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by ClockmanFRA
Sun Oct 20, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: 3off Hugh Piggott design 3.7m dia Wind Turbines. Vid
Replies: 3
Views: 962

3off Hugh Piggott design 3.7m dia Wind Turbines. Vid

Vid is fun..... Some of you may know about my 24 years of a RE and sustainability Project. House all restored and well insulated, although the Energy man freaked out when he tested. lol 4 beds, 3 showers, etc, Lecture Theater 3 independant Gites. 20KW PV, 15KW Ac coupled and backcharging through my ...
by ClockmanFRA
Mon Sep 16, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: AC Coupling on a Mini Grid, using Old GTI's
Replies: 0
Views: 758

AC Coupling on a Mini Grid, using Old GTI's

Hi, All I dont post much but this PDF may be of some interest. This is actuall Empirical Evidence after 23 years of RE operations. AC COUPLING WITH OLD GTI’s With a Main Inverter that takes a Battery DC voltage and changes it to a 120vac PSW 60HZ or a 230vac 50HZ, it’s the H BRIDGE design of the mai...
by ClockmanFRA
Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Energy efficiency
Topic: Slide towards Winter
Replies: 81
Views: 21834

Re: Slide towards Winter

"Merry Xmas ray guns".
by ClockmanFRA
Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:31 am
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Where am I ?
Replies: 262
Views: 86816

Re: Where am I ?

Another solar powered day trip in the EV today, won't be many more this year before I need the grid again. Not too difficult to guess the location, we were at Tiger day at the Tank Museum, Bovington, fantastic battle re-enactment, loads of vintage infantry weapons firing blanks and some decent pyro...
by ClockmanFRA
Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: EV trip to France
Replies: 35
Views: 18683

Re: EV trip to France

For a French Carte sejour, (permement residency carte,) and French passport, your fingerprints are indeed taken and put onto a file and in the FR Gov data base system.
by ClockmanFRA
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: EV trip to France
Replies: 35
Views: 18683

Re: EV trip to France

Nope, still no signs of machine installations for spotting Crit Air stickers in Rouen, well the bit i go through. Haven’t used the A28 start point in Rouen itself for many years. Just a quick visit for the last 2 days to the UK and back to Normandy. Used 'Scum' lines Dieppe to Newhaven. Another stre...
by ClockmanFRA
Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:35 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: EV trip to France
Replies: 35
Views: 18683

Re: EV trip to France

Dan,

"called Bourg-Achard, near Rouen".

We call that village, Bugger-old. lol
by ClockmanFRA
Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: EV trip to France
Replies: 35
Views: 18683

Re: EV trip to France

And here in France. At present Crit-Air stickers are still rolling out. Mostly for large city areas. Paris, Rouen etc. However, France being France, there is a lot of hostility about this as another stealth tax. With a lot of my French friends sticking a finger up to the Crit-Air. Me i have my 3 yea...
by ClockmanFRA
Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Squirrel problems
Replies: 37
Views: 16910

Re: Squirrel problems

We are very fortunate that we do not have Grey squirrels in this part of Europe. My saying, “save a tree eat a grey squirrel". However, we do have these, but our border collie, who permanently lives outside. keeps them away. Stone Martins and Pine Martin’s. I see ‘Joeboy’ is speaking French? ht...
by ClockmanFRA
Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:03 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: 8th World(Guangzhou) Battery Industry Expo
Replies: 12
Views: 2879

Re: 8th World(Guangzhou) Battery Industry Expo

How goes the build? Hi Joeboy, Still at it but the R&D on the lead plates themselves is good. Insulation socks and sheet seperators now being worked on. Not Long before i can test and give REAL WORLD DATA. As usual got a littel side tracked with other projects here. LOL Great to hear from you, ...