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Making the best of Global Warming
tom osselton:
They have to hype it up to support climate change it’s like the rain for the last 2 days here. Still waiting. lol
kayzed1:
--- Quote from: Joules on July 08, 2025, 10:36:00 AM ---I come from a long line of lunatics. My grandfather was in the Royal Engineers, a knack for working out the quickest disassembly method using the minimum amount of explosive :lol:
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carry on carrying on. Lyn.
AdeV:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on July 07, 2025, 08:14:07 PM ---Well speak of the devil.... our power just went out.
Started up the old Indian Lister clone generator. Hand cranked to start. Two 24" flywheels.
Lights back, cooking dinner, router powered up, back online.
Soothing sound, putt, putt at 600 rpm in the distance instead of a 3600 rpm racket maker.
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Nice! I have a real one sitting out in the back yard (firmly sheeted up at the moment, until it gets a new permanent home), unfortunately it's not exactly ready to make power just now... but then we very rarely suffer power outages here. I nearly sold it... but have now decided that, when I move house next year, I'll convert it to 3-phase & use it to power the mill & lathe.
AdeV:
--- Quote from: Joules on August 02, 2025, 03:26:16 PM ---Tracker mount lashed up ready for Monday storms. Ade, lets see if I still have a tracker and panels on Tuesday....
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I think it's only Scotland that got serious wind - it was all over the news here near Liverpool - but we were right on the edge of it, it's been "quite blustery", but nothing compared to some of the storms we had over winter.
As mentioned in my post above - I'm planning to move house next year; hopefully I'll have somewhere to put a solar tracker - or two... as well as my old Lister Start-o-Matic generator :)
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