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Yes they don't do very well on long grass if you are swinging them off a rope, they will still be quicker than an electric mower. I still have a couple of these, working and actually little used if @drinksloe would like one but I doubt spares are available.

Yeah. Many scams depend on the co-operation of one person on either side of the transaction, delivery driver and person in charge of receiving delivery, don't ask me how I know.

Same drill, some corks and amcide cheaper still and no plastic.

I wonder; I manage to heat about 50 litres and charge a the battery most days since April and if the hot water runs low I boil 2 litres for washing up in a kettle yet we are still exporting half our production on sunny days. That's a cracking price for the installation.

I have a homeowner scaffold tower which I used to wash them 3 years ago for the first time and I will do so again, the dirt was mostly bird shit and algae

I expect most of us who were self employed contractors came across this where we were not able to tender because we were not on a council list but all the contractors that were just complied with the paperwork and subbed the work out. Indeed I ended up working seven years for such a company and was flabbergasted at the pricing because of the overhead the office staff caused. Yes there was little to no pride in the job, the gangmasters we used just took the money and did the least they could get away with.

Well that's a myth and mine at 10 years are producing about the same, 3MWh per annum and that's with a WSW aspect which is far from ideal, mind I never considered them 20 years ago and sure as hell didn't have the money to invest then as I was spending it all on tractors.

Plenty but none quite as optimistic as that.

Yes I don't know what the effect on selling a house equipped with solar PV and battery will have on the price. In my case I have been here 43 years and unlikely to move except into a care home and that won't be for long. Of course the two are not mutually exclusive and I have both solar panels and I burn wood, as my house is small I only average about 6-7kWh of electricity per day and the shortfall during the winter is only 450kWh. I only wish I could store the excess that I have in summer to use in winter. In fact doubling my array and increasing battery capacity somewhat would make me self sufficient but I think I am on the right cost-performance part of the curve as it is. Although my wood is all free it does require a fair amount of labour and if I valued that at £10/hour... I don't want to appear too evangelistic about either just putting my case. @Billhook feels he disagrees about the solar PV but does burn wood, I have easily paid back my investment in solar PV in ten years (except starting now there are no subsidies so it has to stand up by itself) but didn't have roof space for solar thermal and felt the PV at around 15% conversion of incident sunlight to electricity offered far more utility as I only needed about 60 quids worth of hot water a year and the sun would only provide in the summer months.

This is the crux, it is unlikely to be worth doing on borrowed money.

Well I have to say that although we have a quote for £13500 for a 5kW array and 10kWh battery as the survey has still to take place there could still be a price hike. 2 years ago I reckoned a 4kW system and 6kWh battery could be had for £8k so yes much more than back then but with a likely 84% grid independence and an annual usage of 5000kWh there is still a saving of £1260 at 30p/kWh and that rises to £1848 at 40p/kWh. In her case it is likely even better as she has an EV to soak up excess solar power.

You are right but we're still getting reasonable quotes for a system for my daughter, for installation after October. Prices of many things are rising mainly because UK's performance has been bad in the last two years and the pound has fallen against the dollar a lot. With inflation biting it's probably better to spend the money now before inflation really bites.

No longer licensed for the purpose but ammonium sulfamate

...and again in Jan 23 it seems. 44p/kWh predicted for electricity and 14p for gas. It will have a minimal effect on me as my electricity bill will still be around £200+ standing charges and gas is only used for hot water but at these prices solar PV and a battery is a no brainer if you have an unshaded southish facing roof.

That is two or three species of lichen, it just denotes fairly clean air in your area as they don't survive pollution. Nothing to do with whatever is affecting the tree.

I lost my first reply which was long so I'll do a short one; It's strange that we first cleft planks from the round and now saw a rectangular cant and flip it in order to reproduce the cleft shape. Wouldn't it be logical to half a round log then dog one sector and index it through the saw?

Possibly but you cannot afford to mess with Lion batteries in case the BMS has been damaged, once they over heat they release their stored electrical energy as a fire which you cannot easily extinguish, all you can do is cool it down.

Yes on a big JD, badly plumbed in as the oil overheated.

The TP290 I briefly operated with the mowi crane mounted on it was all controlled by one joystick, which took a bit of getting used to, biggest problem was not being able to see into the throat of the chipper from the cab.

As far as I can see the ecodesign regulations only specify a manufacturer placing something new on the market. Whether one can get a tradesperson to fit a secondhand one and comply with building regulations is what we are discussing.

Do you remember how much the BCO charged for the visits and signing off or was it part of a bigger building project?

That's a job for a drill, a sewing needle, some carbon fibre tow and epoxy resin.

It's a short video showing a Husky 235 with the front handle snapped just by its attachment under the saw

No this was giving permission for one near me.