Frank

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  1. On our approach to Calais yesterday to catch the EuroTunnel express, the French Patrouille de France were displaying in the distance. If you look closely above the lamposts, you can see the red circle in the sky. It was difficult to take many more photo's as I was driving alond the A16 at the time!! Great display though. Must have been a practice above Calais before flying over to Dover. We stopped in a small Motel on the edge of the local flying club at Abbeville on Thursday night and ended up talking to a bunch of english pilots (small Piper etc and Paragliders) who had flown over to franc
  2. Quite pertinent..... we visited the American Cemetary in Normandy yesterday... Over 9300 American soldiers burried there
  3. Great link Annesley. What's also interesting about that You Tube film is the sight of the old Huntingdon Street Junior School that can be seen as the train enters the tunnel to the City Hospital. This school was mentioned in a thread some time ago.
  4. Poohbear. The Daikin Altherma has recently been awarded full compliance with Building Regulations The noise levels are very low, just a small circulating pump on the indoor unit, just as you would have on a conventional boiler, and a low hum on the outdoor unit from the inverter. I've had to touch some of the smaller units to feel the vibration to know that it was working! Starting to sound like a salesman now
  5. Unfortunately No Ashley. The cylinder needs to be pressurised and unvented. With a direct cylinder, the heating medium is actually stored in the cylinder and then comes out of the taps, like the oversink water heaters or old Ascot water heaters. The Primatic is a vented 'open' system so it is not suitable. The Stainless Steel cylinder is supplied as part of the Altherma kit as it is quite critical where the temperature sensors are installed - Daikin don't like you using just any old cylinder as it may affect the controls operation.
  6. Stan An indirect cylinder can be heated from a primary heat source, be it a normal gas boiler of an Air Source heat pump. You possibly have an indirect cylinder recently installed. Does it have 2 pipe connection points on the side at low level - one above the other? I would expect that they are capped off at the moment if you have immersion heating. These are the flow and return points for the Primary circuit, so it should be possible to connect an ASHP to the cylinder. Energy running costs are much lower on ASHP's due to the efficiencies. See post above. If you have off peak electricity
  7. PM sent PB Right then. An air source heat pump is exactly as it says - it uses the available heat in the outdoor air to boil off the refrigerant which is then added to by a compressor to raise the refrigerant to a high temperature. This hot gas is then sent indoor to what looks like a normal wall hung boiler where it gives up its heat into the radiator water circuit, or under floor heating circuit. A 3 port valve is also installed into the water circuit and this can be programmed to divert the heating circuit into a hot water storage cylinder. You can also install solar panels and connect th
  8. Poohbear Have you ever considered the Altherma air source heat pump? With efficiencies between 340% and 520% it is a real economical alternative to gas, oil or water heating and hot water. I've fitted several systems now including some interfaced with solar panels/tubes. One customer who lives near Gunthorpe was on oil before at a cost for fuel about £1900/year. His total electricity bill for heating and hot water last year was £264! http://www.altherma.co.uk/
  9. I'll third that. Smilies seem to be expanded into a large page where I can only see the middle section. And no way of re-sizing or scrolling.
  10. I bet there are lots of farmers in Lincolnshire who would pay good money to have him skewered onto an upright pole in the middle of their fields to scare away the blackbirds ......aka Wurzel Gummidge......
  11. I've deleted it for you now.
  12. At the end of your session on the forum, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click 'mark board as read' The next time you visit, log in and then click 'View new Content' top right. Easy
  13. I've found the 'Mark Forum read' button....... It's right down at the bottom of the page in tiny writing
  14. I found that it only applied when you try to amend your profile.
  15. Tut, Tut, Mick. Constructive Comments, Mick. Constructive Comments. How dare you call them complaints........he he.
  16. So, with the dismal response, I take it that no one is up for a few free beer tokens?? Looks like they'll end up in the bin then. Sorry Mick.......no J2O tokens, I'm afraid
  17. Can't see the Red X
  18. Several issues are appearing.... If I log on using the office computer, early in the morning, I can click on the 'Active topics' thingy and read the latest posts...apparently. When I log on later the same day using the home computer, the 'Active Topics' are still the same and I have to read them again. The same thing happens if I log on using the laptop. Seems like the software sees an IP address and not a member. Previously, when you had read certain new posts, you could click on 'refresh' and it would mark the posts you had read, leaving any unread posts, and any new posts highlighted to
  19. Go to the bottom of the forums page and click the 'Today's Active Content' link
  20. That's all well and good but....... because he escaped from prison and spent 35 years on the run, he hasn't done his sentence for the crime he committed. As was said on the radio....if he had done his time, he would be a free man by now. No sympathy here.
  21. Anyone drink in Wetherspoons? Being a member of CAMRA, I've been sent some 50p off vouchers against a 'Real Ale' drink in either Wetherspoons or Lloyds Bar. As it's not a place I frequent, the vouchers are yours if you want them. There's 10 available for the period 1 July 09 - 30 Sep 09 10 available for the period 1 Oct 09 - 4 Dec 09 10 available for the period 3 Jan 10 - 31 mar 10 Regular posting members only - just PM me your address. I'll split them between those that ask. Can't be fairer.
  22. I managed to dig out a few of the pictures of the American Cemetery at Madingley: A very moving and tranquil place
  23. Sorry Den... saw a double post and deleted it without thinking....ha ha (not be long now before Mick comes along and admonishes us for taking up some of his precious server space !laughing! )
  24. Sad gits...the lot of you !rotfl!
  25. Did I mention about 2 posts within 3 minutes...to get your post count up??? !laughing!