Attn : Electricians

[wari]

SLipp ... you all-most quall-iffy furr my beers an' i-deers teem ...

AT pres-sent ... therre three inda teem ... a tri-umm-virate ... :spudbn:<== da othrrs ==> :spudbn: <== me

MY job ista drinkda beers ... and en-courrage da i-dears ...



IFya want yurr can strrt a WElly based beers n i-deers fran-chise ...

WHdya say ... :spudwhat: ...

OH yeah .. ourr pro-fitts go back into da beer pooll ...

MInd ... we op-err-ate a deff-isit furr tax por-poses .. werre inda RED ..

[Sniper]

Go for it Slip!!!!

[WINJA]

No...that refers to what qualifications you must have if you are working for reward.
The intent is that you are allowed to carry out a limited amount of work in your own home without qualifications.

THATS WHAT IM SAYING , THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME WHEN I GOT MY LEL REGISTRATION, IF YOU HAVE ONE BTW DONT FORGET JUNE IS RENEWEL TIME

[Slipstream]

The intent is that you are allowed to carry out a limited amount of work in your own home without qualifications.

I've been told that this type of thing along with DIY building in your own home is soon to be a thing of the past

Unless you are a fully qualified plumber/electrician/builder...you will not be able to lift a finger except to decorate...and I bet it will be little time after that when the interior designers will stomp their heels in demand of the same law change.

I remember every house I lived in with my father got redone in some way by him. Heck, my first house I _ever_ lived in was built by him.
(Sure he had a builders/electrician licences thingamees and a plumber friend)

All I ever wanted to do was have my husband and me, with my dad's help, build the perfect family home.....
0 for 2.

Now I'm into demolishing wheres that ball

[Storm]

Well the solar collectors you can get these days can be incredibley light, liquid and even see through. therefore you could use them as fairings, or even as fairing blades. I have info on that somewhere.

Be a pretty expensive crash then !!

[Ixion]

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I'm also thinking about maybe making a solar powered bike.
Obviously it's just in the "just an idea" stage.
But think about it. The light frames and fearings you can get these days.
..

Look Here
for lotsa info about solar powered vehicles.

Two problems : What happens at night ? And unless you could mould the solar panels into a curve and make a fairing out of them (free idea there), the bike's going to be hard to control when the wind gets under the solar panels.

[Biff]

Solar is good - but it depends on what you're looking to drive with the power generated. You're not going to get much current from a couple of cheap solar panels. So solar power on a cost/effectiveness basis might be a non starter.

Any electrical device is subject to type approvals for the country/region they'll be used in. These are pretty easy to achieve (but costs $$$$) providing that it doesn't catch fire, explode, transmit RF/magnetic interference etc.

Stick to it mate, this idea may be a flyer. Sound it out a bit more.

If you make millions will you buy me a chocolate starfish?

[idb]

THATS WHAT IM SAYING , THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME WHEN I GOT MY LEL REGISTRATION, IF YOU HAVE ONE BTW DONT FORGET JUNE IS RENEWEL TIME

Yep - full renewal for me this time around, First Aid, Safe Working Practices.
A whole day in a classroom - yawn.

[Slipstream]

Two problems : What happens at night ?

That depends on how dark it is and how much capacity your battery has.
Were you aware that you can still get solar energy from street lamps and moon/starlight?

And unless you could mould the solar panels into a curve and make a fairing out of them (free idea there), the bike's going to be hard to control when the wind gets under the solar panels

Already mentioned about making fairings and even fairing blades out of solar panels.

There's also solar liquid collectors...called amorphous crystals.

As far as I know there are 3 types of crystal.
Mono-crystals: the one that looks like a square with cut off corners. Usually greyish in colour.
These are the most efficient collectors. They are grown and sliced into panels. More expensive.
Multi-crystals: the rectangle ones that look like blue chipboard.
These are the most used. These are bits and pieces all sorta melted together into a block then sliced into panels. Cheaper.
Amorphous-crystals: to be honest, I have learnt much about this stuff yet...it's not really on the public market so much at the moment. But from what I understand it's a liquid compound and doesn't have a long life...about 3 years I think.

But solar panels are far ahead these days that every window you see, could potentially be a solar panel...think of your skylight........

[StoneChucker]

That depends on how dark it is and how much capacity your battery has.
Were you aware that you can still get solar energy from street lamps and moon/starlight?




Already mentioned about making fairings and even fairing blades out of solar panels.

There's also solar liquid collectors...called amorphous crystals.

As far as I know there are 3 types of crystal.
Mono-crystals: the one that looks like a square with cut off corners. Usually greyish in colour.
These are the most efficient collectors. They are grown and sliced into panels. More expensive.
Multi-crystals: the rectangle ones that look like blue chipboard.
These are the most used. These are bits and pieces all sorta melted together into a block then sliced into panels. Cheaper.
Amorphous-crystals: to be honest, I have learnt much about this stuff yet...it's not really on the public market so much at the moment. But from what I understand it's a liquid compound and doesn't have a long life...about 3 years I think.

But solar panels are far ahead these days that every window you see, could potentially be a solar panel...think of your skylight........

Stop it! Where has the debaucherous slipstream of past gone? Who is the new edjumacated person posting under her name? There was a time I understood every innuendo she posted, and now? Amorphous/multi/mono-crystals?

This calls for a Family Guy quote:

Dennis Miller: I don't wanna go on a RANT here but America's foreign policy makes about as much sense as Beowolf having sex with Robert Fulton at the first Battle of Antetum. I mean when a neo-conservative defenstrates it's like Raskalnakov filibuster dioxymonohydrostinate.

Peter: What the hell does RANT mean?

[Slipstream]

Stop it! Where has the debaucherous slipstream of past gone? Who is the new edjumacated person posting under her name? There was a time I understood every innuendo she posted, and now? Amorphous/multi/mono-crystals?

Well, if it makes you feel any better ... I got the idea from a dream I had about me riding the bike I wanna build and I had this hot chick on the back and I bumped into this guy I knew and all 3 of us ... hang on...there are young people around. Anyway I thought to myself...if I build it, they will come.....


Seriously tho ... there's more to me than just a debauchery (mmmm debauchery )

[StoneChucker]

I got the idea from a dream I had about me riding the bike I wanna build and I had this hot chick on the back and I bumped into this guy I knew and all 3 of us ...

So, who was the guy?
I sincerely hope all your dreams come true
I hardly ever remember my dreams (if I have any, s'pose I do as everyone does). I do have one recurring dream tho, and I also think I have way too many de ja voux (sp.???) experiences.

[Slipstream]

So, who was the guy?

Not telling. My dream, my secret

I sincerely hope all your dreams come true

Cheers man ... but you just want the video dontcha

I do have one recurring dream tho

"Is it the one where you're standing at the top of a stairway in sundrenched robes with naked women throwing pickles at you? ... No? .... Why am I the only one to have that dream?....."

[Slipstream]

Back to the matter at hand...

I'm gonna start making a design for these tyre warmer's. As my Dad has decided that he does not like me riding a bike soooo much, I can't rely on his help. Since I won't be doing an electronics course till summer, I'm in a bit of a jam.

Any qualified sparky wanna check my design and A OK it or whatever when I'm done?

[WINJA]

Back to the matter at hand...

I'm gonna start making a design for these tyre warmer's. As my Dad has decided that he does not like me riding a bike soooo much, I can't rely on his help. Since I won't be doing an electronics course till summer, I'm in a bit of a jam.

Any qualified sparky wanna check my design and A OK it or whatever when I'm done?

ARE YOU GOING TO GET A MONO SPIRAL WIRE BELTED RADIAL AND PUT POWER THRU BOTH ENDS TO MAKE AN INTERNAL HEATER, QUICK GET A PATENT