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RE: Mars spotting….

Check whether it's a photo of Björn or Benny which unlocks your phone! Of course, I never post my face online...... it would get in the way of my da...

11 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Broken evacuated tubes

Erm... I'm not quite sure of the temperature,but the water's pretty warm today. It's been a 'busy day at the office'

11 months ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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RE: Time to Speak Up on OFGEM’s Standing Charges

I'm unsure whether I should be apologising for describing the effect of a block tariff... ... or praising the last government for having decided aga...

11 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Broken evacuated tubes

If you've recovered 15 tubes which still seem to work, then you could consider using them in a greenhouse environment. Even if they are now only hal...

11 months ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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RE: Broken evacuated tubes

At what angle? I'm unsure what fluid is within the copper tube, but my understanding is that it changes density, thus rising up to the top when hot....

11 months ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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RE: How much more can we learn and then use ourselves from @transparent’s systems?

Hmm. It's unclear from the "glossy" GivEnergy website which features differ between their AC inverters and Hybrid inverters. I've located the manual...

11 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: How much more can we learn and then use ourselves from @transparent’s systems?

Erm... yes. That's correct. The AC3 is the most basic/standard inverter I could find on the GivEnergy website.And it's rated at 3kW. So your...

11 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: How much more can we learn and then use ourselves from @transparent’s systems?

I'm just tagging @lucia here, not just because she expressed an interest in an off-grid approach when posting over on the topic about Ofgem's request ...

11 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: How much more can we learn and then use ourselves from @transparent’s systems?

If that's a 9.5kWh battery from Givenergy, then you must have a separate inverter.They don't do an 'all-in-one' model with that capacity. The batt...

11 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Broken evacuated tubes

I'm suggesting that you weigh the tubes in order to confirm that the only fault is the loss of vacuum. If all the tubes (hot & cold) still weigh...

11 months ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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RE: Broken evacuated tubes

If air has replaced the vacuum, then those tubes will weigh more. Put them on kitchen scales and see if there's a difference.

11 months ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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