with serial ports on a RPi. So down to me I think.
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    My second degree used to be called an ecology degree, now called an environmental one. So you are paying for idiots like me to tick boxes. I think it is outrageous and as you say, just taking the piss.
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    Welcome Probably the first thing to do is a sketch of the total setup. That should help with setting up. What sort a thermal emitters (posh term for radiator/under floor heating) do they have. Is the system set up to deliver at a very high temperature i.e. is the water heated initially by the ASHP and then an immersion or the internal resistance heater in the unit. This will be expensive to run if it is. Does it have a large/medium/small thermal store, or just an ordinary looking hot water cylinder. Are there any buffer tanks. One problem to overcome is that there is a difference between space heating and domestic hot water heating, they do different things, at different temperatures and at different times. Also, do you have any idea what the heat loads for the house are? Your parents may just have an undersized unit set up to deliver primarily hot water.
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    I shall just push harder next time and see what happens. The Lord moves in mysterious ways
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    I screamed 'Oh, God' once, the Jehovah Witness I was with accused me blasphemy!!
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    Sounds like the Serenity Prayer to me. Things can be worse. Try living with neighbours that are renters. Landlord's that are absent/arseholes.
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