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 Topic: Boletes of unkown origin. |
willf
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 Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Sep 03, 13 1:36 pm Subject: Boletes of unkown origin. |
Found first one yesterday under beach in woodland. (I nibbled it, it wasn't bitter). Went dark grey slowly after cutting.
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| Topic: Micro Hydro |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Aug 25, 11 6:23 am Subject: Micro Hydro |
| wouldn't be on the grid anyway so no payments for spare energy anyway! So can i just get any old turbine? |
| Topic: Micro Hydro |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 7:39 pm Subject: Micro Hydro |
It's a wellies style stream, i drove through it quite comfortably!
I'm gonna go explore the land, I think you're right. I need a good high head. |
| Topic: 12v House |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 7:36 pm Subject: 12v House |
Diolch!
I'm on Gower at moment just outside Mumbles but looking at place about an hour and a bit north of here, near Llandeilo. |
| Topic: Micro Hydro |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 7:32 pm Subject: Micro Hydro |
| I was always taught at school that oranges are good as they float very low so a are not really affected by wind! Only the very top of the orange pokes out above the water! |
| Topic: Micro Hydro |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 7:31 pm Subject: Micro Hydro |
| I don't live there yet! It's a dream house that's off grid and trying to work out if the stream may make it viable. I'll get up there one weekend with some wellies, geography field trip style and co ... |
| Topic: Micro Hydro |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 7:29 pm Subject: Micro Hydro |
| Right I'll get up there with a yardstick, orange, string and stopwatch then! |
| Topic: 12v House |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 7:23 pm Subject: 12v House |
| Thank you for welcome I've been lurking since 08 and find you an inspiring friendly and educated bunch, a very nice forum i think (having spent time lurking on many!) |
| Topic: 12v House |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 7:22 pm Subject: 12v House |
| To qualify the place we are looking at is off grid and getting on is so expensive it is prohibitive... but it does have a small stream! Might be able to manage a phone line which i think is necesary ... |
| Topic: Micro Hydro |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 6:56 pm Subject: Micro Hydro |
How little water flow/head can you get away with to produce a useful amount of energy for a 3 bed 4 person household?
What is the best way of measuring it? An orange timed over a distance and an e ... |
| Topic: 12v House |
willf
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Aug 23, 11 6:54 pm Subject: 12v House |
| Is it worth giving up on most 240v appliances and lighting when running a house off a combination of solar and microhydro and just using 12v lighting ie LED and flourescent lights used in campervans a ... |
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