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by Windbag
Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Heat pump or immersion hot water?
Replies: 22
Views: 6308

Re: Heat pump or immersion hot water?

Why do you need your DHW hotter than 50c or are you storing and blending? To reduce risk of legionella. OMG. How much money do you spend on something that doesn't exist in the domestic setting! Legionella only exists in standing warm water. Domestically is always getting a dose of chlorine... Every...
by Windbag
Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Heat pump or immersion hot water?
Replies: 22
Views: 6308

Re: Heat pump or immersion hot water?

Ken wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:56 am
My gut feel is for low usage of HW and in non heating season the immersion heater is cheaper and for high usage and heating season the HP is cheaper.
That's a good point, thinking the heatpump is on anyway so the lagtime losses are lower. But the outside air temp is also lower?

Thoughts?
by Windbag
Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Heat pump or immersion hot water?
Replies: 22
Views: 6308

Re: Heat pump or immersion hot water?

Why do you need your DHW hotter than 50c or are you storing and blending?
by Windbag
Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: Heat pump or immersion hot water?
Replies: 22
Views: 6308

Heat pump or immersion hot water?

So up until recent energy changes, I used the ASHP for heating and a solar iboost for hot water (large tank two elephants). All ok. Now it seems I can buy at 36p and sell my export at 49p. Oooooo. That changes things. We now move from working with the weather enjoying the wind and the sun, into noct...
by Windbag
Sun Apr 09, 2023 6:51 am
Forum: Gardening and Sustainability
Topic: Starting Growing - Tomatoes etc
Replies: 45
Views: 14472

Re: Starting Growing - Tomatoes etc

Anyone growing realseeds "Grushovka" this year?

Stunning tomato, does everything you want, salafs, burgers& sauce.

And no faf to grow. Just plant and forget.
by Windbag
Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:24 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: Paris bans *rental* e-scooters
Replies: 3
Views: 422

Re: Paris bans *rental* e-scooters

Hmm. Does that mean 20,000 scooters being sold off cheap? 🤔🤔
by Windbag
Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: Transport
Topic: Tesla workers shared ‘intimate’ car camera images, ex-employees allege: ‘Massive invasion of privacy’
Replies: 5
Views: 569

Re: Tesla workers shared ‘intimate’ car camera images, ex-employees allege: ‘Massive invasion of privacy’

I am sure the is a fuse that can be removed or a wire cut.

Failing that Bluetack works well. Shuts up bleepers too.
by Windbag
Sat Apr 08, 2023 4:50 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Eggs?
Replies: 27
Views: 2188

Re: Eggs?

Hello, New here. Nice to find a forum that seems to share my thoughts. Anyhoo. We have a 7 chucks how keep us in eggs 5-6 per day all year. A couple of things came to me while reading this... Does anyone else have led lights for their chucks? I thought you were not supposed to give them hay as it ca...