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    Problem running diesel on biogas

    Re: Problem running diesel on biogas Hmmm. That *is* pricey. Perhaps you could talk to a chemist (not the pharmaceutical kind) and see if they...
    Post by: dgriffith, Mar 21, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    LED Lighting

    Re: LED Lighting Everything is frequently switched here, my solar input doesn't keep up with usage :lol: Installed Tornados in here when I...
    Post by: dgriffith, Mar 14, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    LED Lighting

    Re: LED Lighting I generally agree - LED lighting isn't there yet. Perhaps for task lighting, one can get away with it - a reading light over a...
    Post by: dgriffith, Mar 13, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Problem running diesel on biogas

    Re: Problem running diesel on biogas Looks like too much gas going in from that video, but it's hard to tell when someone's just yankin on a...
    Post by: dgriffith, Mar 11, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Problem running diesel on biogas

    Re: Problem running diesel on biogas Are you sure you're actually getting something combustible out of the digester and to your engine? Your...
    Post by: dgriffith, Mar 5, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    24/48 volt system

    Re: 24/48 volt system Battery equalisation would be an issue. Cell balancers are all the rage now with lithium ion cells, but it's been a long...
    Post by: dgriffith, Feb 14, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    composting toilet

    Re: composting toilet .... until the local council got wind of it. By default they take a dim view of any home-made toilet system. They'll let...
    Post by: dgriffith, Feb 12, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    solar panels set up

    Re: solar panels set up What are you running precisely? They're pretty big inverters.... and 4 of them would power most suburban homes just...
    Post by: dgriffith, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Air Water Harvesting

    Re: Air Water Harvesting Problem is that if you remove H2O from the air, you lower the local humidity which (eventually) increases evaporation...
    Post by: dgriffith, Dec 20, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    for the solar buffs

    Re: for the solar buffs The fridge is going to be the big issue. 90 watts of panels and the 72 amp-hours of batteries should be able to run a...
    Post by: dgriffith, Nov 17, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    *sigh* Retreat version II.

    Re: *sigh* Retreat version II. Looks pretty good - got room for a shunt or two in there later on? A Xantrex Link-Lite or a...
    Post by: dgriffith, Nov 16, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    *sigh* Retreat version II.

    Re: *sigh* Retreat version II. Got the inverter - had to trundle off to Hobart to get it from the freight company. Took it apart to check...
    Post by: dgriffith, Nov 6, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    *sigh* Retreat version II.

    Re: *sigh* Retreat version II. You can never have too much overkill :) Regarding the MCB's and the inverter's surge rating, it depends on...
    Post by: dgriffith, Oct 26, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Hey admins - URGENT.

    Re: Hey admins - URGENT. I have to say that these kind of emails from providers out of the blue always sound suspicious to me. "hey, er, it's...
    Post by: dgriffith, Oct 26, 2008 in forum: General chat
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    *sigh* Retreat version II.

    Re: *sigh* Retreat version II. With the new 'improved' modified sinewave inverters, you're still talking about a very harsh square wave at...
    Post by: dgriffith, Oct 25, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Hey admins - URGENT.

    Re: Hey admins - URGENT. Nobody's found a definite point-of-entry for this yet, have they? I only say that because reloading your OS/etc to...
    Post by: dgriffith, Oct 25, 2008 in forum: General chat
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    Hey admins - URGENT.

    Re: Hey admins - URGENT. Well! Seems to be a widespread problem across a number of sites. Have to wonder what the point of entry is. Hopefully...
    Post by: dgriffith, Oct 24, 2008 in forum: General chat
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    *sigh* Retreat version II.

    Re: *sigh* Retreat version II. Updates again: Got the sunroom moderately finished out on the north-east corner of the house. 3m wide x 5m...
    Post by: dgriffith, Oct 24, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Hey admins - URGENT.

    I debated whether to just PM the site admins, or post this message here. I decided here, as I don't know when an admin will next be online, as...
    Thread by: dgriffith, Oct 23, 2008, 44 replies, in forum: General chat
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    *sigh* Retreat version II.

    Re: *sigh* Retreat version II. Seem to have been really busy this week..... Built a 'pergola' to put the two cars under. Covered with a bit...
    Post by: dgriffith, Oct 4, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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