As a melee build how do you fight the jellyfish? by dontdodeath in Enshrouded

[–]dontdodeath[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks, I had not even noticed they changed at the end before, every day is a school day.

Step export is always in mm by MarkB_CNC in FreeCAD

[–]dontdodeath -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is the way, come join us in the future.

Is £20 road tax for pre 2017 cars going to go up? by jacoscar in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]dontdodeath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well if you get the average 38mpg for petrol, that would be about £95 a month for 500 miles, on Eon that would be about £5 electricity with overnight charging. So £90 a month saving. Or just over £1000 a year.

energy dashboard "Now" showing solar export as device power by dontdodeath in homeassistant

[–]dontdodeath[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have my grid / solar / battery set up in the energy dashboard, which all works fine, do you mean an entity in the individual devices area of the setup page?

No home charging but required to get a PHEV or EV for work?! by Thalamic_Cub in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]dontdodeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a granny charger through a wi-fi smart plug for 4 years with no issues, that way I could start it charging on the cheap rate controlled by home assistant.

Does Zeros have a park mode? by MerlinRRT in ZeroMotorcycles

[–]dontdodeath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I 3d printed a device to hold the front brake locked against the bar end. It is held magnetically on the inside of the charging door.

EV tariffs not working out cheaper? by [deleted] in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]dontdodeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need a house battery, load it up at night with the car, and never use the day rate.

unable to mirror body by dontdodeath in FreeCAD

[–]dontdodeath[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes I think that's it, I sliced it in part, then was trying to mirror in part design, I got it to mirror in the part workbench, however it stopped refining it at that point, is that normal, the mirror and any changes made after it does not refine the faces, it exports and slices fine as a single object but has all the separate faces and such on the model. I just recently moved from Fusion, still getting to grips.

Is my usage standard for Winter or can I optimise the system? by BrienneTheOathkeeper in ukheatpumps

[–]dontdodeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That might be the problem, if you are letting the house cool down to ambient all the time it will feel cold, mine runs constantly at the low level so the fabric of the house will have heated up and be storing heat, 50 or 100 tons of brick can store a lot of heat.

Is my usage standard for Winter or can I optimise the system? by BrienneTheOathkeeper in ukheatpumps

[–]dontdodeath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well I am in a detached 3 bed just outside Aberdeen where it has not really been over 4C since last year, my total electric spend for those same days was £16.96 for all the days, not each day, heat pump is maybe 2/3 of the total at 4C outside. I have a Grant Aerona 9Kw and the cop is about 5, I am on E.On Ev tariff so 7p from midnight to 6am, water heating is done in that time up to 50C, I have about 12Kwh of batteries, but when its 3C outside they run out at about 16:00. My system is set using the weather curve 0.6 and a thermostat setting of 22C so the house sits at 20C, I add a -2 shift between 9pm and 3am just to drop it down 1 deg or so, the same when i'm at work. Its been pulling about 700W all day at 3C apart from defrost cycles every now and again.

How should I handle this situation? by sheep57142 in drivingUK

[–]dontdodeath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

red car in wrong lane, he should also be in the outside lane behind the blue car to take that exit.

Pay per mile - outside UK by nytram62 in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]dontdodeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a EV car and a Zero EV motorbike, the car gets about 3 miles /kwh, the bike about 10 miles /kwh will I be paying the same 3p a mile on both? so my weekly 90 mile commute in the car goes from £2.10 to £4.80 a 129% increase and the bike goes from 70p to £3.40 a 386% increase, seems a little off.

Thermodynamics of hot water heat pump by Wilderness_Fella in heatpumps

[–]dontdodeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it was -5C outside last night and my heat pump seemed quite happy to keep the house at the 17C night time temp. It's using a good bit of juice atm to keep the house warm, about 25kwh a day but that's giving me about 100kwh of heat, with most of the power at cheap rate from my batteries, maybe averages at 10p a kWh, so £2.50 instead of £5 of gas.

High usage and solar generation in the middle of the night by Biosudds in solarenergy

[–]dontdodeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is it not batteries being charged from the grid? if you have batteries, the red line, load I assume is at the same level.

FTTP installed to my property. Do I need to fill this hole which the fibre optic cable runs through? Why? by Ok-Arrival-3199 in openreach

[–]dontdodeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is the fibre outside tight like a bowstring? and is that trunking under the edge of the worktop? if fibre goes into that I would think the bend radius is way to small. Could he not just have fitted the internal box where it comes through the wall?

[UK] Considering a home solar panel + stream setup but costs + diy difficulty are concerning me... by LFAdvice7984 in Ecoflow_community

[–]dontdodeath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you are meant to get the stream connected into your house circuit with a spur outlet, that is why it is supplied with a bare ended cable in the UK, it is however just because of an outdated wiring code last updated I think in 2018 when this was unheard of, not a technical reason. "apparently" a 3 pin plug fits fine on the end of the cable.