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1 minute ago, 30801 said:

 

17 in our house these days and if you don't like it put a jumper on.

No, I just won’t visit 😉

4 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

OK Dougal, one last time. These wind turbines are small, but those outside are far away...

And the ones at sea cannot hit the cows in the fields either.

3 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

The WHO suggests 18C is the optimum temp for healthy people, and 20C for the young, elderly and unwell. I wonder what the heating settings in the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and Portcullis House are set at?

Not quite correct, 18C for bedrooms 21C for living rooms according to WHO.

They do acknowledge that differing ages and even locations will need adjustment, it’s not set in stone and the 18C is a minimum.

And part of a Government report

A total of 20 papers were included; they were very heterogeneous. Only two small randomised controlled trials, two cohort studies and one case control study were identified; the remainder were cross-sectional studies of varying sizes and quality, many of which were very small laboratory-based studies.
The evidence from the small number of epidemiological studies identified suggests an association between raised blood pressure with exposure to indoor temperatures of around 18°C or colder in the general adult population. Small laboratory studies support the findings that exposure to cold temperatures increases blood pressure and risk of blood clotting in healthy people who are sedentary and wearing minimal clothing, with one study suggesting these effects start at 18°C (+/-0.5°C). Findings on the association between body mass index and health effects of indoor temperature are conflicting.
These findings are also likely to be applicable to older people. When the effects of cold in older people were compared with those in younger people, the studies showed in general that the changes in outcomes such as blood pressure, clotting factors, cholesterol and in core and skin temperature were more profound, with slower recovery, in older people. Several studies also demonstrated reduced thermoregulatory control and thermal perception/discrimination with ageing.
For people with chronic illnesses, there was only very limited information on the effects of specific cold indoor temperature thresholds. Among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, better respiratory symptom score was associated with more hours of indoor warmth (at least nine hours) at and above 21°C in the living room. Nights with bedroom temperatures of at least 9 h at 18°C showed a trend to association (P = 0.04). However the choice of these thresholds was based on existing temperature guidance, and it is not clear if other (lower) temperature thresholds might have also demonstrated health benefits.

6 hours ago, Hroth said:

 

Seeing as the offshore ones ruined our seascape. I've no objection to landbased ones being installed, especially as they're cheaper to build and run compared to the nautical ones.  I agree that viewing the rotation of the blades in a moderate breeze is hypnotic and the almost subsonic "thrum" very pleasing....

 

The only thing the designers need to keep in mind is that the turbines should be placed so the mincing of birds is kept to a minimum.

 

I'm just a bit upset that none have the "magical dust" effect that the one in Teletubbies has....

 

 

The real beauty of the offshore wind turbines is not just they are mostly almost too far away to ruin our seascapes (we have a lot off shore in Norfolk and they are merely dots on the horizon less than the size of your thumbnail when “painterly scaled”.

No it is the fact that they prevent fishing in those places and without meaning to, turn them into environmental protected areas where the shell fish stocks are now thriving, that’s got to be a good side effect.

In Spain where there are far more wind turbines than we’ll ever see here at the Gibraltar Straits during the migration period literally billions of birds coming from Africa cross the straits as it is the shortest and as such the safest crossing for knackered birds, the local electricity supplier know when and are informed by local “twitchers” when it happens and the blades are turned off, it takes seconds apparently.

8 hours ago, hayfield said:

 

Kev

 

I was once told that if you do the same thing for 3 months it becomes a habit, so I am still doing the same things.

 

Well if your dog can edit Wiki pages I’d let him do those things for you 😂

3 hours ago, PeterStiles said:

 

Erm, I'm pretty sure that this defeats the point of having Kaydees in the first place. If you're going to not-uncouple somethings then don't fit kaydees and fit something fixed (and therfore much much cheaper) instead.

 

unless of course you have a billion spare kaydees lying around doing nothing.

No, Kadees have two pivoting pins, one for the horn and one in the mount so the whole coupling can swivel, you just stop the main swivel action for close coupling.

4 minutes ago, 30801 said:

 

I keep looking at Ripple Energy as an option. You buy a share of a wind farm that covers your electricity use and your bill is reduced by the wholesale price of what you produce.

Obviously it's not as big a saving as solar panels where you effectively get retail for what you produce by not pulling it from the grid. But it is cheaper to buy and you're not tied to a particular house. Plus you cover all your useage which is unlikely with solar.

Yes I’ve seen that, also I like the idea being put forward for land based wind farms and if you live in the vicinity and don’t object you get highly discounted electric for doing so, I’ve yet to be convinced it’ll work in the real world bu me and Mrs BB actually like the look of wind mills (the modern ones) they look very calming…..and not noisy as some suggest, we went and parked under a local one down here and it was fair turning and all there was was a soft whooshing sound, not loud at all.

24 minutes ago, hayfield said:

 

 

I don't study the tariffs

 

Instant water heaters do they save energy ? 

 

My smart gas meter sends the info to my smart electric meter which in turn sends both sets of information on to the grid. If one of your meters works it sounds strange that the other does not as they both use the same technology 

Oh yes you do, you love it* and you were in retail, my best mate was in retail (Ratners/Signet for almost forty years until they made him redundant, and he was the head honcho of getting rid of people!) and if you’re like him he has everything on spread sheets 😅

*I’m pulling your chain 😉

Apparently the instant water heaters CAN save money, usually in conjunction with heat pumps as the heat pump uses a lot more energy to get hot water up to temperature, so better to leave the HP just for the heating. This seems to be the reason.

Our SMART gas meter has its own transmitter in the electric meter case, but when they tried a SMART electric meter to take over the work of transmission it didn’t have as strong a signal as the gas meter transmitter and failed to work, so they went away and are supposed to be coming back if and when they can sort it out. Technology eh?

2 hours ago, hayfield said:

 

CJI

 

Sometimes I really think they are scraping the barrel with reasons not to use smart meters and blaiming them for all societies ills. If we took this rational with bank accounts, driving, travelling by air etc we would do nothing other than revert back to living in caves.

 

As a species we are slowly destroying our environment, here is a tool which can be used to change our behaviour and save us some money, or at best blackouts. Rather than expect others to do something smart meters are one of the tools where we can do something rather than waiting for others to do it

But a lot, dare I say the majority of users haven’t got the desire to study all the ins and outs of smart meter variable tariffs (and keep an eye out for a better one by a few pence) or solar panels, battery storage, heat pumps, instant water heaters etc etc.

You obviously enjoy (or just like) to study it all and get the best deal.

We cannot have solar panels, no way am I buying battery storage for a house we will move from before payback, heat pumps are crazy expensive and fall into the same category as battery storage for us.

We just get a decent price and stick to it until it looks obvious it’s more expensive, really not worth MY time doing it to the ‘enth degree.

We have a SMART gas meter but they cannot fit a SMART electric meter apparently because the signal around here is so bad, I just use a inductive power meter for the electric, it doesn’t save us money of course, but it’s fun watching it when we have a few induction rings on and the EV charging.

56 minutes ago, BRTrainz said:

From experience using NEM HO Kadee's in close coupling mechs, no.

Close coupling mechanisms need coupling rigidity to work right that Kadee-style couplings don't have.

Best to stick with the Hornby supplied Tillig-style one or look at Roco's (which as best as I can tell is the same as Fleischmann's N gauge Profi one) if you want close coupling.

What I have done with Kadees and close coupling mechanisms is make the coupling rigid laterally with a smidge of cyano.

7 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

And more.

Presumably picked up on the road……although ever ever seen anything like that before, actually come to think of it there is no way that could get there without being left in the calliper when renewing pads, what a bo11ock brain!

2 hours ago, johnofwessex said:

I was once on the bridge of a ship sailing from Southampton to Poole.

 

The Satnav produced a visual display that the helmsman then followed

 

OOW to Helmsman 'What did you put in as a Waypoint'

 

Helmsman ;The Such & Such Buoy'

 

OOW We have just hit it

 

nothing was damaged!

 

 

You don’t get that kind of accuracy with maps 🤣

39 minutes ago, stewartingram said:

Sad!

It is in Black yes, surprised it hasn’t been wrapped in a matt grey/black as seems to be the craze now.

7 hours ago, kevinlms said:

You're making a big assumption here! Did they tighten the U-Bolt nuts?

Yes, they hammered them tight.

At least saved the cost of another pipe clip 😄

9 hours ago, Reorte said:

There's no such thing as 100% safe in any domain, so to a degree we're always trusting to luck. The question isn't ever really "is this completely safe?" it's "is this safe enough that it doesn't make sense to be concerned?"

 

Oh I don’t know, you haven’t seen my Daughters two IPO trained German Shepards, she trains the dogs on Mildenhall Airbase 😁

2 hours ago, frobisher said:

 

  The Dapol couplings are just so much nice to my mind.

I wonder if they will work as well as the Hornby supplied couplings as regards the close coupling mechanism?

On 28/11/2022 at 18:27, definate maybe said:

Those pictures appear to show a coalfish or similar wagon which I don’t think have been discussed in any of their phase 1 to 4 announcements so far. Makes me wonder what else is well down the development line

 

take care/ stay safe

 

mark

One thing I noticed was what appeared to be ventilated disc on some wheels (only on the inside though) where as the wagon has the older shoe brakes.  Design clever?

And

Popped up on my Kings + feed……nice mix for this forum.

photo : Geoff Kerwin

Daughter has the Polestar, she likes it more than the iPace for range but misses the performance, I thought it was just very small inside, and that’s me from an i3 !

11 minutes ago, BR traction instructor said:

…and wrong again. The owner was a very competent chap who would certainly know how to set up the SatNav…why can’t you just accept that technology is only as good as the person that creates it.

 

BeRTIe

It doesn’t sound like it from your description.

But  OK your correct, and never wrong…..just like your mate 😉

“why can’t you just accept that technology is only as good as the person that creates it.‘
 

Or as good as those who operate it?

31 minutes ago, Nick C said:

That seems to happen often enough as it is. You'd have thought people would realise that "Turn right" meant at the next road, but that frequently doesn't seem to be the case...

You’d think wouldn’t you….but Mrs BB when using the SatNav often interprets “prepare to turn right” as “turn right now”……😁….and no matter how many times I am in the car when she is driving and it happens she says “oh yes, sorry I forgot” and you want me to teach her to read a map? 🤣

57 minutes ago, Reorte said:

Agreed, carrying this on isn't going to get us anywhere.

There you go, all mates again…..now, who’s round is it?

1 hour ago, Reorte said:

It might be able to dead reckon, at least for a while. I've never driven through a tunnel with one, does anyone know what they show when you're in a tunnel?

They (most) rely on the vehicles information from speed and the more sophisticated ones from steering input, they don’t “get lost” if they do suddenly become devoid of signal and vehicle input they will just stop moving, and give no instructions.

As for the one that said it was “500 metres south of reality” on the A303 no doubt it was a new section of road (and there are plenty of them along the A303) and had out of date maps.

Unfortunatly what gives SatNav a bad name is the blind faith people put in them, they are after all a guide, not a local taxi driver. Use them correctly and they are or can be an invaluable tool sometimes, and most times just a very useful source of information.

1 hour ago, BR traction instructor said:

…I’m simply repeating what the owner said, it wasn’t my car and I have no experience of SatNav ownership to compare it with. 

 

BeRTIe

Which probably meant they had no idea how to use the SatNav properly and had the completely wrong settings in the options, bad workmen and all that.