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Is this because of the losses through the inverter?
I'm looking at doing something similar but was told my power consumption would increase by up to 30% due to inefficiencies in the inverter and...

I'll definitely get professional advice, Ive asked 2 highly rated companies, and asked them to come and have a look, but haven't heard back. I'm going to see a bunch in Centurion on Monday, will see...

I need a back up system for my fish farm,
I can put in a generator, but a 12 or 20Kva from a good supplier is about R95 000, then add running costs. At 4am when nothing is being used except for the...

Thanks guys, she went with Mweb, who luckily lost her details so didn't pitch to install!
A friend put her in touch with Wibernet who seem to be on the ball so far!

Hi Guys
My mother has bought a little house in Nova Constantia and I need to get her connected to the internet.
The house has a fiber connection through Telkom / openserve, but I have no idea which...

So do these things have no radioactive waste that needs to be stored for decades?

I was worried that a terrorist would get hold of it and dump the radioactive bits into a river or something, I...

I think these would be ideal for places like Zim that are desperate for power, wont have the massive job losses from loosing coal mining, and need to get power to remote communities.

I saw...

I came across this today https://usnc.com/MMR.html

It sounds like a fantastic idea, maybe powering a suburb or large factory, but surely the nuclear regulators would have a fit at Harry Average...

Download the pitstop app, but check before you fill up as the prices aren't always up to date

For me its a choice between comfort and getting there quickly in the ford, but worrying about scratches, or taking your time in a landy that your passionate about. If you have the landy passion go...

Ive got one of these, http://water-heaters.co.za/

they are pretty cheap and nicely made, although the steel could be thicker, I think its about 3mm
It becomes a lot cheaper when you dont have to...

Thanks guys

Jotto please PM me your details and I'll pass everything on

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My mother has bought a house in the cape and is looking for a good handyman type to do some alterations. Nothing huge, job is to remove drywall between 2 bedrooms, and brick up a window,...

Hi guys

I need to shave about 1/2 a mm out of a bunch of PVC flanges in a hurry.
Does anyone close by have a lathe that could do it for / with me? Or please recommend an engineering shop that...

Look for a place near you that does truck roadworthy tests - I know there is one in clayville - midrand, but that may be a bit far for you.

Take it to a patrol specialist to get it checked out, and if it passes buy it. Its cheap for the age and mileage, and a fantastic car that will take you anywhere for many years to come.

https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/todd-moss-says-zimbabwe-situaiton-is-still-bad/4690060.html

This is an interesting clip on Zim, starts about 1;20 in. Explaining why things are where they are.

Reopening an old thread

One of my guys has bought himself an 80 watt panel, and a deep cycle battery and is sending it back to Malawi at the end of the month. he wants to run a couple of lights -...

Fantastic, thanks. I'm heating about 180m3 of water, in an insulated tunnel, I'm hoping to change the staff cooking and geyser to biogas too which will drop the eskom bill a lot.

Would adding...

Rough figures so far,
feces should be around 70Kg / day, and guts etc should be about the same or slightly higher. I know of other fish farms using buried digesters to provide all their winter...

in the middle of licensing a catfish project, If I have to use ring blowers for the filters my figures may double, hoping they don't.
If I have to use a 5kw heat pump occasionally does this factor...

Has anyone with bigger properties / estates looked at dry digestion of wood? Apparently the Swedish are very good at it, sounds like a good way to get rid of unwanted woody biomass.

There are...

My house is averaging 3.78Kw, and the fish coming through the same supply will be a minimum of 4.9kw so Im going to running at just under 9kw/ hr.
Ive ordered an Efergy monitor to figure out peak...

if all goes well I'll be using 120kwh per day for the fish, excluding the house and staff and excluding heat pumps which are for emergency use only. A battery bank to keep this going through the...

Another thing I thought of would be to somehow use eskom as a 3rd option - for peak loads etc. I think it would be quite an expensive exercise.
I have about 4 dry tonnes of shavings I'm throwing...

Hi guys,
With eskom behaving badly, and the general cost of electricity Ive been looking at alternative ways to produce power.(I need something that can supply at least 5 kw constantly, and power...

Waze keeps track of the speed limits and gives a warning if you go over the limit, also warns about obstructions, etc. might be what your looking for

Ok, so this week is the test to see if our truck is sorted.

We have the cabin on 12 v with 2 batteries, charged by 2 x 100 w panels on the roof, which I'm terrified will blow away on the highway....

Things looking very tense in Zim now, Hope it doesnt get to full blown fighting on the streets.
Seems like Chamisa is stirring as much as possible, Im not sure how free and fair the elections were,...

I love my 3.0 patrol, its big enough that you can go anywhere, and scare taxies when you really need to. I feel safe when my wife drives it, (probably perception based on its size) and I'm getting...

Thanks Malcolm

Thats exactly what I was looking for. I'm not interested in going fast, I doubt Ive done more than 130 in my troll, but would like to be able to maintain a reasonable speed towing a...

The high EGT's are what scares me, and why I'm mainly looking at a bigger exhaust. I dont want to add more fuel - the consumption is just under 14L / 100 km so thats a big enough fuel bill.
I think...

Hi Malcolm

Did you fit the chip to your patrol? If so how is it going? I'm thinking of putting a larger exhaust, but a bit worried about the chip - I'd like a bit more power when towing,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDQczjfFcI
This looks like something you could make up pretty quickly. The ones Ive seen from the pros are seriously expensive. I think these will need some padding...

A client of ours has just bought a horsebox.
It has a 105 ah deep cycle battery charging off one of the main batteries, through a T Max dual battery charger with a solenoid.
One of these...