Category Archives: water

SMS generator control with Arduino

Posted on Tuesday July 20th, 2010 by stephen

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Heating System

Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 by admin

Three heating sources will be connected to a central thermal 360L store.  The idea behind the store is that it should stay topped up with solar hot water through most of the year, and then provide enough stored heat for … Continue reading →

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Pumporama

Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 by stephen

Had some initial problems with the generator, both my chinese-special and a 5kW one we hired.  The first couldn’t handle the load, and we kept getting a temperature error on the VFD with the latter.  Finally an 8kW generator sorted … Continue reading →

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Pipe and cable for the well pump

Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 by stephen

 Key: Blue = water pipe = high density pipe suitable for alimentation, 40mm Yellow = Single phase 230V cable = 130m, installer recommends 2x10mm cable. Orange line = 3 phase 230V cable = 191m subsurface (4x6mm) + 110m down the … Continue reading →

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