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Post by brianac on Feb 26, 2020 20:18:25 GMT
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Post by brianac on Jan 22, 2020 12:18:35 GMT
Who waited until their 50s, I got out in my 40s. I'm 64 and still working, and plan to for a few years yet. though I am planning to reduce my hours a bit.
Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 20, 2020 16:06:54 GMT
@brianc It faces approx. WSW I have it setup 4 Panels to catch sun early in morning 1 side and 10 on the other At this time of year it never reaches panels at much more than 45 degrees however in a summer mid afternoon will be beating down on the panels mid September about 13KWH a day. SO I should have 6 months or more better than that. The Batteries are a great asset too the other night I was charging at < 2P per KWH I would love to do that, but unfortunatley I can't, at least for the present.
Anything extra I generated I'd end up giving away and I can't change my supplier. Hey Ho Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 19, 2020 15:40:27 GMT
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Post by brianac on Jan 17, 2020 21:53:51 GMT
Investing in "green funds/ technology" doesn't mean you're green, it means you're greedy. They are all subsidised, without which they wouldn't work.
To be green you should be investing and taking a loss because the technology is more expensive. Prime example is electric cars which are roughly twice as expensive.
Part of the problem with capitalism is the focus on GDP figures. Increase in GDP figures is directly correlated to increase consumption/production, which in turn leads to an increase in Co2.
Until governments focus away from GDP figures and have a neutral population policy I can't take the government seriously about climate change.
Erm, excuse me, I've got an electric car, and it's very economical to run, despite the fact that, unfortunatley for me, my electric is probably a lot dearer than yours. slightly dearer to buy the car initially (I bought second hand so not too much of a premium), but more than compensated by the low running costs Oh, and it is a real joy to drive too, makes you realise the real shortcomings of the infernal combustion engine. Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 17, 2020 14:42:05 GMT
A payment at last! I don't fully understand the update though, do you? It says, I think, that arrears will be cleared by 24th February but then it refers to "need to ensure the monthly arrears are paid on or before the due date of the 24th of each month". Is it just clumsy wording, do you think, in that it refers to 'arrears' rather than 'payments' or 'interest'? Or will there still be arrears to clear after 24th February? Now corrected meanwhile, I'm (pleasntly) flabbergasted in fact, never before has my Gast been quite so Flabbered Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 16, 2020 18:56:34 GMT
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Post by brianac on Jan 16, 2020 16:43:28 GMT
Yep, that was the quote I was thinking of, but thought if I used the porcine metaphor it could possibly be a bit "loaded" so changed it to an Equine one Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 16, 2020 16:37:19 GMT
<abbr class="o-timestamp time" data-timestamp="1579183766000" title="Jan 16, 2020 14:09:26 GMT">Jan 16, 2020 14:09:26 GMT</abbr> keitha said:Odd because my App tells me that I am generating 27Watts at the moment, a huge total of 0.1KWH today ( it is pretty gloomy ) My System is far from optimally aligned as would to be honest about 50% of properties are, I have a battery so can charge that overnight on cheap electricity at this time of year ( I use Octopus Agile Tariff ). To be fair in September from when panels installed I exported 69KWh and paid for 1 KWH. 14 September to end of December I generated 360 KWH so 2/3 of my usage I've only generated 20kw so far in January, but weather has been awful. How far out of "optimal" is it? (and in which direction?) Environmentally, it is optimal to be pointed a little west, so that peak output is closer to 4-5 pm (tho' probably not at this time of year!!) as that is when peak demand is on the grid (so provides most environmental benefit) Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 16, 2020 8:11:37 GMT
Transmission of Electricity over distance is pretty efficient, that's why we do it, certainly more efficient than having lots of smaller local power stations. (solar panels excepted of course)
You say you "only" got 300 watts today, but for how long? if you got that for a couple of hours that would make several cups of tea, assuming you have some way to store it, or alternatively use it for other uses and use the saved electricity to boil your kettle. how long did you get those 300 watts for? 3 or 4 hours would give you around 1 kWh
Brian
I think you may have misunderstood brianac . It sounds like keitha 's system is very similar to mine. On that day my system generated 306 watts during the whole day, i.e. enough to power a 3kW kettle for about 6 minutes (assuming it can be stored and used without any power loss, which it obviously can't). More than enough for a cup of tea, but nowhere near enough for my total daily power usage. 306 watts is not typical for an average day here in Worcestershire. My average generation per day for January last year was just under 2kW. So he generated 300 Wh (Watt hours) then, not 306 Watts, and yours is 2 kWh, not 2 kW.
no wonder I got confused Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 15, 2020 17:54:00 GMT
I agree with going greener, but transmission of electricity of distance is very inefficient so we need more generation in and around London and other cities, and as to running your house entirely on Solar, I got just over 300 watts today from my system not enough to even make a cup of tea, on average this time of year I get about 1KW, again not enough to run the basics. Transmission of Electricity over distance is pretty efficient, that's why we do it, certainly more efficient than having lots of smaller local power stations. (solar panels excepted of course)
You say you "only" got 300 watts today, but for how long? if you got that for a couple of hours that would make several cups of tea, assuming you have some way to store it, or alternatively use it for other uses and use the saved electricity to boil your kettle. how long did you get those 300 watts for? 3 or 4 hours would give you around 1 kWh
Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 15, 2020 17:20:58 GMT
It depends on whether you consider that the electorate voted for the Person or the party, in the case of the Euro elections, then it is quite clearly the party they voted for, so yes, they should stand aside, in General elections it is a little more blurred, some constituencies do vote in independants - though rarely - so they do vote for the person, most "Party" constituencies, i.e. where you could get the proverbial Horse to stand, and, as long as he was wearing the right colour rosette, he would be voted in, then these are definitely party votes, or are they Voting for the prime minister they want?
It has always seemed strange that one vote has to stand for so much in a general election, but there again I'm not a geat fan of the Party system, it's just seems to be the least worst of the alternatives. Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 15, 2020 12:29:17 GMT
ISTR that there have been a few political parties in the past that have challenged the Monster Raving Loony Party, What was the Party that David Icke tried to start? he was a few sarnies short of a picnic (other choclate confection bars are available) for sure, and Didn't Kilroy Silk split off from ?Labour? to start some alternative party at one point? Made Screaming Lord Sutch look like Harold Wilson :-) Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 8, 2020 21:01:01 GMT
I'm rapidly approaching the opinion that perhaps we should replace our politicians with AI. Humans are such a shambles.
Brian
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Post by brianac on Jan 7, 2020 18:30:53 GMT
Still awaiting finalisation on this one Brian
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