Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
09-12-2011, 07:29
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
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Sorry teacher so that means detention for me l suspect.  
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09-12-2011, 07:43
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
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I much preferred the chicken explanation... I thought I was going to get a free dinner
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09-12-2011, 16:13
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
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It's starting to get windy ... very windy. Schools here are closing at lunchtime on the assumption that the worst of the weather is due in the afternoon, but this storm looks like its coming in quicker than forecast. Central Scotland (where I am) has a Met Office red alert out for the wind at the moment.
If I'm feeling psychotic I might go and try to get some wild photos later today.
Anyone else feeling the effects yet? How far south into England have folks been warned to prepare for a battering?
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yeah it got very cold as my house has poor insulation.
However that was it.
I have seen and been in winds worse than this.[COLOR="Silver"]
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09-12-2011, 17:28
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
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yeah it got very cold as my house has poor insulation.
However that was it.
I have seen and been in winds worse than this.
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Lucky you weren't further north in the red alert zone then.
Our house still has no power, which means it's almost certainly going to be well into tomorrow before it does.
Still, we've gone 48 hours without leccy before now and our super duper fridge and freezer both cope with it very well. Asda delivered our Christmas meats just before we abandoned the house so they are currently freezing down nicely at the in-laws' house ... Where we are all about to spend a second night in exile.
Can anyone recommend a good brand of emergency generator? This is happening to us rather too often. I need one with enough output to run the central heating stove (auger, fans and water pump), the fridge and freezer so we don't have to leave them shut for the duration, and ideally a little left over to run an iMac and a BT Homehub.
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09-12-2011, 17:33
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
yeah I meant just not that bad here, I respect its worse in other areas.
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09-12-2011, 18:03
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
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Lucky you weren't further north in the red alert zone then.
Our house still has no power, which means it's almost certainly going to be well into tomorrow before it does.
Still, we've gone 48 hours without leccy before now and our super duper fridge and freezer both cope with it very well. Asda delivered our Christmas meats just before we abandoned the house so they are currently freezing down nicely at the in-laws' house ... Where we are all about to spend a second night in exile.
Can anyone recommend a good brand of emergency generator? This is happening to us rather too often. I need one with enough output to run the central heating stove (auger, fans and water pump), the fridge and freezer so we don't have to leave them shut for the duration, and ideally a little left over to run an iMac and a BT Homehub.
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You would probably need up to about 10KW to be comfortable. For a Honda engine petrol unit with electric start and enough capacity you're looking at about 2-2.5 grand for a new one. I would be wary of secondhand ones from ebay or the classifieds and even some of the old MOD surplus stuff because they do go wrong they'll end up causing you more problems than they solve.
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09-12-2011, 18:17
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
I'm not looking for something to run the whole house off ... I'll need to look up the rating plates when I get home, but the demand from the stove is not high, well south of 500W IIRC. With the rest of it thrown in I would hope to get away with generating less than 2kW. We can do without lights, showers and the cooker.
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09-12-2011, 18:19
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
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I'm not looking for something to run the whole house off ... I'll need to look up the rating plates when I get home, but the demand from the stove is not high, well south of 500W IIRC. With the rest of it thrown in I would hope to get away with generating less than 2kW. We can do without lights, showers and the cooker.
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What kind of stove is it?
...sorry I've just re-read your post (been a long week!) I had envisaged some kind of electric stove requiring a 30A outlet supping lots of juice and a separate electric heater but I guess you have an all-in-one unit. I have a couple of generators here: Honda EU20i which is the 2KVa model in their portable suitcase range and a 1KVa Clarke which is basically a re-badged Kipor generator made in China and a blatant attempt at cloning the EU10. For half the price of the equivalent Honda models I really can't say anything bad about the Clarke, ok it's a bit louder and sounds a tad unrefined when it's running close to idle in economy mode but the power delivery is consistent and I've never had any problems powering a laptop, radio equipment and TV so I would imagine that the 2KVa version under whatever guise it's badged is equally acceptable for less than 400 quid.
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09-12-2011, 18:39
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
I am saying nothing.
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09-12-2011, 19:56
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
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What kind of stove is it?
...sorry I've just re-read your post (been a long week!) I had envisaged some kind of electric stove requiring a 30A outlet supping lots of juice and a separate electric heater but I guess you have an all-in-one unit. I have a couple of generators here: Honda EU20i which is the 2KVa model in their portable suitcase range and a 1KVa Clarke which is basically a re-badged Kipor generator made in China and a blatant attempt at cloning the EU10. For half the price of the equivalent Honda models I really can't say anything bad about the Clarke, ok it's a bit louder and sounds a tad unrefined when it's running close to idle in economy mode but the power delivery is consistent and I've never had any problems powering a laptop, radio equipment and TV so I would imagine that the 2KVa version under whatever guise it's badged is equally acceptable for less than 400 quid.
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It's a biomass stove, burning compressed wood pellets. It has an electric element for ignition, but even at that stage the demand is under a kilowatt. Thereafter the power demand is from the central heating pump, fans and the fuel-delivery auger.
I'll look out for the Clarke brand. Presumably you would warn against the sub-£300 bargains sold by the likes of B&Q?
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09-12-2011, 20:17
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
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It's a biomass stove, burning compressed wood pellets. It has an electric element for ignition, but even at that stage the demand is under a kilowatt. Thereafter the power demand is from the central heating pump, fans and the fuel-delivery auger.
I'll look out for the Clarke brand. Presumably you would warn against the sub-£300 bargains sold by the likes of B&Q?
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I would most defintely give any of those cheaper frame generators and such like from the DIY chains a very wide berth and certainly wouldn't plug any sensitive electronics into them. The Clarke generators you will also see badged-up with the Kipor brand name with a model number prefix of "IG" followed by the VA rating. This is the cheapest I've found the 2.2KVa model:
http://www.tool-net.co.uk/p-347966/clarke-ig2200.html
Hyundai also do a decent line of inverter generators which come somewhere between this price point and the genuine Hondas, certainly worth a look.
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11-12-2011, 23:39
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
the south is set to take a hit  on a plus.. hello Nazaneen http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16128077
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11-12-2011, 23:51
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
I've already bet 10p that it won't be a white Xmas this year. and I've cancelled the rock salt delivery.
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12-12-2011, 06:16
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I've already bet 10p that it won't be a white Xmas this year. and I've cancelled the rock salt delivery.
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Yes l have just remember that you are short of money.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/22...-im-skint.html
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12-12-2011, 08:41
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!
does anyone have youtube clips or similiar of the rough seas in scotland last week? that pic on the sky site I like, I love watching rough seas.
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