Cheap Low head Hydro

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ecogeorge
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Cheap Low head Hydro

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154873935128 ... R8zl9-r9YA
Found this on auction site , there is a video if you look. This would pay for itself in a yr !
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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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I'm not sure if your post is serious or not but...

Check out the build quality on this one;
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154867370487

They're expecting a lot from a can of silver spray.
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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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Gareth J wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:22 am I'm not sure if your post is serious or not but...

Check out the build quality on this one;
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154867370487

They're expecting a lot from a can of silver spray.
Loving the electrical safety on that video, looks almost like a Nowty Towers experiment. ;)

H&S manager confirming everything is ok.
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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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nowty wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:32 am
Loving the electrical safety on that video, looks almost like a Nowty Towers experiment. ;)

H&S manager confirming everything is ok.
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If you remove the screwdriver, the shutter might make those probes a bit more secure? I expect most of us have seen worse than that.🙂
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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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Cat scan confirms all ok!
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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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I miss, Miss kitty when she's not in Nowty's photo's clearly "the gaffer"
(presuming it's a she based on muscle loss in stomach droop)
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nowty
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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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Mr Gus wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 12:49 pm I miss, Miss kitty when she's not in Nowty's photo's clearly "the gaffer"
(presuming it's a she based on muscle loss in stomach droop)
She is a Miss Kitty just like her late sister, although I suspect maybe she might have been her mother. Here was our other pussy helping me test out the SMA global peak shade management function.

The cats here have to work for their upkeep. ;)

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Stinsy
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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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nowty wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 1:12 pm
Mr Gus wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 12:49 pm I miss, Miss kitty when she's not in Nowty's photo's clearly "the gaffer"
(presuming it's a she based on muscle loss in stomach droop)
She is a Miss Kitty just like her late sister, although I suspect maybe she might have been her mother. Here was our other pussy helping me test out the SMA global peak shade management function.

The cats here have to work for their upkeep. ;)

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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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Wet moggy soap, lather, wipe & rinse.

Wearing full length arm gauntlets welding mask & leather apron of course.
Voila, clean panels ..minimal blood loss.
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ecogeorge
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Re: Cheap Low head Hydro

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Mr Gus wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 2:22 pm Wet moggy soap, lather, wipe & rinse.

Wearing full length arm gauntlets welding mask & leather apron of course.
Voila, clean panels ..minimal blood loss.
Tie moggy to brush for hard to reach areas ....... :shock:
1600w Vertical PV micro inverters
2000w almost horizontal/south
Aarrow Becton 7 Woodburner
Dream 3kw ASHP only connected to summer Pool.
Allotment heavy clay.
1.784kw Kirk Hill
0.875kw Derril Water
0.2kwWhitelaw Brae
1kw Harlow Hydro.
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