NonMember Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: but leave my computers running so that they go to sleep but rarely switch off. Depends on the sleep state. My work PC (brought home for WFH) draws about 300W when in use. If put to "sleep" (rather than just screen blanking) it drops to about ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVD3500 Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 I annoy the whole family for telling them to turn the friggin lights out all the time even if they plan on coming back in the room "soon" as soon tends to be between 10 to 60 minutes. Same goes with my mother-in-law's ex-boyfriend who never turned a stereo off, just turned it down so you can't hear it... I have a lot of devices on "master-slave" (not sure if that is allowed to say anymore...) so say if you want to use the Blu-ray player, record player or cassette you have to turn the receiver on first. Otherwise they are completely off. I also have my computer (laptop), monitor and other things on a power strip I turn off when I leave the desk. The computer is of course still on... I also have our heating adjusted to mostly only heat when we are home. Yes I know it takes more energy to get things up to temp but our schedule is pretty predictable so I if we are out for more than hour I count on the insulation to keep things going. I also don't heat tap water constantly as we have solar heating for that. Even cloudy days will keep it at around 40°C. The furnace kicks in twice a day to kill off any baddies that may have decided to try to form. We use about half the oil our neighbors do and we have 2 teenagers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 2 hours ago, DVD3500 said: I annoy the whole family for telling them to turn the friggin lights out all the time even if they plan on coming back in the room "soon" as soon tends to be between 10 to 60 minutes. The oft-used phrase in our house is: "I'm going back in there!" The TV runs for hours, no-one near, I go in and turn it off, then that phrase appears. These days 'Er Indoors goes off to work at about 8am and I go round the house turning off all the lights she's left on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 i frequently say to the grandkids you have the brains to turn it on ... so .use them to turn things off they even leave taps running this is our future !!!! i dont need a smart meter to tell me something is on it used to be called common sense Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 James Thurber's grandmother, " lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house. It leaked, she contended, out of empty sockets if the wall switch had been left on. She would go around screwing in bulbs, and if they lighted up she would hastily and fearfully turn off the wall switch and go back to her Pearson's or Everybody's, happy in the satisfaction that she had stopped not only a costly but a dangerous leakage. Nothing could ever clear this up for her." (My Life and Hard Times, 1933) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 A student prank I was involved in was to go roundthehall of residence putting waste bins under sockets in the corridors with a note saying something along the lines of do not remove, electricity is leaking from the socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagger Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 I inspected an Electrical Installation in a mate's bungalow 3 years ago. It was, formerly a holiday park and his bungalow must have been the 'Canteen'. It had a three phase supply with only one now used. However, the two fuse carriers for the unused phases were 'Open'. They were still 'LIVE'. We were tempted to make a 'Plug in' board up whilst we worked there but I fitted a box over it so that the incoming 'Tenant' never saw it. He does visit the tenant regularly to perform a covert inspection. I wonder what he will do when he retires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Well, they say the price of gas is going up . So I thought of filling the wheelie bin with gas, taping the lid down and saving it for winter! lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 You can make your own gas? Rotting matter, gives off Methane, Anerobic digestion, and the end product is a nice fertiliser. BUT, the slurry that comes as a bye product with it is devoid of any oxygen and is lethal to wildlife!. Also the raw methane is very hight in sulphur, so powering your boiler without removing the sulphur can rot it out in very short order. As a cheese making company in Somerset found back in the 80`s, when I condemed a 2 year old Steam Boiler, they had been running on gas made from animal sewage. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 We all "make our own gas" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart_lighting#:~:text=Fart lighting also known as,%2C a "blue flame". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 It's the belching that's the problem, apparently Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 trapped wind is fine till you find its turned into........... 'matter. it can be hereditary as sometimes its in your G...Jeans Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagger Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 All supplies should have been three phase. No 'Earth' or Neutral required (in 'Star' of course). Three wires all sharing similar current, no wasted copper and interference minimised because 'The algebraic sum of the currents is zero' (in a balanced load). I've tried quoting this to the anti-RF-brigade without any success. But then there is a proverb. 'Don't waste time talking to fools, they cannot appreciate it'. I did my apprenticeship on three phase stuff. I love it for all of the reasons by others quoted above. Three phase rectifiers hardly need smoothing either. I could go on but that's enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagger Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 It should have read ' Do not waste time talking sense to fools, they cannot appreciate it'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagger Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 Any line to earth is (nominally) 230v. Three phase (nominally) only 440v if you touch two different phases. Always keep one hand in the pocket and wear rubber soles. Of course the 'Peak' values are much higher. Single phase to earth can now be 256v if you have solar with feed in. I won't bore you all with the real figures except that the UK is still higher voltage than Europe, The standards were idiotically 'Harmonised' to fit 220v +&-10%. We were 240v +&- 6%. Enough! As a result of that we suffered very 'iffy' chargers, bulbs that blow or burn and cookers that draw over 13 amps through our fused plugs. Must get off the soap box again, I retired, thank goodness, One place that I worked at had 3 phase transformed down to 24v 3 phase for educational purposes. Relatively safe and fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 50 minutes ago, Wagger said: Always keep one hand in the pocket and wear rubber soles A friend on the trade went on an EV maintenance course. Those provide 400+V and DC, so they were taught, one hand for the spanner and one behind your back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 And people tell me that politics is boring! I may have told that I once defibrillated myself. Accidental (bad machine design) discharge through my hand, fortunately not hand-to-hand, else it would have stopped my heart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 Not on it, Mathew, been there. I'd like to see more progress pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Mathew said: It is isn't it. But being layed up for the last few weeks has left me little else i can do! I even fell asleep between posts! Can't even get out to photo some obscure part to bring that thread up! Hows the rbrr getting along john Seems to be going fine. I get the feeling there have been a few retirements this year, but I am reckoning on 100 finishers to sign back in this evening. Sadly the wonderful and very welcome Pimperne Cake Stop is no more, but teams will be breakfasting at Lands End as I type, maybe some have already departed (earliest leave time is 8am I think). Honestly, they will now be feeling good, the tiredness goes as they are essentially on the last leg (400 miles??) and the weather is looking good. The tea and biscuits at Bude is always welcome, plus a cuppa at Badgers Halt. Not sure what other snack stops are planned. No issues with fuelling have been reported. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 Glad to hear that no one has run out! Maybe this is because it has been the big conurbations where fuel panic has been worst, and the RBRR route will have avoided those, only to leave with a full tank and rteurn with one only nearly enpty, I hope. Which shows up how ridiculous the panic is, as lorries have much further to go, to deliver to Cornwall or the North of Scotland. Or else, as this thread is titled, it's not the "UK gone Mad", but they city folk! Arrgh! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, JohnD said: Glad to hear that no one has run out! Maybe this is because it has been the big conurbations where fuel panic has been worst, and the RBRR route will have avoided those, only to leave with a full tank and rteurn with one only nearly enpty, I hope. Which shows up how ridiculous the panic is, as lorries have much further to go, to deliver to Cornwall or the North of Scotland. Or else, as this thread is titled, it's not the "UK gone Mad", but they city folk! Arrgh! John And to explain that diagram In the most recent map, compiled on Saturday, a traffic light system used in the review shows the South East as red, which means that fuel stock levels at filling stations are under 20%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 Nice graphic, but wot's it mean? Under 20% of what? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: Nice graphic, but wot's it mean? Under 20% of what? Doug Average intelligence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 27 minutes ago, Chris A said: Average intelligence Can't be. NI only shows as above 40%, which seems very low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: Can't be. NI only shows as above 40%, which seems very low. The trouble with averages is, as you know, it only takes a couple of very low results to bring it down quite a bit. Some, but not me of course, might be tempted to say that if you moved across the border the average would rise significantly. I've already got my coat on . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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