tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521461115196530599.post3796733595760787440..comments2023-07-20T11:49:35.977+01:00Comments on Low Carbon Lifestyle: Friday 14th August 09Compost Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270806060748616269noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521461115196530599.post-85525567806406119622009-08-20T09:08:31.409+01:002009-08-20T09:08:31.409+01:00It was really interesting to read about Ania and L...It was really interesting to read about Ania and Lucasz. (Thanks for the prononciation guide, by the way!)<br /><br />I use webmail almost exclusively, as I have found Outlook hard to set up. When I was younger I used Eudora.<br /><br />And not only people can eat vegetarian. Cats and dogs can do it also. I have learnt a lot from a certain list. There is a vegetarian selection among the cat food.<br /><br />Hope you had a great holiday. The movie you wrote about sounds fantastic.<br /><br />As for 'plumbing a bit' that can be really useful on its own. As part of a sustainable lifestyle, it is necessary.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521461115196530599.post-17636532892432611912009-08-19T11:49:04.071+01:002009-08-19T11:49:04.071+01:00I'm on holiday! back soon...I'm on holiday! back soon...Compost Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270806060748616269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521461115196530599.post-27635752658820496252009-08-18T08:40:15.868+01:002009-08-18T08:40:15.868+01:00Do hope that you and your family are all ok. Just ...Do hope that you and your family are all ok. Just noticed no poSts since Friday which is unusual for you. Always enjoy reading about your sustainable lifestyle and find the way you use produce that would othrwise be discarded inspiring.<br />Very best wishes<br />OddnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521461115196530599.post-19891745454040861522009-08-16T09:49:42.202+01:002009-08-16T09:49:42.202+01:00Hi John,
Re: solar panels.
How are your installe...Hi John,<br /><br />Re: solar panels.<br /><br />How are your installers proposing to link a system-in with your existing on-demand gas boiler?<br /><br />- or aren't they, preferring instead to put in a electric immersion heater?<br /><br />(There has to be secondary source of heat so as to ensure effective heat-sterilisation of the tank to counteract Legionella etc.)<br /><br />As you know, I favour evacuated glass tubes and am currently re-installing mine on my front (W) and back (E) rooves to catch the summer sun (!) as it passes overhead. In sunny summer weather, tubes and flat plates are comparable in efficiencies but tubes can even operate in frosty, but sunny, weather and considerably lengthen their useful "season".<br /><br />(I don't really need this aspect because, as you know, I've got the wood boiler to heat water in colder months).<br /><br />If, eventually, you do opt for tubes, consider one with heat pipes - ones where only the tips get hot as opposed to those that actually have water running inside them. Marginally less efficient but if you do (like me!) live in an areas where local scallies might throw half-bricks at them, they can more-easily be replaced - a bit like a light bulb - and don't lose any water!<br /><br />Bonne chance!<br /><br />Robin<br /><br />PS If anyone else in York is reading this and is tempted, St Nicks Environment Centre has a mobile solar hot water demonstration model, which can be transported on the back of a trailer. It uses professional (Google - "Navitron") installer parts, including an evacuated tube panel. Contact the centre and ask for me to find out any more. I'm not a professional installer - just a former Science & Technology teacher who can plumb a bit!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com