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The awesome MakerMoot is coming up (13-15th Nov 2026), Visit the TORM & ARM markets,and have space back at camp to work on projects and enjoy great company. PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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slowworm replied to the thread Plug & Play Solar.Sorry, I'm confusing things. Looking at the return you might get on a plug in panel has encouraged me to look at the costs of a full... -
slowworm replied to the thread Phone line replacement.I'm not at home at the mo but they do seem to be leaving coils and just attaching to the poles. A non-BTOR company did the same sort of...
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Are they just leaving it as a coil at the end of each cable run? if so then yes that is the rollout of fibre, they did that around here...
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Hmmm, resilience is maybe a different calculus as you then want it when the grid falls over in a power outage (whatever the cause)...
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slowworm replied to the thread Plug & Play Solar.I do have a change over switch but I'm more likely to put a battery and any generation on separate circuits. But we tend to lose power...
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Does anyone know who to contact or where to find out details about work on their phone lines? There are workers puttting up a new...
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ah sorry, got you.
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slowworm replied to the thread Plug & Play Solar.I know, thanks. DNO have been good, fitted monitor, agree power goes out of legal range etc. But because they may do work for free when...
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slowworm replied to the thread Plug & Play Solar.I've not really looked if it would save money, resilience would be the main driver. We don't use much electricity in the summer and in...
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slowworm replied to the thread Plug & Play Solar.Yes but then at a huge cost to ourselves. If we keep the grid connection then I'll chase the DNO to sort out the problems. Our main...
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Can you essentially go off grid but just leave the poor grid connection in place?
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This is the route I am going down - its a sort of hybrid solution. Without a substantial investment, I know I can't power things like...
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slowworm reacted to Sooty22's post in the thread Smock, Windproof, 1942 Pattern (the original 'SAS smock'), but made in Ventile in 2026! with
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Aside from always wanting one and loving sewing, this one is more of a development piece; I wanted to prepare a pattern for maybe making... -
I’m not sure the benefit of going totally off grid is there. Ok so you’ll be stuck with a standing charge but that would be minor versus...
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Part of my job is related to projects involving Air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps - I've dealt with quite a few...