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by chris_n
Mon May 26, 2025 6:42 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Starting out on my heat pump journey
Replies: 273
Views: 71139

Re: Starting out on my heat pump journey

AGT wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 4:22 pm What about putting the fridge freezer on a wooden dolly with castors to make moving it easy?
Or use something designed for the job.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dolla-Extendab ... B01I3UFF7Q
by chris_n
Tue May 13, 2025 6:35 pm
Forum: New builds
Topic: Outbuildings and why they're great. (Vanport)
Replies: 147
Views: 25045

Re: Outbuildings and why they're great. (Vanport)

https://i.postimg.cc/sD3Hgym6/20250513-164655.jpg Surprised you don't have any diagonals on the underside of the roof, big carports are common here and they all have some triangulation on the underside of the roof. A couple of 4×1.5/2s going from your legs to the centre of the wall plate would make...
by chris_n
Sat May 10, 2025 6:45 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: does insurance protect panels from space debris ?
Replies: 19
Views: 2037

Re: does insurance protect panels from space debris ?

On the hailstone front my son's work van was written off last summer with bodywork damage and smashed windscreen after being caught in a storm here in Austria. A lot of private cars were written off too.
On the subject of space debris it appears to have burned up on return entry today.
by chris_n
Tue Apr 29, 2025 2:48 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: Prague
Replies: 7
Views: 512

Re: Prague

There's one of them near us, Google maps links to pics and locations https://maps.app.goo.gl/7b3WvarTd3rpu9pLA?g_st=ac https://maps.app.goo.gl/55FjAAhbYg41rajBA?g_st=ac It is folded on this one https://maps.app.goo.gl/X8cYfEo9LPtVQ5XS7?g_st=ac They also have a solar covered car park https://maps.app...
by chris_n
Mon Apr 14, 2025 7:09 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Starting out on my heat pump journey
Replies: 273
Views: 71139

Re: Starting out on my heat pump journey

........ temp doesn’t warm the house enough - maintain log burners for those times when we are without power for a few days...... Moxi Not JUST for providing all the heat when no electric power. The "efficiency" (COP) of an ASHP heat pump decreases as the air temperature outside decreases...
by chris_n
Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:27 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Solar record?
Replies: 27
Views: 3758

Re: Solar record?

It's still nice to have easy to understand numbers like "peak solar record" though as it gives an overall indication of the scale of where solar is going - which is continuing year on year - as if nothing else its a counter to the "solar doesn't work in the UK" argument that sti...
by chris_n
Sun Mar 30, 2025 1:24 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: Solar record?
Replies: 27
Views: 3758

Solar record?

Haven't been able to find a thread on this but Iamkate is currently showing 10.55GW which is 35.8% of current generation. Don't know if this is a record?
Edit 10.79GW & 37%
by chris_n
Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:46 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: ASAP / aircon?
Replies: 34
Views: 2259

Re: ASAP / aircon?

Being 'pre packed' with the gas as such, as long as you ensure you do a decent vacuum test on the pipework with a proper pump and leave on test for a while, ots pretty idiot proof really. All thats neccesary for the gas to be sent into the refridge lines is an allen key. One of those jobs made to s...
by chris_n
Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:17 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Jump Starter
Replies: 20
Views: 1273

Re: Jump Starter

https://i.postimg.cc/XXxXfxHh/Screen-Shot-2025-03-22-at-10-05-22.jpg It folds up easily to fit in a car, just that bit heavy, though That is a cracker! We see loads of that style zipping about in Turkey. Swmbo has recently suggested we get a pair for the back of the van. It's a good bit of kit? Agr...
by chris_n
Sat Mar 22, 2025 3:21 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Jump Starter
Replies: 20
Views: 1273

Re: Jump Starter

https://i.postimg.cc/XXxXfxHh/Screen-Shot-2025-03-22-at-10-05-22.jpg It folds up easily to fit in a car, just that bit heavy, though That's because it's a motorbike not an ebike. Riding that anywhere that the public has access to is illegal, could lead to fines, points on licence and vehicle crushe...