Balancing those three phases can be tricky, I had to do that on some big jobs I did. Not heard anything back yet
Future is ‘green’ electric for sure.
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Future is ‘green’ electric for sure.
They came to that conclusion after I mentioned the power requirements plus most of their driving is in London so should have plenty in the batteries but knowing how my bro drives and these are pretty quick will be interesting to see if he changes his driving style.
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He will be driving even more like a Boy Racer with the electric car. They are much much nippier than petrol.
Yes, I have been in a Tesla. Rocking Rollercoaster accelerationHe will be driving even more like a Boy Racer with the electric car. They are much much nippier than petrol.
Heads up. Asda are selling off their bags of coal on clearance at £3.25 for a 10kg bag. I bought 10, might go back to clear the rest tomorrow.
Do they sell the fire place as well?
Man, I've put 4 fireplaces back into this house (out of 6) in the last year. Probably not worth counting on gas central heating in the current state of things.Do they sell the fire place as well?
6 fire places?? Think I’ll start calling you lord Rob zombie lol
1st of April, already? If those reduce increasing pinball prices too, I'm ordering one for every room.Surely we should all rush out and buy some of these?
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See Why Power Companies Are Scared Over This Breakthrough Device That Cuts Your Power Bill By Up To 90%getvoltex.com
90% saving, WOW.
And while you're at it get some tin foil hats too
If this is the thing I think it is there are plenty of YouTube videos by engineers debunking it as unbuildable in the first place.Surely we should all rush out and buy some of these?
Voltex
See Why Power Companies Are Scared Over This Breakthrough Device That Cuts Your Power Bill By Up To 90%
90% saving, WOW.
And while you're at it get some tin foil hats too
An 8 year old could debunk this nonsense
Old houses didn’t have any other way to heat them. Nor did they have electric ovens. My house has fire places in the kitchen and all the bedrooms. My neighbours has one in the entrance hall and bathroom.
was not sure were to post this...watches....or energy prices gone nuts LOL 
I was lucky to have this fireplace in the basement of my previous house. Always wanted to try cooking on it but never got around to it. I'm very into fireplaces. Bit of a niche hobby maybe.
That is awesome and looks like what left the markings in our old kitchen room. This house was gutted of all the old equipment when it was a b&b in the 1950’s.
As we restore each bedroom, we return a Edwardian coal burning fireplace back in. The chimneys are all restored, pots and cowls in place. So I completely understand.
As we restore each bedroom, we return a Edwardian coal burning fireplace back in. The chimneys are all restored, pots and cowls in place. So I completely understand.
When we came to view our current house the previous owner was proudly telling us how they'd ripped out all the original fireplaces and bricked them in. My wife could see the steam coming out of my ears while I gritted my teeth.
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I'd rather go destitute than go electric! Finally being covid negative I went out for a blast in the M4 round deepcut - some awesome roads!
I then filled up the M4 and M5 today with V-Power at £1.81 !! and then ordered a new M4 which will arrive in November!
I then filled up the M4 and M5 today with V-Power at £1.81 !! and then ordered a new M4 which will arrive in November!
With regard to incoming electricity supplies .....
Many 1980s and earlier houses will have a 63a fuse on the incoming mains supply. The wiring from the grid that powers it may well be of a higher capacity - particularly if local cables have been upgraded in recent years. My village went from overhead to underground cables for example.
I had my incoming fuse upgraded to 100a free of charge by an employee of the distribution company (Western Power), which was a 5 minute job.
The guy told me that numerous older houses were going through this process and it was catalysed by electric car charging and hot tubs !
Many 1980s and earlier houses will have a 63a fuse on the incoming mains supply. The wiring from the grid that powers it may well be of a higher capacity - particularly if local cables have been upgraded in recent years. My village went from overhead to underground cables for example.
I had my incoming fuse upgraded to 100a free of charge by an employee of the distribution company (Western Power), which was a 5 minute job.
The guy told me that numerous older houses were going through this process and it was catalysed by electric car charging and hot tubs !
Knew things were bad but not this bad!
Long story short:-
Little treat for the dog….
We call it Flipper Friday cause she’s now 13 and 3/4 years and comes bounding in from her usual doggy day care after being out in the woods all day with her chums
On her return, we order from the local kebab shop:
- Mrs - pizza + chips
- Me - Chicken Kebab
- Flipper - large tray of donner meat
She then sits and waits at the front door on the kebab guy turning up.
Price: 38.50
I usually just give my debit card to the Mrs to place the order. Sorry I asked what it came to
Last time I did it, I’m sure it was a tenner.
Think I’ll buy a box of pasta and bonios
Edit: oh she’s always gives +2 quid tip so 40 quid
Long story short:-
Little treat for the dog….
We call it Flipper Friday cause she’s now 13 and 3/4 years and comes bounding in from her usual doggy day care after being out in the woods all day with her chums
On her return, we order from the local kebab shop:
- Mrs - pizza + chips
- Me - Chicken Kebab
- Flipper - large tray of donner meat
She then sits and waits at the front door on the kebab guy turning up.
Price: 38.50
I usually just give my debit card to the Mrs to place the order. Sorry I asked what it came to
Last time I did it, I’m sure it was a tenner.
Think I’ll buy a box of pasta and bonios
Edit: oh she’s always gives +2 quid tip so 40 quid
Lolol
To do this properly you need to fit a 100a fuse/carrier and 25mm meter tails, I have seen fuses welded in the carrier that had a bigger fuse fitted and the old incoming cable melt tar like material out from the carrier getting hot.
If you only need the extra load for short periods it should be ok.
Most houses even the very old ones can pull 100 amps.
My incoming comes from overhead but was upgraded to 100a due to the storage heaters, new cable from pole etc.
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Surely we should all rush out and buy some of these?
Voltex
See Why Power Companies Are Scared Over This Breakthrough Device That Cuts Your Power Bill By Up To 90%
90% saving, WOW.
And while you're at it get some tin foil hats too
Pretty good video on an explanation about what these devices dont/do do.
The best explanation in the comments is that these save electricity by blocking a plug socket that you then cant use.
Big Clive is AWESOME! Well worth watching his youtube Vids!!
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I was a huge BigClive fan back in my commuting days on the train hehe.
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the box above looks interesting. we deployed sine wave based rectification units at work and it saved us about 20% and it looks similar technology although not actually implemented!
I thought they was all scams?
The value of having battery storage.
Running on solar and off grid at 09:00
Generated 16.4kWh (clear sky sunny day)
Used 4.1kWh until sun went down
Put the remaining 12.3kWh in the battery
0kWh sold to the grid for 5p
Now running off battery and should get to 9am when the solar should take over again.
Running on solar and off grid at 09:00
Generated 16.4kWh (clear sky sunny day)
Used 4.1kWh until sun went down
Put the remaining 12.3kWh in the battery
0kWh sold to the grid for 5p
Now running off battery and should get to 9am when the solar should take over again.
Nice, do you divert any excess to heat your hot water? (If you have a hot water tank) Sounds like a good way to use up excess power rather then sell back to grid (save on gas etc…)