Batteries on the Grid (OT)

[bert]

Fill Wales and replace Brum with a battery bank. Now there's a thought.

[bert]

In article [e-mail]>, "Dave Plowman (News)" [e-mail]> writes

No he didn't.

[bert]

B&Q tried selling them a few years back. Only saw 2 installed and they've both gone now.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Making your house the exception?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Indeed. Like menstruation, they are just a bloody waste of f****ng time.

[Chris Hogg]

That's because neither the press nor the sales people who promote these things up-front nor the public understand the difference between W and Wh.

[Fredxx]

If your mother didn't menstruate you wouldn't be here. Now what would have been a waste of time?

[Jeff Layman]

My father used to work at a building in Margaret Street (not far from Oxford Circus). I went there in the late 50s, and was surprised to be told once that the outside lift I was on, which carried goods from pavement to basement, was water powered. I think it was converted to electricity some time in the early 60s.

[Jeff Layman]

I used to visit The Science Museum in South Kensington many times in the

50s, and was fascinated by the MAR on display there. I'm pretty certain there was a warning about the UV it produced, but can't remember exactly what screening was used. I expect there was a mixture of UVA, UVB, and UVC, with the latter being taken out by the MAR glass envelope. But what about the UVA & B?