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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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Thanks.I'm enjoying your story Lydia.
Keep us informed :beer:
Nice to know somebody's interested - I don't want to drone on about it if everyone's bored.
The sun's gone in and the washing machine's on and the meter's going forwards again. There was an interesting bit while the sun was still out, and the meter disc was going backwards and forwards and backwards again as the WM did different bits of its cycle. Peak output so far has been 3.84kW when the sun came out but it's fairly solidly overcast now and it's only giving 1.1kW. It's been switched on for about three and a half hours and says it's produced 6kWh so far. I must stop watching the meter disc, stop going up in the loft to look at the numbers on the inverter, and do something useful.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
3.84 is good - don't think my parents 4kw panel has ever got much more than that - I did read somewhere that the peak in fluctuating sunshine is higher than the 'steady state' peak, somethign to do with the panels becoming slightly less efficient as they warm up - may be a myth.
Found a picture of our old 'nice' new kitchen:
I think....0 -
Would the numbers go down if you had a digital meter? :huh:
That's interesting and sounds like it's working well.
Often things never perform as well as quoted (like car MPG figures) but it looks like your panels are giving the maximum when conditions suit.0 -
LYDIA, i THINK ITS EXCITING TOO.
ooops. caps lock...I think its exciting but not shouting about it!0 -
Would the numbers go down if you had a digital meter? :huh:
That's interesting and sounds like it's working well.
Often things never perform as well as quoted (like car MPG figures) but it looks like your panels are giving the maximum when conditions suit.
No, digital meters go up when you are using electricity from the grid, and stay still when you are not, whether you are exporting or not. They then pay you for generation (based on your generation meter, which is a standard part of the installation) and export (either from an export meter which costs ~£500 extra, or by assuming you have used 50% of what you've generated and exported the other half). The export tariff (3.1p/kWh) is a lot lower than the generation tariff (43.3p/kWh), so you'd have to be exporting an awful lot more than 50% of what you were generating to make it worth paying for the separate export meter. You still pay in the usual way for what you import.
I've emailed my supplier and reported the meter going backwards. This is partly because I like to feel I've done the right thing, and partly because I've read that if you don't tell them, they find out when you next have to supply a meter reading, and then they estimate what you've been using based on your previous usage. People are trying to argue with the companies about this, pointing out that of course your usage from the grid goes down once you've got the panels, but I'd rather not get involved in that argument. Better just to report the situation and let them fit a digital meter straight away.lostinrates wrote: »LYDIA, i THINK ITS EXCITING TOO.
ooops. caps lock...I think its exciting but not shouting about it!
:rotfl:Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »everything is early. MSE peeps seem to be picking, freezing over night (to simulate frost,) then using. Ours are soft, but I have no use for them this year
Eh?
I didn't plant til april, & aside from beans, nothing is ready here.:eek:
Viva - not read that one I'm afraid.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
vivatifosi wrote: »(can I say, I love my 17" screen for Excel spreadsheets, being able to see all those columns crisp and in high def has been a game changer for my productivity). Hah, and they said widescreen laptops were for gamers and those who watch a lot online.
I abhor excel. In every way.
Viva, you are a geek!It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
A belated au revoir to Gen..... who made economics almost understandable. :wave: See you on the other side of Wealth Mountain, I guess.
I've suddenly remembered, I have a very bad A level in economics...explains a lot!
Just catching up properly and admiring your eldest's decision, Sue. My DD2 did something similar; took a foundation course at the local college after A levels. She/we received naff all in the way of assistance with that, not even EMA, but it was actually a very valuable year for her. Will your young man be in the same position, I wonder?
No idea but he went into school today with a spring in his step...he even went in early! So it has clearly given him some renewed oomph.
Great fun this morning, middle son's new trousers didn't feel right so he wouldn't wear them, he has had to put on his trousers from last term (thank god they still fitted!) and then with the change of uniform as the school has been made an academy (boo hiss), he wouldn't wear the new jumper either. This is mainly due to temperature, he has an exemption from wearing the blazer but so far, has not been given an exemption from wearing the jumper....and if middle son gets too warm, he explodes into violence (hence the blazer exemption), his system just cannot handle heat at all.
Youngest on the other hand, wore all of his new uniform but then started to overheat immediately (who ever designed a uniform where you have to wear a shirt, a jumper AND a blazer all at the same time - it's ludicrous when the temperatures are still quite good but that is the rule, even in the height of summer, all must be worn) and got grouchy...luckily heat doesn't make him explode like middle son.
We did have great fun getting shirts for him, bought him new shirts at the end of last term, they looked just like his other shirts (which were eldest's old ones - he had barely worn them) but something didn't feel right about them, so over the school holiday, I decided to get some from M&S, which was where eldest's old ones were from and youngest loved them.
Not a good start for youngest though, for a start, with the change from a normal school to an Academy, no begger actually knows what is going on, things have been assumed by the new management and it has left the more vulnerable students completely and utterly bewildered and lost. Youngest had an instruction to arrive at 10 and go directly to his tutor group...errr, he didn't know what or where his tutor group was, they hadn't been told at the end of the summer term! I did try to ring prior to them going in today but confusion was rife and we couldn't find out until we arrived at the school...not at all good for a complex autistic child who needs to have everything planned with him in advance.
The new management have tried to get the parents on side, every single student got the majority of the uniform provided for them (the branded items) regardless of their finanacial status and I am thankful for that...except middle son is still missing two sports tops and youngest one sport top as they didn't have a large enough size for middle and youngest just happened to be the most popular size for his sport top.
Oh well, I am sure it will all come good....well I blooming hope so as the school's have improved so much in the last 3 or 4 years under the wonderful leadership of our now departed head, who took them both from failing schools to schools with very decent grades and not failing at all, it will be a shame to see him go.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »I abhor excel. In every way.
Viva, you are a geek!
If she is, then I am too. I don't just use excel, I write VBA code for it.
At home I have everything to do with my finances on excel, and at work I have my lesson planning & mark book on excel, and am in charge of using it to analyse internal exam results for the department. My automated exam spreadsheet is very popular with other departments, too, who've [STRIKE]nicked it[/STRIKE] asked politely for a copy of it because it can set up grids for all the students you need with graphs and averages etc in about 5 minutes, whereas it takes hours to do it by hand.No idea but he went into school today with a spring in his step...he even went in early! So it has clearly given him some renewed oomph.
:TGreat fun this morning, middle son's new trousers didn't feel right so he wouldn't wear them, he has had to put on his trousers from last term (thank god they still fitted!) and then with the change of uniform as the school has been made an academy (boo hiss), he wouldn't wear the new jumper either. This is mainly due to temperature, he has an exemption from wearing the blazer but so far, has not been given an exemption from wearing the jumper....and if middle son gets too warm, he explodes into violence (hence the blazer exemption), his system just cannot handle heat at all.
I feel for you dealing with autistic reactions to clothes that "aren't right". I don't have that, of course, but I do have DD only wanting to wear skirts and not trousers to school, and then switching randomly and insisting on trousers and not skirts, and the same with sweatshirts/cardigans.Youngest on the other hand, wore all of his new uniform but then started to overheat immediately (who ever designed a uniform where you have to wear a shirt, a jumper AND a blazer all at the same time - it's ludicrous when the temperatures are still quite good but that is the rule, even in the height of summer, all must be worn) and got grouchy...luckily heat doesn't make him explode like middle son.
Ridiculous rule and I bet it doesn't last long. Teachers won't enforce that in the classroom because they'll understand that kids can't concentrate when they're boiling.Not a good start for youngest though, for a start, with the change from a normal school to an Academy, no begger actually knows what is going on, things have been assumed by the new management and it has left the more vulnerable students completely and utterly bewildered and lost. Youngest had an instruction to arrive at 10 and go directly to his tutor group...errr, he didn't know what or where his tutor group was, they hadn't been told at the end of the summer term! I did try to ring prior to them going in today but confusion was rife and we couldn't find out until we arrived at the school...not at all good for a complex autistic child who needs to have everything planned with him in advance.
What a nightmare. Hope they sort it out quickly.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
I have a Dell PC. Like the previous Dell, it has various issues, but it keeps going.
As it's over 5 years old now, I'll replace it soon, but not with a super-duper one. I've learned that today's whizzo machine is tomorrow's bog-standard model. Anyway, almost any computer will handle the stuff I do, with power to spare.
DD2 bought her uni computer from John Lewis for about £240 + another £50 to cover a third year's guarantee. She's pretty happy with it.:) Nearest thing now is:
http://www.johnlewis.com/231297516/Product.aspx
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Personally, I'd rather look after my eyes and spend the £££ on a decent monitor. I'm very happy with my IPS screen from Dell, who were the first (with LG) to bring out that technology at a 'sensible' price.0
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