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I live in suburbia where power cuts seldom happen, so no recent remote experience but I would be looking at a hybrid inverter and 10kWh battery for about £3k. The thing is this can power a house and cope with varying loads you can add a cheap generator that can then charge the battery at constant power for a long outage, switching off when the battery is full. Ideally I would use a 48V DC telecoms genset. Forty years ago when we ran a remote class room with a 10kVA petter genset the efficiency was appallingly low because the median load was below 2kW yet the engine had to keep spinning at 1500rpm.
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I'd crush it to 2mm size class and mix it with compost. What you need to avoid is have it wash or blow off. -
Power is what gives the speed, I suspect you mean pressure, which is what provides the tipping force.
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You don't say what came out of the drain. A not infrequent thing with my counties was the sock on the fuel tap in the tank collapsing when it gelled up with diesel bug.
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What he said. Wood won't rot if you keep its feet dry and the roof drains away from it. I'm not keen on roof felt unless it is torched on, I went for profiled metal with foam insulation , seconds, which prevents condensation and keeps cool in direct sun.
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Dimplex DC700 Cassette Wood Burner - rope/gasket sourcing
openspaceman replied to Steve900's topic in Firewood forum
That is interesting, I was thinking it was tubular with some stuffing from the picture. Anyway it looks eminently doable with that tape and some ordinary door seal rope to add a bit of "give". -
No higher back axle ratio; say the standard is 3.5:1 then the 4.2 tonne one would be something like 3.8:1 so the propshaft has to spin a bit more for the same distance but there is more torque at the back wheel for the same torque input by the propshaft to shift the extra load,
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Thinking back I remember that if one added up the permitted axle weights, front and rear, of a standard transit 3.5 it came to 4.2 tonnes so...
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Back jn about 2010 you had the option of a 3.5 or 4.2 tonne gvw transit. As far as I could see the difference was heavier duty rear springs and a slightly higher ratio rear axle
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Wishing to pick yer brains re a "new-to-me" tractor.
openspaceman replied to difflock's topic in Large equipment
yeabut I never want to drive my old things on the road again -
Wishing to pick yer brains re a "new-to-me" tractor.
openspaceman replied to difflock's topic in Large equipment
That makes sense, I would want something with the creature comforts of a Qcab, decent brakes (including trailer), heater, radio/stereo and 40k manual box and reverse drive without electronics -
Wishing to pick yer brains re a "new-to-me" tractor.
openspaceman replied to difflock's topic in Large equipment
Crikey, I thought the 2007 t190 drove for a firm from new cost £50k. -
2 100 year old Oaks on neighbouring property for removal
openspaceman replied to Rebeccap87's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I think this would be unnecessary and an undue burden on the house owner. 1960 build is 64-65 years ago (size fits with that being open grown) and could easily have been planted by the first owner. They are also going to get much bigger if nothing is done. -
2 100 year old Oaks on neighbouring property for removal
openspaceman replied to Rebeccap87's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Yes that is what I thought, neither of them look older than I. Also the building looks like it was built in the 60s so the footing should be deep enough to take a bit of surface movement however unlikely. I would not like them growing bigger that close to my house. -
I'm no mycophile but in the absence of expert replies I'd say spindle shank
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Exhaust Gas Recirculation valve. I still cannot understand why an engine with adblue would have one??
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no is what he said
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Yes but it would be an interesting comparison to see how much the yield of usable loggettes differed between whole tree and snedded poles. @Woodworks made charcoal in his retorts from the output of his branch logger but I don't know if he sorted any of the arisings for logs.
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Yes. I have not seen one working in the flesh. I wonder about the quality of small logs from whole thicket stage trees.I did try some slabwood logs that had been bagged from one. It's obviously a big labour saving to not cut side branches first.
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It's not a leak it is unburnt fuel oil, probably because you are leaving it on high idle while cutting under low load rather than modulating the power as required. As the revs hit the limiter the spark cuts out so fuel doesn't get burned and goes out the exhaust.
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That may be aluminium pick up stuck on the nikasil rather than scores through it. Worth cleaning up chemically and a light hone before condemning it. My 346 arrived back like that and is now my goto saw.
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I'd agree; 5w30 is too thin for engine longevity, it was forced on engine makers to increase economy at the cost of engine life.
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I was actually thinking it may solve the puddling issues without having to tarmac.
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I had a Jotul 601 for over 30 years but I cracked the back by stuffing over long logs in it. I wanted to upgrade to something cleaner burning and bought a morso s11. I like it and the radiant heat through the glass door is noticeable. I heat the downstairs rooms with it. My regret is in it not having a hob as I used to cook on the Jotul and now have to use electricity (which is only a problem between mid November to mid January).
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Yes and spreading the labour needed for processing. I wonder about the benefits to a smaller producer who can fit a year's produce in a polytunnel as in SE England a polytunnel will dry wood sufficiently in a summer month. On the larger scale if you need to dry 1000 green tonnes for a year that probably means holding a processed stock of £100k for a year so the cashflow becomes a significant problem. If you have a 100% efficient drier I think you would need 14% of the dry weight for fuel and our dryer was 50% efficient, I would guess sawdust and scraps would amount to about 5% of the processed material.
