tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769112746500940342.post1066300593557869746..comments2023-08-05T18:33:07.159+02:00Comments on The (d)evolutionary: On my work benchthe devolutionaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05114659013262777864noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769112746500940342.post-77793490196990346332012-05-11T20:03:21.906+02:002012-05-11T20:03:21.906+02:00Wasn't directed that at you Alex, I am all for...Wasn't directed that at you Alex, I am all for being pragmatic !<br />But it is possible to make things with full function and safety <br />from existing items and pleasing to the eye, but the drawback is it as you know takes time know how and a lot tools. <br />How does that solar shower work there doesn't seem to be much surface area to heat exchange ? Is it just the back of the upstand ? If so its a great use of new materials, once cooked a pie in a cake tin using a big mirror, no chance of that today, ground source heat pump would be good for you guys in winter but how long would it take to payback the things used to do it ? <br />I rest my case, I have gone mad ! So are you a fan of Andrew Neil and this week ?Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769112746500940342.post-42439013808198309662012-05-11T11:19:49.164+02:002012-05-11T11:19:49.164+02:00We did consider it, Arch. The thing is, many of th...We did consider it, Arch. The thing is, many of the people who come here bring very young children - and the problem with a DIY solar shower in this climate is it could get too hot. So we needed something controllable. I am going to set up an Aussie style bucket with holes in it, but more for a bit of fun for the kids.the devolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114659013262777864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769112746500940342.post-85423777214527898732012-05-11T10:44:12.793+02:002012-05-11T10:44:12.793+02:00Build your own ( only if your seriously worried ab...Build your own ( only if your seriously worried about these sort of things, as some just love to bleat ! )<br />Out of sustainable used materials.<br />There that's my bleat for the dayArchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769112746500940342.post-60730382681724440552012-05-05T09:36:13.372+02:002012-05-05T09:36:13.372+02:00That makes it even more ridiculous that most of th...That makes it even more ridiculous that most of the solar showers on offer when we looked last year were made from... plastic! We got the last aluminium one in the shop, left over from the previous year's stock!the devolutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114659013262777864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769112746500940342.post-1482083440791819012012-05-05T09:25:34.050+02:002012-05-05T09:25:34.050+02:00That's a good looking top.
My bugbear about...That's a good looking top. <br /><br />My bugbear about built-in obsolescence is plastic. Plastics manufacturers must have been beside themselves with joy when the law was passed that plastics had to break down in UV. <br /><br />I would be happy with having to replace stuff every year or so(my pressure sprayer just exploded on me), if the plastic did actually biodegrade, but it just breaks down and enters the food chain at the base level and we have to keep buying replacements that use up more and more resources. :-(dNDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531819276422542672noreply@blogger.com