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« Reply #75 on: September 26, 2009, 08:38:06 PM » |
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the goo - which when set needs diamond tipped drills to cut it - this is holding the end of the shaft on for the rest of eternity.
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« Reply #76 on: February 07, 2010, 11:05:01 PM » |
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Little milestone..... sitting here, laptops on, lights on, tv etc on, 3kw IMMMERSION HEATER on - and still exporting!  |
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« Reply #77 on: February 07, 2010, 11:29:28 PM » |
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GREEN EYED!
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« Reply #78 on: February 08, 2010, 12:43:34 PM » |
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Aha, that's more good news.
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« Reply #79 on: September 14, 2010, 12:00:05 PM » |
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I ought to do a bit of an update WRT the generating equipment.
this is the new generator - made by Ginlong of China. Nicely made.
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« Reply #80 on: September 14, 2010, 12:02:26 PM » |
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and bolted in to place:-
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« Reply #81 on: September 14, 2010, 12:03:55 PM » |
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to give you some idea of the work involved - we had to turn off the water for quite a while to do some repairs - this is the worst bit
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« Reply #82 on: September 14, 2010, 12:06:46 PM » |
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and the other end - 1/4 of a mile away
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« Reply #83 on: September 14, 2010, 12:08:21 PM » |
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a closeup of the 'wall' at one point
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« Reply #84 on: September 14, 2010, 12:09:51 PM » |
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the control system
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« Reply #85 on: September 14, 2010, 06:08:50 PM » |
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... i can imagine , that there is lot of work involved
How did you seal the "channel " in the end ? One of the pictures show a blue additive , that you attached to the old stone work
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1.6 kw and 2.4 kw PV array , Outback MX 60 and FM80 charge controller ,24 volt 1600 AH Battery ,6 Kw Victron inverter charger, 1.1 kw high head hydro turbine as a back up generator , 5 kw woodburner, 36 solar tubes with 360 l water tank, 1.6 kw windturbine
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« Reply #86 on: September 14, 2010, 06:53:52 PM » |
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thanks for the photos. PV is so simple by comparison.... I presume you are now very much a nett exporter?
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« Reply #87 on: September 14, 2010, 07:20:18 PM » |
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How did I seal it? CONCRETE!
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« Reply #88 on: September 14, 2010, 07:43:00 PM » |
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.... so you reduced the width of the "channel " to approx one third . Would have been a lot of concrete if not
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« Reply #89 on: September 14, 2010, 08:52:24 PM » |
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Actually - theres a bitumen of some sort that we painted onto the rocks to get the concrete to seal to the rock. To seal the lime mortar we used 'K11' I think its this stuff http://www.parexdavco.com.sg/images/product/K11%20Slurry%20DS.pdfpic of concrete finished. The channel is 3 to 5 feet wide for 90% of the distance, then 10 feet wide for the last 100 feet. Thats how it was built. We didnt concrete ALL of it - most of the base seemed to still have a blue clay base. |
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