zoothorn Posted April 7, 2022 Author Posted April 7, 2022 Glad it passes the Onoff test! Im using alot more now, a great reading room with stream noise 'under' me, sun aims straight in front. I think time for a zoot's musical interlude before I jump into last stage. Just read a fab biography (Hoskyns) of this grisled dude. Thanks, Zoothorn.
Onoff Posted April 7, 2022 Posted April 7, 2022 More than a few jealous folk on here with that I can tell you. A proper little retreat! All year round too once you get that stove going. Really like that. Do you have "power" of any sort out there? Maybe look at a solar charged battery set up for a bit of light / LED reading lamp. On a serious note you might want to add a CO2 alarm in there. God forbid you doze off and the stove leaks. I might be going a bit OTT with that idea but I would.
joe90 Posted April 7, 2022 Posted April 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Onoff said: On a serious note you might want to add a CO2 alarm in there. God forbid you doze off and the stove leaks. +1 👍
zoothorn Posted April 7, 2022 Author Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Onoff said: EDIT: I meant carbon MONOXIDE alarm... 1 hour ago, Onoff said: More than a few jealous folk on here with that I can tell you. A proper little retreat! All year round too once you get that stove going. Really like that. Do you have "power" of any sort out there? Maybe look at a solar charged battery set up for a bit of light / LED reading lamp. On a serious note you might want to add a CO2 alarm in there. God forbid you doze off and the stove leaks. I might be going a bit OTT with that idea but I would. Not bad for £500? Cabin was. Great sun trap here too. Stream can be noisy tho! No power.. in fact I didn't factor this in when I applied for refugees. But vw camper days mean I know I can cope without, just. Some battery thing would be the way tho, surely an ipad could run from a 'block' something. Then just 1 light. All I need. No www tho. Download 2 vids per night/ & read = my 'boring', but v.satisfying evenings here ammount to! Its quite some distance from house. So both www, & electricity are nigh on ruled out methinks. Pic here is fairly good re. scale. Yes I always say co2 as well, co I think it is being mono. Very good point, certainly will do this. zoot. Edited April 7, 2022 by zoothorn
zoothorn Posted April 7, 2022 Author Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, joe90 said: Yes Zoot , looks great, well done mate. Hi J. Thanks, hope all's turned out ok for you recently. Zh
zoothorn Posted April 7, 2022 Author Posted April 7, 2022 2 hours ago, markc said: @zoothorn well done sir, looks good Why thank you sir! All thanks to these chaps on here really.
zoothorn Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 Dithering idiot here. Got a bit more £ & going flue out back now, not straight up. A birch tree adjacent to cabin LHS I hadn't accounted half overhangs cabin. So flue the extra 2ft further back is best. Thx zoot. 1
SteamyTea Posted April 12, 2022 Posted April 12, 2022 On 07/04/2022 at 14:47, zoothorn said: Stream can be noisy tho! No power Make a waterwheel connected to a small generator. True green power.
Onoff Posted April 12, 2022 Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: Make a waterwheel connected to a small generator. True green power. That's a great idea, I would. Use it to charge a 12V system in the cabin. There's some off the shelf ones designed for campers, hikers etc. WaterLily is one that will also double as a wind turbine (with added blades). There's a Kickstarter / crowdfunded one too I've seen called Estream but I don't know if that's come to fruition yet. Edited April 12, 2022 by Onoff
SteamyTea Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 8 hours ago, Onoff said: There's some off the shelf ones designed for campers, hikers etc. Saw a design that used a central heating water pump. At least all the bits are off the shelf.
Onoff Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: Saw a design that used a central heating water pump. At least all the bits are off the shelf. Using the pump motor as a generator?
SteamyTea Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 Just now, Onoff said: Using the pump motor as a generator? Yes. Think it was a college project to see how much energy runs down a downpipe.
joe90 Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 At least that would run 24/7 unlike solar or wind, unless it dries up in the summer 🤷♂️
Onoff Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 Cheap Chinese? [£11.83 37% OFF]Yellow Translucent 12V/10W DC Water Flow Pump Generator Turbine Generator Water Flow Hydraulic DIY Electrical Equipment & Supplies from Industrial & Scientific on banggood https://banggood.onelink.me/zMT7/sgrmle8z Presume anything like this would need a filter to stop it clogging with debris from the stream.
SteamyTea Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 1 hour ago, joe90 said: All we need now is a dam to create a decent flow 🤯 Surely a dam will impede flow. They are used to increase the head, so a smaller volume of fluid is needed. Dammed hydro electric generation is really a combination of solar and gravitation forces.
Onoff Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: Surely a dam will impede flow. They are used to increase the head, so a smaller volume of fluid is needed. Dammed hydro electric generation is really a combination of solar and gravitation forces. Like with the old mill ponds. Increased head is always good.
joe90 Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Onoff said: Increased head is always good. Don’t tell @pocsterthat 🤣 1
joe90 Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, SteamyTea said: Surely a dam will impede flow. No it increases “head” and concentrates flow through the turbine 👍
saveasteading Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, SteamyTea said: a combination of solar and gravitation forces Isn't all our power solar? Coal, gas and oil are very old solar power, and direct sunlight is the latest. Wind, water, timber are in-between. 1
SteamyTea Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 1 minute ago, saveasteading said: Isn't all our power solar No. Nuclear and Tidal aren't. 13 minutes ago, joe90 said: No it increases “head” and concentrates flow through the turbine 👍 MGH Mass flow rate times Gravity times Height. The greater the difference in height, between the water surface and the turbine, the same amount of power can be extracted from a smaller mass flow rate. It is why we don't have turbines on many river weirs, they are just not high enough. And why, even in the Bristol Channel, a tidal turbine is not that great, in the scheme of things. 15 m of height difference is too small, the Grand Coulee Dam is over ten times the height and has a name plate capacity of 6.8 GW, twice the size of Hinkley Point C. A Barrage across the River Severn would be ten miles long, Grand Coulee is a little less than a mile wide. They would both produce about the same power, but tidal barrage is intermittent, so less energy is produced in a year.
Onoff Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: No. Nuclear and Tidal aren't. Isn't the Sun just a bfo fusion reactor? & doesn't the Sun have a gravitational effect on tides albeit not as much as the Moon?
joe90 Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Onoff said: & doesn't the Sun have a gravitational effect on tides albeit not as much as the Moon? And the moon produces tides 🤯
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