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by Countrypaul
Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:47 pm
Forum: Energy efficiency
Topic: Airtightness test booked - how to get the best from it?
Replies: 13
Views: 479

Re: Airtightness test booked - how to get the best from it?

Thanks chaps, I dont think your CO2 experience is reliable for much. It will very much depend on wind strength and direction. Let us know how you get on with the test. Are you an all electric house . Yes, all electric. I take your point about wind strength and direction as I certainly notice a drop...
by Countrypaul
Sat Mar 29, 2025 4:21 pm
Forum: Energy efficiency
Topic: Airtightness test booked - how to get the best from it?
Replies: 13
Views: 479

Re: Airtightness test booked - how to get the best from it?

IIRC someone on the previous existance went round all the light fittings on the top floor putting sealant around the area where the wires came from above (I presume the attic which was nt at all sealed - I believe it improved matters but no idea how much.
by Countrypaul
Wed Mar 26, 2025 1:14 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Could you run an electric combi boiler off a big battery for hot water?
Replies: 7
Views: 260

Re: Could you run an electric combi boiler off a big battery for hot water?

I think you need to work backwards to a certain extent: How much HW do you need and at what temperature and how quickly (obious lmitation being the CW supply)? If you need 150L at 40C in 10 mins for a bath or example!
by Countrypaul
Fri Mar 21, 2025 5:17 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: how much energy is wasted driving a petrol car
Replies: 70
Views: 2008

Re: how much energy is wasted driving a petrol car

Hi Mike. I seem to recall that her road trip was usefull as it found the car was too high geared for steep hills? Should have taken a BEV instead, perhaps. It seems the first BEV "car" was a couple of years before that: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/a-brief-history-of-the-electric-car/
by Countrypaul
Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:45 am
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Solar PV advice
Replies: 249
Views: 45626

Re: Solar PV advice

Richard77 wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:40 am Does the resentment of cloud coverage ever go away in time??

I used to like the white fluffy things in the sky... Now I just see them as the enemy!

:twisted:
Only at night when t can keep you warmer :D
by Countrypaul
Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:23 am
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Solar PV advice
Replies: 249
Views: 45626

Re: Solar PV advice

You would normally expect a 2.58kWp array to produce upto 2.58kW. The temperature of the panels would have to be as specified in the panel documentation and the insolation usially 1kW/m2. If the weather is very cold then you might get slightly more, if very warm less - again the panel documentation ...
by Countrypaul
Thu Mar 06, 2025 12:24 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Solar PV advice
Replies: 249
Views: 45626

Re: Solar PV advice

If they sometimes lable 25mm2 cable as 35 then maybe they are supplying 25mm lugs marked as 35 to match the iffy cable?

A photo might help.
by Countrypaul
Fri Feb 28, 2025 10:21 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: Trialling an electric Ambulance
Replies: 11
Views: 3655

Re: Trialling an electric Ambulance

As always horses for courses, putting an electric ambulance of the current crop might be a problem in a rural area where they might cover hundreds of miles on an abverage day. Putting one in the centre of London where 50 miles would be considered well above average would seem very appropriate. Using...
by Countrypaul
Tue Feb 25, 2025 10:49 am
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Butter or spread?
Replies: 62
Views: 5364

Re: Butter or spread?

I do find the Ultra Processed label irritatingly unhelpful though. Firstly, it's still more often the case that it's the ingredients that are problematic, not the processes. The advice to avoid foods containing ingredients you wouldn't find in your own kitchen is more helpful. I agree - I think we’...
by Countrypaul
Mon Feb 24, 2025 11:43 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: solar+battery talk to be about inverters
Replies: 23
Views: 7525

Re: solar+battery talk to be about inverters

I believe you can have more than one battery bank with Victron - try searching for "victron cascade"

Victron also do a 250v dc charge controller, ut it is not clear to me how you are looking to configure things -but that may be due to something I drank :D