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Neil

Nothing received by me I'm afraid. My last Mytime email was in February relating to a subscription renewal

Pete

Edited By Doubletop on 26/05/2020 10:30:47

Apologies if this is covered elsewhere but I can’t find the thread.

A conversation over on the MEM forum touched on the delay those of us overseas are experiencing with the delivery of our copies of ME and MEW. I had just expected them to be delayed and at some point they would arrive.

Jason pointed me to Neil’s post on Forum and Martins editorial in ME which seems to indicate that although the magazines are being printed and delivered in the UK any overseas subscriptions will be suspended the magazines won’t be shipped.

If that is the case extremely disappointing, these magazines have ongoing articles that people could be following, others have complete sets of the magazines going back years, there will now be a gap in those collections, which may never be filled.

Suspending our subscriptions isn’t the solution. Overseas mail services may be delayed but they haven’t been suspended so why can’t the back issues be bulk shipped at some point?

In the meantime, please give all the overseas subscribers free access to the digital issues, back dated to March. It not going to cost you anything and you’ve already got our money.

Pete

Crisis? What Crisis?

With all the talk of self-isolation I thought it time to sign up for home deliveries from the local supermarket. Let’s start with essentials….

One of the benefits of living in NZ, only 202 Pinot Noirs to choose from. When can I start?

Edited By Doubletop on 15/03/2020 20:54:06

The swings from "She'll be right" to "We're all doomed" seem to be coming together.

From a recognised expert. **LINK**

Edited By Doubletop on 11/03/2020 18:59:56

Edited By Doubletop on 11/03/2020 19:00:23

An update from our friends in Australia

**LINK**

Pete

I visited the local supermarket late on Friday, expecting "Hell's Grannies" with handbags drawn to find pallets of the stuff in the entrance way.

Pete

Originating from Australia and just sharing here.

Maybe the gender thing is checking before you commit?

Pete

Planning a holiday? The Amazon is looking good.

**LINK**

The map apears to be updated at the begining of each week. NZ now have 3 cases and the run on toilet paper has hit the masses here.

Pete

Peter

I've no idea what happend to the images

The clue is in the drawings and instructions for the Bobcat that Malcolm did after the Lynx, just scale for the Lynx valve heads. Make the blank valve seat/guides insert in the head and then drill the ports. It looks like I also included liners for the spring pockets, probably unnecessary.

Pete

Yes I have garnet in my small cabinet blaster and wear a 3M respirator and hooded overalls as dust still gets out. I made the mistake of not wearing overalls once and after I took off the respirator started breathing the dust in my clothes.

Pete

Edited By Doubletop on 06/09/2019 23:08:34

Rod

Much as I had suspected, a total loss solution and cost effective if you live near a beach!

As for removing machining marks and other minor imperfections that's certainly one of the benefits of blasting parts. Far quicker than trying to blend with files and wet and dry. If you want a good finish give the job give it a blast, and then start with the wet and dry. Otherwise a great base for the etch primer. Just make sure all the running surfaces are well protected.

Pete

Edited By Doubletop on 06/09/2019 11:33:29

Rod

I've got one of the small cabinets and even though it is enclosed quite a bit of dust gets out. I've looked at these open air systems but have always wondered how much mess they make.

Although you are using kiln dried sand in your Kartcher I assume it runs wet so you soon have a pile of wet sand? Does that help contain the dust? Can the sand be adequately dried out to re-use it?

What is your experince?

Pete

The point I was trying to make. Or at least 41 similar points

41-inconvenient-truths-on-the-new-energy-economy

Pete

Edited By Doubletop on 16/07/2019 21:24:08

Here we go, and no mention of EV's

government-s-energy-policy-could-drive-electricity-prices-up-39-percent

More from Transpower. This time their views on battery storage from a grid owners perspective.

**LINK**

The conclusion being that its better done at the consumer end of the network. Which aligns with suggestion of using your EV as a battery backup and to feed power back to the grid. You EV probably has the biggest battery you own.

What it does to the lifecycle of the battery is another consideration.

Dave

Thats exactly what Transpower said in their document that I quoted

We will see the mainstream commercialisation of distributed solar, electric vehicles and energy management systems. These will start to significantly change the profile of demand and operation of the system with solar and batteries as well as other distributed energy resources enabling load to be partially flattened within a day but also adding additional intermittency. Despite growth in distributed supply, there will also be significant growth in grid energy demand. In the short and medium term we do not expect these batteries and distributed energy resources to be sufficient to flatten the daily or annual load curve, however it has an important potential to shave off peaks and it is critically important that it doesn’t accentuate existing peaks and troughs

Alan

The Australians already have the solution

**LINK**

But it may take a while and the wife and kids will have to fly..........

On a serious note it is encouraging to see that the we are now seeking formal documents on the subject rather than trotting out 'she'll be right', wind, solar, batteries and smart chargers will sort it...

Pete

David

I'm with you. A case of "The Emperors Clothes”.

At some point the stakeholders are going to have to wake up and realise that it is time to take this seriously rather than the piecemeal solutions that are being bandied about.

From Transpower the NZ grid network owner

**LINK**

" We will see the mainstream commercialisation of distributed solar, electric vehicles and energy management systems. These will start to significantly change the profile of demand and operation of the system with solar and batteries as well as other distributed energy resources enabling load to be partially flattened within a day but also adding additional intermittency. Despite growth in distributed supply, there will also be significant growth in grid energy demand. In the short and medium term we do not expect these batteries and distributed energy resources to be sufficient to flatten the daily or annual load curve, however it has an important potential to shave off peaks and it is critically important that it doesn’t accentuate existing peaks and troughs."

and

"Many of our existing assets will need significant investment in the next couple of decades. The assets of greatest concern are the conductors on some of our key 220 kV lines, many of which are built over urban areas. We need to sequence them carefully to manage our and our contractors’ resources, to avoid volatility in our transmission charges and to ensure sufficient capacity headroom to enable the grid outages required for the work.

Further future opportunities exist. New tools leveraging our data using learning algorithms such as artificial intelligence will increasingly play a role in managing the network as a complement to the distributed energy resources in individual homes and businesses. The increasing storage in the network could eventually create a network with extensive storage in which the grid’s role shifts."

Edited By Doubletop on 10/06/2019 03:54:09

Edited By Doubletop on 10/06/2019 03:55:09