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Whilst cleaning some very dusty and dirty solar panels this morning, I got to thinking… Q. Why are solar panels covered with a grid pattern? A. To...
@jamespa Years ago, I used to attend location recording sessions armed with an ‘Adaptaplug’ so that I could connect to the mains socket in a church or...
@old_scientist And for ‘electricity only’ consumers, there is a very delectable skin on this particular custard (yes, I really like the skin on custar...
Just an observation regarding the Joule insulated 200ltr unvented hot water tank, is this tank designed with heat pumps in mind? Though probably suffi...
@jeff I am well aware of the riskiness of such investments and have risked no more than I can afford to lose - but I would rather not for all that...
@jamespa When I contracted a company to install my solar energy system and battery, I was allocated a ‘surveyor’ to ascertain the best arrangement of ...
@transparent I wonder, how many heads might you be able to knock together at once?😉 Toodles.
@bobflux Just a thought, has a terminating resistor been fitted on the network cabling? The purpose of this resistor is to reduce the ‘noise’ in the s...
@avenir Looks grey to me. Toodles.
@transparent I think that all parties should have been aware of the need for reactive power and stability of frequency etc. Ripple Energy ought to hav...
@transparent But, But should they not have known about the need for stability provided by Reactive Power support at that time? Surely the laws of phys...
@jamespa I can understand that predictions of future demand are resting in the properties of a crystal ball but, what must have been apparent at that ...
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