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Vacuum Cleaner Suction vs Wattage: Have you been fooled?

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Wattage does not equal more suction power. Learn why suction and airflow really matter. Watts just tells us how...

Apparently it's all about suction and airflow, not watts or EU regulations 

On 14/03/2023 at 09:32, coppice cutter said:

Just wondering why the government is having to spend so much money accommodating the migrants whenever people like this, nevermind the number of BBC employees on extremely generous taxpayer funded salaries, are so supportive of their continued arrival.

 

Surely they could put them up in their own homes, or at least pay for it themselves. A sort of "adopt a migrant scheme" similar to Giant Pandas or Tigers, etc.

 

If they done something like that, it might remove the notion that people like her, plus the good Mr Lineker and his ilk, are actually just virtual signalling nimby whingebags rather than good samaritans with a genuine concern for those less fortunate than themselves.

Apparently Lineker did host a  refugee in his home back in 2021. We have a Syrian family living locally who seem to have settled in well to rural Cumbria.

7 hours ago, Ashes_Firewood said:

Main problem I have with most electric cars is that if I have to eventually have one I just want one that looks like a normal car but happens to be electric instead of petrol or diesel. Whereas most of them look weird.

Which cars look so outlandish that you don't want to drive them? Electric mini looks like a mini. Tesla model S  looks like a generic saloon. New Audi looks like a yummy mummy's SUV. BMW id3 looked a bit different but had some genuine engineering reasons for doing so.

On 10/01/2023 at 23:10, Macpherson said:

I believe the the Ardern corrupt government of NZ has banned any kind of burning anywhere which has caused may rural folk to have to leave their homes

Have you got a source for this because I couldn't find anything after a quick Google. 

On 28/10/2022 at 08:59, GarethM said:

Around the world you can argue planting trees can be beneficial to the environment of those countries, think reversing desertification that sort of thing, the UK and most northern counties not so much as we have large amounts of forest and managed and productive farmland.

 

What is the point of planting trees on valuable arable land ?. What is your goal, carbon dioxide reduction at the expense of growing it in the 3rd world?.

I don't think we do have a large %of forest. According to a quick Google search around 13%. 138th out of 191 countries.

Little stove was installed 10 years ago ish and smokes when first lit out of door not top plate if the wind is in the wrong direction and windows are closed. Rayburn doesn't smoke. If chimey has good draw there shouldn't be an issue with a removable top plate

1 hour ago, donnk said:

meanwhile china has 1110 coal fired power stations. 

 

• Number of coal power plants by country 2022 | Statista

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China has the greatest number of coal-fired power stations of any country or territory in the world.

 

Quick Google search suggests they burn less coal per capita than Australia and Poland to name two countries. Germany likes a bit of coal electric but import it from Poland for green credentials.

If the trees are a threat to the railway there is a good chance network rail will remove them free of charge. Other contractors who might operate in that area are QTS and taziker.

Where abouts in the country are you and how much do you want for it. Any pictures?

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-spottedykywt/volkswagen-touareg-r50-tdi--the-brave-pill/42617

Has anyone had problems with their touaregs? Seem value for money but could be a money pit.

On 26/04/2021 at 10:28, donnk said:

 

no they dont. Australia, USA etc

 

Culture is allways the issue.

 

 rule of thumb:

 

Lefty country = shithole

Normal = not shithole.

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Lovely place America

1 hour ago, donnk said:

 

no they dont. Australia, USA etc

 

Culture is allways the issue.

 

 rule of thumb:

 

Lefty country = shithole

Normal = not shithole.

I think the British tested nukes in Australia in the 1950s. Doesn't mean it is a shithole though

My woodburner has an external twin wall flu and also has a problem with smoking when first lit. I tend to open a window before I light it and close the window a minute later. Once warm it has no issues.

On 16/12/2020 at 20:03, dig-dug-dan said:

Yes, but having lower horsepower means if takes longer to chip up than it did before, therefore running the chipper for longer, therefore putting out the same amount of carbon !

It's like when the eec  told us our kettles were too powerful., so haveing a kess powerful kettle took longer to boil, therefore using the same energy as the higher wattage one.

I never knew that kettles had been regulated against as well

I've got a Chinese 660. It's done a bit of milling, a bit of felling larger trees and a bit of firewood. No major issues, just the starter chord mechanism is a bit soft. Oil cap can undo itself unless tightened with a combi spanner. I don't do a lot with big trees anymore so didn't want to spend £1000ish on a proper one. It is considerably more powerful than my mates old and tired Stihl 660. 

Lad I know used to run his Stihl 440 on a 13 bar. I don't like putting anything bigger than a 13 on my husqvarna 550. 

Abaris. 

Beal 10.5mm Semi-static Low Stretch Industry Rope with 1 Termination

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Beal 10.5mm Industry (formerly Antipodes rope is a semi-static...

As long as you have a sewn termination or spliced eye knotability is a bit of a non issue. Irata lads have to tie alpine butterfly, figure of 8knots and bunnies ears.  Beal access rope can be bought for less than £1 a meter. Not as nice to look at or use as an Arborsts rope though

5 hours ago, AHPP said:

I’ve got an even better one. Stop taxing people like battery hens and they’ll see themselves through. People on average have half their wealth taken in tax (a simplistic appraisal but run with it). If someone had worked for twenty years without being taxed, they could ride out a storm for another twenty years on the saved tax money alone. As it is at the moment, the government’s got about ten minutes of money in reserve because it spent the “bit of money” its collected over the years on bollocks.

No tax = no road maintenance, no schools, no universities, no NHS, no rail infrastructure, no pensions or unemployment benefits. Would also lead to mass unemployment. 

13 on a 550xp for me. Less teeth to sharpen and cuts a bit quicker than a 15 inch bar and chain. Mate used to run a Stihl 440 on a 13inch bar, that was a bit of an animal

Seems to be a lot of concern about how much archaeologists and ecologists are getting paid. The bs5837 survey has and will be worth a few quid. That's before the actual site clearance work.  Instead of moaning about how much it will cost jump on the gravy train!

HS2 will cost a lot but if it reduces the number of cars on the road it will benefit many people. The construction cost is high but rail journeys don't always cost a fortune and can be a relatively stress free way of traveling. Kendal to Manchester airport for £6.50 one way means it can be cheaper than driving. My brother in-law spends a lot of time in London and usually takes the train, his take on it is that capacity is the problem not speed. Even if HS2 is expensive the old line can be used for those not on company expenses.

I did a couple of months on the tree survey for HS2.

Years ago I had to remove some poplars that had mysteriously died in someone's yard. The owner of the yard had asked network rail to remove the trees the year before and had been told no as they were not a risk to the railway. After the trees got ringbarked network rail were happy to pay for their removal! Network rail really don't like trees falling on their lines so if it can be suggested that the tree poses a threat to the line they may well remove them free of charge.