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January’s Dunkelflaute

From (the real) Gridwatch, it appears that Gas outperformed Wind for a 15-day period, from the 8th to the 22nd inclusiv...
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posted by aero.spike
14 comments posted 1yr posted by aero.spike

Tracking (phone) location for reassurance

My partner and I usually keep in touch over WhatsApp. Today I posted to the wrong chat by mistake, and so was off the r...
9 comments posted 1yr
posted by wibble
9 comments posted 1yr posted by wibble

OT: Fixed phone vs Mobile

Our landline (now on Virgin via router) is really only used for incoming calls. These, apart from my partner calling me...
26 comments posted 1yr
posted by chris
26 comments posted 1yr posted by chris

Copying Large File on PC

As part of my backup I am trying to copy a 30 GB iso image from one 4 TB SSD to a second 4 TB SSD. Both are GPT, source...
11 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
11 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

40mm basin waste

I am probably overthinking this! I have a basin waste, which is a 40mm pipe with a screw thread on it. I want the waste...
13 comments posted 1yr
posted by NOTsomeone
13 comments posted 1yr posted by NOTsomeone

Curious

A bunch of 3" brass finish door hinges fitted about 6 years ago have decided to evict their pins! Perhaps lack of owner...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by tim
5 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

OT: Yahoo email and Microsoft

Apologies for posting on here but hoping someone can point me in the right direction as I can no longer find a Yahoo su...
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posted by nospam
16 comments posted 1yr posted by nospam

Convert Speakers to Wireless

Is it possible to remove the need for cables between a conventional integrated amplifier and speakers? I realise this d...
27 comments posted 1yr
posted by patchmoney
27 comments posted 1yr posted by patchmoney

Microwave oven fuse

My microwave oven, now 15+ years old, blew its fuse yesterday. It's a slow-blow fuse (T10 AL 250V P). I'm going to repl...
14 comments posted 1yr
posted by daniele-at-vurt-dot-org
14 comments posted 1yr posted by daniele-at-vurt-dot-org

Mains voltage logger

From time to time (once or twice a day on average?) I see the lights flicker. It has been more pronounced today, but hi...
9 comments posted 1yr
posted by wibble
9 comments posted 1yr posted by wibble

tapping into Vaillant Ebus data

I am completely clueless software wise, these days, but 40 years ago I could manage to get by.... A few years ago, with...
4 comments posted 1yr
posted by harry.m1byt
4 comments posted 1yr posted by harry.m1byt

Central heating peculiar 3 port valve

Hi all, I was poking around in the airing cupboard weighing up how hard it's going to be when I have to change the pump...
10 comments posted 1yr
posted by joe.blogs
10 comments posted 1yr posted by joe.blogs

Slowness of feed-in-tariff payments

We've had solar panels on our roof for about a decade and signed up with EDF energy, our energy supplier at the time, t...
25 comments posted 1yr
posted by usenet
25 comments posted 1yr posted by usenet

Unbelievable EPC recommendations

Some friends of ours are buying a house, and out of interest I looked up the recommendations of the Environmental Perfo...
63 comments posted 1yr
posted by aero.spike
63 comments posted 1yr posted by aero.spike