Recent content by Trog

Myself I think that micro PV is both morally and practically wrong. There is just not the sunlight to make it work, and the wealth transferal from poor to rich for no good reason is just wrong. If the government wants to go green we should be building reliable and predictable tidal power...

In which case who burnt all the fossil fuel in the high middle ages, caused the little ice age, and froze all those poor Vikings to death?

Something that has always worried me about global warming, is that the climate has been warmer than now in the past. For example in the early middle ages the climate in Greenland was warm enough to allow the Vikings to live by northern european subsistance agriculture, until they were wiped out...

Both times I did this the Building Control Officer did the first fix inspection and they then had an electrician come round once to do the inspect and test at the end.

Opened my big mouth twenty odd years ago and told the wife that studwork walls were moveable, she still hasn't forgotten. :(

How about working out what amperage of fuse is needed in the plug for an appliance of a given wattage. Useful basic electrical maths?

Works well on vacuum cleaners too.

I really think you sparks should try to avoid breathing the fumes while soldering. :D But as the proud owner of a nearly thirty year old home made cross level, I am probably as bad.

Because GLS incandesents are brighter and more compact than the CFL's. Which because of the base to contain the electronics, stick up out of any light fitting I put them in. They are also only available in pathetically low wattages, with a flickering yellow light. So to get the same...

"Do Spark's overcharge?" Only if they don't care if they damage their batteries. :D

I wish I had seen the Warreng V BAN Part P EIC thread on ebuild a year ago. It would have been so amusing to see his reaction to me popping up to tell him that as a Permanent Way Engineer, whose professional expertise electrically, is limited to installing and working round conductor rails. I...

Thats a bit strong, surely both have their place and protect against different things, so depending on the situation either could save your life. While having both is obviously best, fitting MCB's instead of fuses has to be an improvement. Both from a convinience point of view, and because it...

Remember also to only do this while walking facing the direction of traffic, as your demonstration will be somewhat spoiled if you are run over by a train.

When I did the wiring in my two extensions the Building Control Officer checked the first fixes, then they got an electrician in at the end to do all the testing. If yours are the same they might be willing to check the first fix in sections as you do the work, then do all the testing in one...

Get your wife to make you up some long thin bags, that will fit inside your trouser legs. With a release sting you can pull from inside your pocket. Fill the bags with the sand, visit your neighbours or a local park. When no one is looking release the sand, perhaps spreading it a bit with...