Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

H fell yesterday and totally snapped a worktop. The boiler's on the blink, the tumble drier is already broken. The xbox has been sent off for repair, phone charger is broken, the laptop charger was broken but they have replaced, can't remember what else. This is a nightmare

we went through a period like this around christmas. first the roof started leaking, and there was water damage throughout the entrance hall. then the washing maching broke down. it is a washer drier - after the 'washer' bit had been fixed, the drier bit broke down about a week later. then the boiler broke down, and then the underfloor heating separately stopped working after the boiler had been fixed. then a fuse blew in the fancy lighting controller, but it took 3 weeks to order another one (moral of the story is dont use fancy lighting controllers from obscure foreign countries). to cap it all off the aircon started making ludicrous noises at night even though it was switched off and hadn't been on for months.

thankfully it was all fixed and nothing has broken since january. touch wood fingers crossed break a leg etc.

oh the other thing is that we're renting so the landlord had to pay for it all. winner!

Doozergirl

silvercar wrote: »

Is it just one of the circuits that is tripping it?

You know that you have to turn them off then on to reset?

Yes and yes. I have no idea what to do with myself now. I'm not sure if the boiler will work, was planning to go to the gym later so little point now. 12% left in the iphone and fading fast!

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

Great. Got back from school and the big switch has tripped. Won't go back on again, so I worked out it's the sockets. Turned off every plug that is visible. It still trips immediately. The only suspects left are the fridge freezer, dishwasher and washing machine. The washing machine wasn't on, I suspect the dishwasher being another crap Hotpoint object guarantees to fail just out of warranty. The tumble drier has sat redundant fir 6 months because it does the same. I'm taking the charge out of the laptop and using my phone right now. H isn't answering his phone.

Have I done the right things so far? This has never happened to me before!

No broadband, no tv! Aarrgh!

That'll be those dodgy amateur developers and their mates

If it's the sockets - you might find that the upstairs sockets are on a different ring, so you should try those for a TV/kettle/laptop for now.

michaels

Don't the dishwasher and washing machine have separate switches on the wall that you can turn off? Are there not plugs in the kitchen on a separate 'fuse'? Similarly upstairs?

lemonjelly

See how lovely the occupants of this thread are.:) Everyone jumping in to help doozer as much as poss.:)

(well, except me, but I'm crap at stuff like that:o)

michaels

A certain board guide (no names no pack drill) had a similar problem when her breaker tripped - she then spent a while struggling before a kindly person on the DIY thread informed her that with these switches up is on and down is off...

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Off his site:

Recommended package
for average 3 bedroom household

• One 75cm Turbine : £1250.00
• One 45amp controller : £172.60
• Five 110 amp batteries : £550.00
• One 2000 watt inverter : £270.00
• One changeover switch : £48.00
• Delivery & installation * : £400.00

Total : £2690.60
V.A.T @20% £538.12

Total : £3228.72

You can begin to see why this has not caught on if you look at his performance data page. http://www.secretenergyturbine.com/performance-data.php





His figures show that the 75cm turbine will produce under 3kWh per day, so that's about £100-worth of electricity a year, with a 30 year pay-back period on the capital investment, ignoring maintenance costs. That's for a pretty big turbine, not just a rotating chimney pot.

Quite frankly, as an investment proposition, it's completely hopeless.

michaels

And you would need to live somewhere incredibly exposed to have an average windspeed of 20mph - I would be surprised if anywhere in England achieved that.

Doozergirl

My phone is going to die guys, i'm going back to the stone age!

michaels

Car charger?