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Jim wibbled on Thursday 26 November 2009 11:07 Tim W wrote: OTOH if there are so many panels that the system overheats for 4 hours every day in mid summer, then I agree - don't want to be dumping that much water down th drain... It's a badly designed system then: either increase the store size or have fewer panels I don't think you could call it badly designed if it's overspecc'd to do more useful work in times other...

In article , Dave wrote: Dave Plowman (News) wrote: I've got a couple of very small self tappers which have broken off flush with a blind housing made of thin mild steel - car bodywork. Due to being rusted in place. What's the best way to remove them with minimum damage to the bodywork? To do this, you will need two things. An extreamly hard drill and some means of stopping the twist drill from going off the centre of the self...

In article , the_constructor wrote: I assume that the ADSL light didn't flash because the settings were wrong, am I right ? Not an expert, but the few I've played with will show the presence of the carrier before being programmed for the individual installation. -- *One of us is thinking about sex... OK, it's me. Dave Plowman

Vortex4 wibbled on Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:20 My green project for 2010 is to install a large thermal store in my home, along with a solar array for hot water. This kind of panel: http://www.navitron.org.uk/product.php?proID=115 One of the big issues with solar collectors (especially larger ones) is the dumping of surplus energy once the store is "full". An issue for the summer. To manage the solar array I will be...

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:35:59 -0800 (PST), Andy Dingley wrote: It is a pity we are 'stuck' with relating brightness to wattage. If we used a proper definitive measure of brightness then manufacturers would have to be more honest. Why? Would anyone still understand it? Are such complex topics taught in school science these days? The packaging of most (if not all) bulbs these days has a lumen value. You normally have to look for it...

On 26 Nov, 14:58, "John" wrote: It is a pity we are 'stuck' with relating brightness to wattage. If we used a proper definitive measure of brightness then manufacturers would have to be more honest. Why? Would anyone still understand it? Are such complex topics taught in school science these days? Look at LED marketing, where they cheerfully use the right words, but in any order that makes the snake- oil sound...

In message , robgraham writes On 24 Nov, 21:12, geoff wrote: In message , robgraham writes During some further building work, the mystery was solved. The column supporting the up and over garage door was open down to the ground. Mice had tunnelled through the insulation and carried the nuts 20m along the soffit to reach the main house. Not content they continued a further 10m to reach the point of maximum annoyance: directly above our bed!...

Steve Firth wrote: Roof wrote: Steve Firth wrote: Roof wrote: ...A few more posts in like style and you'll simply become kill-file fodder. And why do you think that matters to me? Because presumably since you're taking the time to type out your ****witted opinion you actually want some people to read it. Unless of course you're as big an onanist as you are making yourself out to be. No, not 'people', just the OP. If...

In message , The Natural Philosopher writes Roger Chapman wrote: Tony Bryer wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:50:53 -0000 Tinkerer wrote : That is certainly true with the word Fall. When the Pilgrim Fathers left, Autumn was known as Fall in England but, while their descendants have stuck with it, we have switched to Autumn. That was my understanding, that spellings like color are the original Maybe or maybe not in this case. The shorter Oxford...

On 25 Nov, 12:34, Tim W wrote: Unburied plastic conduit on the surface? Well, there is that option too. It's what I'm installing in the workshop. Steel conduit's a pain and I don't want anything buried, because of future access. A workshop I used a while back was built from hollow cement blocks and had cable inside the block voids. Now _that_ was a pain to work with. Surface plastic is also a reasonable approach for some...