Making the news today....

[Macpherson]

16 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Heard of these?

 

Virgin Pure Water Dispensers | Enjoy Crisp, Purified Water

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Enjoy triple-filtered, instantly boiling or chilled water with the Virgin Pure water system. Change the way you drink water at...

 

 

Thanks, and yes I know a few folk who use a device like this but luckily most of the time I have access to natural spring water of a high quality.

It's really only after drinking the real stuff for years that you notice how bad tap water can be and also how much it varies.

I don't know about other areas, but it would appear that Scottish water is more interested in protecting it's pipes than supplying untainted water, cheers.

[GarethM]

The chlorine they add isn't to protect the pipes, it's to prevent any bacterial growth.

 

Like any company they use as minimal amount as possible, just enough to get the job done and save money.

 

As I live in the north west, it's soft water so no limescale and about as pure as you can get. It's Buxton water without the bottle.

Edited August 28, 2022 by GarethM

[GarethM]

Regarding solar, I am against solar parks as why waste a good field when cities and towns have industrial estates, shopping centers and even tower blocks devoid of them!.

 

If it's so financially viable cover them first and seeing that IKEA have been selling solar panels, why aren't they covered in them ?.

[mr kipling]

13 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Why aren’t panels compulsory on new builds?

They are now, if you want to fit a gas boiler in a new build, however the push seems to be on ASHP.

[sime42]

15 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Everything is tracking the gas price as that is used for most of our electrcity so the wind farms and other generators with fixed costs must be doing well and yes but not by much.

 

I just hope the big players' shareholders will let them re invest in renewables with this windfall.

 

I still cannot fathom why, in this street of 100 dwellings almost all of which have available roof space like mine, no one else has invested in panels. I have just ordered 1.5kW more and that might extend my grid free season by a few days in March and November

Looks like you may soon be joined by some of your neighbours. ........

 

Solar panel sales boom as energy bills soar

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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More people are turning to renewable energy as a way to cut energy costs.

 

[nepia]

2 hours ago, mr kipling said:

They are now

You sure?  There is a dearth of panels on the newbuilds I see popping up

[GarethM]

The new regs came into effect in June, but existing approved developments have a year.

 

Not read the regulation, but there is ventilation, vehicle charging and overheating.

 

Whilst solar isn't mandatory from what I've seen it does focus on insulation and air tightness.

 

Which logically makes sense as you can't write regulations to cover everything, you can't put 5kw solar for every home on a block of flats for example.

Edited August 28, 2022 by GarethM

[coppice cutter]

8 hours ago, GarethM said:

Regarding solar, I am against solar parks as why waste a good field when cities and towns have industrial estates, shopping centers and even tower blocks devoid of them!.

 

If it's so financially viable cover them first and seeing that IKEA have been selling solar panels, why aren't they covered in them ?.

It's odd someone hasn't invented solar cladding.

 

Seems a waste roofing a building and then putting solar on the roof when some sort of solar cladding would do both jobs.

[coppice cutter]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

Looks like you may soon be joined by some of your neighbours. ........

 

Solar panel sales boom as energy bills soar

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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More people are turning to renewable energy as a way to cut energy costs.

 

You need to be aware that the BBC consistently talk shite.

Edited August 28, 2022 by coppice cutter

[GarethM]

Solar cladding would be a bit like solar roof tiles, when you think about how it's wired together and repairability it's just not cost effective.

 

Plus it's pointless on three sides of the house for the small amount of power and even then you want them pointing upwards.

 

Plus most solar is glass, well silica.

Atleast a panel on top of a concrete or tile roof can be easily replaced, a roof should last 60+

Edited August 28, 2022 by GarethM