It has clouded over here again and I am batch cooking a pasta sauce on the induction hob. Keeping a lid on it!
There's not much more you can do for storage is there?
It has clouded over here again and I am batch cooking a pasta sauce on the induction hob. Keeping a lid on it!
Home battery full.Joeboy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 2:19 pmIt has clouded over here again and I am batch cooking a pasta sauce on the induction hob. Keeping a lid on it!
There's not much more you can do for storage is there?
Oh I like the iceblock ! A good way to extend the touch of the solar. Been thinking on that very idea today yet for heat. The processing of the beech has been powered entirely by solar yet its actual use will be deep in Winter when the sun is riding low in the sky. I like that!nowty wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:05 pmHome battery full.
Both EVs 80% to 90%, I don't charge them to 100% unless an imminent long journey is required.
Hot water full.
Storage heaters obviously empty.
SWMBO distilled water store for ironing full.
I could just have a 3kW dump load but there is a legal statement for OffGrid systems on FITs, about not wasting energy to boost the income so its obviously not cricket to do so.
Thinking about buying a big freezer running outdoors to freeze blocks of ice to store the cold, then use a portable cooling system for the bedroom using ice blocks. Only going to give me a few hundred watts. I'll have to see what's possible.
The theory sounds fine though.
It all matters and it all counts.
Certainly not, what a good idea. We try to defrost stuff out of the freezer in the fridge anyway, but if I had excess solar pv to put somewhere this would be a really clever option.
One of the ways I've found to make that incoming power most effective is to have efficient machines in the loop. Ice storage is definitely in there too. Any thinking outside the box should be applauded. We used massive ice cubes in plastic tubs in Turkey to ensure coolness ongoing during power cuts.AE-NMidlands wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 6:20 pmCertainly not, what a good idea. We try to defrost stuff out of the freezer in the fridge anyway, but if I had excess solar pv to put somewhere this would be a really clever option.
We have read about lots of different ways to store surplus electricity, including compressed air, hot sand and many others, but this is the first time I think I have ever heard of using specific heat (and the exceptional latent heat of crystallisation) of water to store it as "cold."
Thanks for the tip!
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I think my woodsplitter is a 7T one. Its is needing the full 7T to split this beech. Splitting the big half slabs with the E-chainsaw then chipping away at the edges to get useable burn logs. Its time consuming and a great workout. Well worth it when I could see 5 muckabuckets full of hardwood! Terrifying though as they take off on splitting with an incredible pace!Bugtownboy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:21 pm I was having a go at some Apple (v v old tree). Trunk about 18” in diameter.
Similarly, using a ‘Grenade’ and sledge. Grenade was quite firmly positioned (embedded). I gave it a really good wallop, bounced out, point first in my leg - I was wearing shorts cos I wear shorts 365.
Still got the depression in my leg.
These tools, not matter how simple and manual, still can bite back.
Better PPE next time.