Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[telectrix]

nothing on today, same as the last 6 months. bored shyteless, retirement is pants., but health issues have forced it on me. downt to a bit of fault finding and testing these days.

 

[DPG]

An unusual locking screw arrangement for the top. One for Lucien to look at and comment.

You could sell this to Daz2007- he needs a plug which lives up to its labelled 13A rating.

I've a feeling that's a rivet on those plugs.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I thought he was showing the wood screw securing the top?

Finishing off building my new Greenhouse, Oh what I would give for a flat garden.

 

[DPG]

I thought he was showing the wood screw securing the top?

Finishing off building my new Greenhouse, Oh what I would give for a flat garden.

Ah yes good spot!

 

[brianmoooore]

I've a feeling that's a rivet on those plugs.

It's a rivet holding the appliance side of the fuse holder in place. You can use it to check the fuse. without taking the top off.

 

[DPG]

It's a rivet holding the appliance side of the fuse holder in place. You can use it to check the fuse. without taking the top off.

Interesting. Was 99% sure it was a rivet, but never realised you could use it to test the fuse. Nice one.

 

[marconi]

nothing on today, same as the last 6 months. bored shyteless, retirement is pants., but health issues have forced it on me. downt to a bit of fault finding and testing these days.

Supervise some apprentices?

 

[Mike Johnson]

Don't know about you Tel, but I don't seem to have enough time in the day to do all I wont too since I retired, bit cold to work on the Greenhouse today, think I will have a coffee instead.

 

[marconi]

Re-examined the old mk plug and saw that the red flag records the size of fuse fitted- 3, 7 or 13A.

 

[marconi]

I have started a project to look at expanding the power generated from two systems co-located on one roof. Currently 16 x 300W (6.5kW grid tie inverter) to a business supply and meter and the other 24 x 300W (8kW grid tie inverter) to a home supply and meter - both business and home home connected via the same cable to a pole transformer a few hundred metres away. No battery storage.

Talking with contractor who did install it looks like the roof with the 16 panel array can be increased to 26 panels. Technical and cost study by me into whether to increase smaller array from 16 to 24 and swap 6.5kW inverter for another 8kW inverter (or 26 panels subject to max voltage limit of current brand/model of 8kW inverter) or stick with as it is now and simply add a third solar system of 10 more panels and feed these into a third grid-tied inverter.

Not currently clear whether the expanded PV should feed business which has increased a/c and refrigeration load over summer, or the home which has just acquired a pure electric vehicle - the MG - with EV charger off home meter. Of course could fit second EV charger point on business supply too.


Octopus - current client electricity supplier have some interesting ideas for using EV car battery to store excess energy from PV which can be fed back into grid as and when required which is another interesting thing to study.

I don't know yet whether the MG can feed back the energy in its battery into the grid through its current charging cable/connection. Or which EV vehicles can now or can in the future.