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    scotston replied to the thread Starlink.
    In those circumstances you cannae beat the laws of physics! But there must be a whole pile of folk who don't know they could find a way...
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    scotston replied to the thread Starlink.
    I bought a really good 4/5g router, a mikrotik Chateau around £300. I figured out where the mobile phone masts were and who's they were...
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    scotston replied to the thread Best location for ASHP.
    Do you monitor the temperature in the compost heap so it doesn't get too hot? You'll bake the bugs!
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    scotston replied to the thread Best location for ASHP.
    Fit underfloor where ever possible. Perhaps have one unit running this and dhw. Even if it were just the living spaces.
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    scotston replied to the thread Best location for ASHP.
    An 11kw unit will have a 32a trip for start up (which it won't use) but will operate around the 4kw steady state. So start up will be...
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    scotston replied to the thread Stationary wind Turbines.
    In all my wittering I was only trying to reference the OP about the finance and operations of a wind farm. The point I have badly made...
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    scotston replied to the thread Stationary wind Turbines.
    I'm a bit baffled, sorry. It cost £1.2m. it was paid in 5 years. And that was at £50/mw. Plus FiT. It continues to turn and generate and...
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    scotston replied to the thread Stationary wind Turbines.
    double negative: it very rarely doesn't turn=no opportunity.
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    scotston replied to the thread Stationary wind Turbines.
    Apologies, Apologies. Insert 'hand up' emoji. I forgot the all important decimal point! €0.06 and €1.2. 1.2 * (2400*1000) = €28800 p.a...
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    scotston replied to the thread Stationary wind Turbines.
    Forget about FiT. About 30 to 40k in maintenance. At £100/mw export and 2400mw pa, that's £200k profit. Oh, and I do get FiT, but it...
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    scotston replied to the thread Stationary wind Turbines.
    Service is charged per kWh. Therefore no generation, no cost. Therefore nonsense. Many thanks for asking. My Enercon turbine has a...
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    scotston replied to the thread Stationary wind Turbines.
    Service is charged per kWh. Therefore no generation, no cost. Therefore nonsense.
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    scotston replied to the thread Fieldbee.
    Yep. My experience too. Best try and switch it aff at night. Cheers boys.
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    scotston replied to the thread Fieldbee.
    no. Just the standard fieldbee setup that uses their servers. And that's the extent of my knowledge!
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