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- Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:57 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: daily kwh used
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11136
Re: daily kwh used
I recently bought an energy monitor which calcs how much elec I am using at 6 second intervals. It allows me to see how much my electricity usage is costing. The results were suprising to me. My bathroom lights cost me more to run per hour than my TV, PC, broadband and other peripherals combined. Of...
- Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:23 pm
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: How to make cheap solar panels at home?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3274
Not sure if cross posting forums is allowed but there is some interesting discussion in http://www.itsnoteasybeinggreen.org/for ... php?t=6139
- Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:31 am
- Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Topic: Useful book
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8168
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:27 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Collecting tomato seed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2642
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:25 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Collecting tomato seed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2642
Collecting tomato seed
When I am in Greece the tomato varieties available over their seem much nicer than the ones you can buy here. I have grown my own tomatos before so I would like to try and collect some seeds to grow next year, I'm assuming I'm too late for this year. What is the best way to collect and store the see...
- Thu May 31, 2007 7:23 am
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Daily Telegraph article on solar power
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1888
Daily Telegraph article on solar power
Not normally a reader of the telegraph but somehow I get emails from them which included an advert for their Green section. I found the article on Solar Power interesting so I thought I would pass it on. The comments underneath it are interesting as well. Hope the link works okay. http://www.telegra...
- Wed May 23, 2007 8:07 am
- Forum: Alternative Energy
- Topic: Prices people can actually afford
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4993
You could build yourself a solar hot water system based on an old radiator... Or build yourself a wind turbine using a 12vdc motor, or an old car alternator... Neither of these ideas are new. People do it all the time, and I've yet to encounter one who is not pleasantly surprised by the performance...