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From: Michael A. Terrell on 29 Oct 2009 16:21 nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: > > Don't tell grandma how to suck eggs. I built my first solar water heater > in 1971 (the unit is still functioning) and worked on the first R-2000 > homes in North America back in 1973. We built a completely off grid > super insulated home in 1998/99 with Hydronic radiant floor heating, > solar hot water and PV. I'm sure you are an expert at sucking eggs. You do know that farmers kill dogs for that, don't you? -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 29 Oct 2009 16:25 vaughn wrote: > "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:7ku397F3aokmiU3(a)mid.individual.net... >> Does a low voltage DC house supply make sense? >> It's looking like it for lighting. > > My system is mostly for lighting, with possibly a laptop and a portable > TV thrown in during power failures. The "40-watt-equiv" 12 volt CFL's that > I use draw 1 amp each. So far, the most I have on one circuit is 2 of them. > For minimum voltage drop, I wire my interior circuits with #10 THHN wire. How would one go about powering a laptop from a 12VDC supply? DC-DC converter? The only things I would likely power from PV would be lights, computers (laptops) and a fridge. -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show
From: Dave Merriman on 29 Oct 2009 17:03 On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:46:25 +1100, stu wrote: > Well Helen seems a little short on numbers when it doesnt suit her. But > then, she also writes "facts" from unnamed dead people, which makes some > of her "facts" a little hard to check up on. She talks about Depleted > uranium in bombs... I've never heard of a bomb with DU in it (which > doesnt mean there isnt one of course. anyone?). And "Contrary to > accepted norms of wartime behavior, the U.S. attacked colums of > retreating Iraqi soldiers-" accepted?. by who? when? which war was that? DU in a *bomb* would be pretty pointless, if you stop to think about it. From Wikipedia: "Depleted uranium is used as a tamper in fission bombs and as a nuclear explosive in hydrogen bombs. It is a potential containment material for a Nuclear shaped charge due to its opacity to X- Rays." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium) Depleted Uranium _is_ used in some ordnance rounds (most famously tank rounds), and if the person in question is "relaxed" with her usage of military terminology, that may be what she was referring to. -- Encrypted email encouraged and PREFERRED Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 1454 ** Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. ** ----------------------------------------------------------------
From: nospam on 29 Oct 2009 17:09 Michael A. Terrell wrote: > nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: >> Don't tell grandma how to suck eggs. I built my first solar water heater >> in 1971 (the unit is still functioning) and worked on the first R-2000 >> homes in North America back in 1973. We built a completely off grid >> super insulated home in 1998/99 with Hydronic radiant floor heating, >> solar hot water and PV. > > > I'm sure you are an expert at sucking eggs. You do know that > farmers kill dogs for that, don't you? > > Like we used to say in the old days "Plonk"
From: Michael A. Terrell on 29 Oct 2009 17:15
nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > nospam(a)nevis.com wrote: > >> Don't tell grandma how to suck eggs. I built my first solar water heater > >> in 1971 (the unit is still functioning) and worked on the first R-2000 > >> homes in North America back in 1973. We built a completely off grid > >> super insulated home in 1998/99 with Hydronic radiant floor heating, > >> solar hot water and PV. > > > > > > I'm sure you are an expert at sucking eggs. You do know that > > farmers kill dogs for that, don't you? > > > > > > Like we used to say in the old days "Plonk" Big deal. So you drink the cheapest booze you can find. That explains a lot about you. -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary! |