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Category Archives: Projects
Observatory Build. The Big Idea.
Since I’ve had my telescopes I’ve been very tempted to build an observatory. My preferred viewing site is some forty metres from the house which is a long way to carry kit (not to mention to trail power leads if … Continue reading
Solar PV Installation
For a long time I’ve been tempted by a solar photovoltaic (PV) installation, but been unable to convince myself that it would be financially worthwhile. A couple of months ago however a friend was telling me about his new installation … Continue reading
DIY Small-Scale Anaerobic Digestion (part one)
Fans of the 1970’s BBC comedy series “The Good Life” will remember that Tom and Barbara had an electricity generator in the cellar that was powered using pig manure. What may be surprising is that it’s based on a fundamentally … Continue reading
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Tagged anaerobic, digester, electricity, generator
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Solar wax melter
Solar wax melters are available commercially and there are a fair few designs about on the web. Here’s one I made a couple of years ago. I started with the tray that the frames would sit in. I had some … Continue reading
The Tree House Project
(Apologies in advance if you’re confused by the feet-and-inches measurements. I was brought up with metric at school and imperial at home and tend to use whichever comes to mind first. 6′ is near enough 1.8m and 8′ is 2.4m) … Continue reading
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