Steve, List, The sooty carbon deposits that are emitted from the Lister exhaust will not compost very well. Carbon black is probably toxic to the microbes...
Composting has been used to remediate fuel spill contaminated soils and other chemical spills. you won't want to put it on your veggies, but it greatly reduces...
Hi all, Today I removed my listeroid CHP from the back of my mams house where it had been installed for commissioning and testing and it is now sitting in a ...
Steve, List This is soot we are talking about, oily, greasy soot which is basically carbon black composed of PM10s an unburnt oil. I cannot see any possibility...
... I use my waste plastic 5l and 20l containers for flowerpots. My father- in-law used half a dozen 20l containers with the tops cut off for his tomatoes...
HI James, I have been collecting waste veg since 1999, at the peak of use when my father was ill with Cancer and i was keeping his very large 3 storey and ...
Hi Ken and lists, Thanks for the good wishes. I am going to lift the engine in with the digger prior to constructing the walls for simplicity. I will be...
aw sheesh, do I have to think of everything? Water your neighbors roses with it. :-) Proper disposal would be incineration. The water could be evaporated off...
... That's quite an astonishing amount of oil :) ... ISTR somewhere on one of the solar projects websites there's quite a detailed piece on using containers of...
I am not a sparky but I have some experience of these controllers and they have a remote control function it is quite possible to start the genny with an...
Hi all, I have a Brush 3kva alternator I have to take apart to have the rotor shaft machined. Do I have to put keepers across the magnets while the part is...
Hi, I've no mains, starting the genny is ok I'm perpared to start in by key but stopping it. I need a timer that I can set to break the 12vdc cricuit to the...
Hi if you have a 240v timer with a clock face try super glueing a needle on it so it hits a microswitch to turn off the pump or something along the same lines...
Hi, New to all this but just an idea - how long do you need it to run for? is it the same length of time every time? if it is then a simple solution may be a...
... How about one if those old E7 timers (if in the UK), they were clockwork don't know how long they ran without power, I have one in the garage I could wire...
Hi all, I like the sound of the pin & timer. cheers P ... needle on it so it hits a microswitch to turn off the pump or something along the same lines as the...
Ron - sorry about the delay - your message was wrongly identified as spamm. Ken Hi Ken, Actually, they are now using microbes to clean up crude oil spills and...
Peter This might be just the thing you are looking for This is a high quality battery powered programmable timer thermostat which has many uses. First and...
... Hummmmmm well it looks like it would do the job, I'll e-mail them with a list of Q and get back. Ps what thermastat fits the housing supplied by S E Ltd....
I'll give an opinion. Keepers are a good idea for permanent magnets. I'd say that a few days wouldn't be much of a concern but if not much of a hassle -...
... What type of magnets? If they're ceramic, don't worry. If they're a metal based magnet, then there may be an issue, but if it's old then having it...
... If it is not a permanent magnet alternator, it won't need keepers (think about it.) If it is a PM alternator, a hunk of iron pipe the right size will do ...
... That is a very good point which I had forgotten. Keepers for magnets which will be re-magnetized are not very useful. Just have them put the rotor in the...
John I am pretty sure that you do not need any keepers in your brush alternator. They are not permanent magnet alternators if the type you are talking about...