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gaiafarm wrote:Hi there, we designing a 100m squared strawbale home .....

Wow thats huge. I assume you mean 100 square metres.

I'll get my coat

....and I assume those travels go past all the regular skip haunts?

Quite an impressive amount of gubbins you have there. Are they really bungees holding up those pipes ? Class.

been like it since childhood. Wherever I go, a large stash of useful bits follow.
I also have an interest in old aircooled vw's a by-product of which is a shed full of bits..
The scrounge gene is also quite strong, and my mind is always on 'What could I use this for'....

The 7Ah batteries were part of a large array of about 50. When the bloke came to change them, as they have to every 2 to 3 years, I hung around and claimed the 8 that were still at 12v. I managed to get them to below 12v at the weekend by leaving the lamp on. Now the next test will be to see how man...

.......I salvaged four 7ah 12v UPS batteries from work that were due to be taken away, but still showed 12v..... .....Hopefully, soon, I will get hold of a 12v CFL bulb & use the kit at the conservatory light too.... Well done :) - so how do I do this? no work, no pay, no electrical knowledge, ...

I wish it were easier to get LED light bulbs here. Where's "here"? Somewhere over "there" I guess :) I have four GU10 led's in the boys bedroom, & they are just not bright enough. I repleced one back with the halogen, but that blew last werek, so back to dim. I have seen the...

The main aim for this wasn't to get any sort of payback, but a personal proof on concept. I am pleased that it seems to be working. I dont have much money for anything larger yet. I do have another bank of four 7ah batteries, which I may add to the system. Need to do the maths though as the panel ne...

I have been meaning to give Solar electric a go for a while. Recently, I received a Maplin mailout which had a 12w 12v solar panel on offer. I sent off for the panel, plus a charge controller. I salvaged four 7ah 12v UPS batteries from work that were due to be taken away, but still showed 12v. I att...

Fair enough. Some of the posts were a bit troll like, some had novel ideas, I guess, some had other peoples ideas.
The pictures of Richmond were nice though...

J

Seems his posts have been zapped, plus a thread i replied to yesterday has gone.....?

I grow peppers & chillis on my inside windowledge at work. The peppers were grown from seed from one I was having for tea. I get small, 10 - 13 cm fruit, before I harvest.

Our local Bio-fuel supplier suggest that their UK produced oil is a by- product of the food industry. They also process waste veg oil, which is what I hope to use in our Vito.

Yes. Had one of those long red peppers last year. Dried seeds, then gave them a spell in the fridge & then planted. I have 10 plants on my windowledge at work. One plant is on its second crop. I get miniature versions, say, three inches long. Taste nice though.

Generally - like you I use bicarb etc. The only thing I haven't found a suitable substitute for is dish washer tablets. I used the Co-Op ones recently and they were really good and a similar price to the regular ones - which is good as for some daft reason most eco brands tend to be much more expen...