Non-metallic hot water cylinders

[Mary Fisher]

And very pretty!

I think I'd not bother with the 'ladies'. There's plenty of cover anyway ...

Mary

[~misfit~]

Hehee! Good luck. A copper roof huh? What an ostentatious display of wealth! ;-)

[~misfit~]

Nice collection of cave wetas you have there Matty.

[Andy Dingley]

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Zealand?

I'd never heard of wetas until today, when a friend (Auckland) blogged about finding a 2" long one stuck up their hot water tap. None, then two of you. Clearly it's an invasion.

If the orcs weren't enough, New Zealand also has 4"+ roach-crickets to worry about. I don't want to go there any more.

[Andy Dingley]

Easier to cut too, just use a hacksaw.

[Mary Fisher]

Should be able to get a decent meal from a handful.

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

Don't last as long though - and look naff. Perhaps that's why it's not touched, there's honour of some kind even among thieves!

Mary

[Andy Champ]

Bearing in mind where they seem to live - I think I'll pass.

Andy

[Mary Fisher]

You're not a gardener who mulches with manure then :-)

Mary

[Doctor Drivel]

No, just an axe.

[Andy Dingley]

So what is your Solartwin? Water loop, or something better?

Because if it is some newer improved version, then it _ought_ to have a stagnation temperature high enough to damage plastic pipe! If it doesn't, it's ineffective in comparison to heatpipe / vac tube systems that can do this.

[Andy Champ]

The plants are a pretty good filter. The bugs, on the other hand, are likely to have eaten ...er... I think you can work it out.

Andy

[~misfit~]

Aye.

Damn! It was supposed to be undercover.

Ehhh, wetas are harmless as long as you leave them alone. I believe the Giant Weta is the worlds most massive insect? In a country without native mammals (barring bats) insects and birds evolved to fill empty eco-niches.

Cheers,

[Andrew Gabriel]

Just talking to a builder this afternoon.

4 weeks ago, he got quite a good amount for an old h/w cylinder. Today (or rather yesterday), they're worthless. You can still get something for clean copper, but scrap yard wouldn't pay anything for old h/w cylinders (although they will take them for nothing). Apparently there's a backlog of copper in the chain but suddenly no demand for it. Same with lead.

[Andy Burns]

Wondered why my battery supplier wasn't too keen to take 8 dead UPS batteries yesterday, they used to snap my hand off when I say "do you want the old ones?"

[tony sayer]

Damm and double damm!..

We've a pile of 'em at one location I was stockpiling them!!