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If you want to parallel strings you need to ensure that the Vmp of each string matches pretty closely or the higher-voltage string will be restricted to the voltage from the lower voltage string. We're not combining strings. We have 8 strings of 9-11 panels in series plus a couple of shorter ones (P1 & T2, these have the worst of the shading). Each string goes to a 500V MPPT input on one of our 4 x 2-input inverters. Note that these are all series strings, the interconnects on the drawing are just to show how the panels are grouped.

I value my life! It's not actually a problem coz the house is also in the way early in the day. Those panels only really get going after about 10.30AM.

Our numbers for August. Note that with 23kWP of solar we are way over-panelled for our normal daily usage, so production matches consumption fairly closely. Of course, we have dull days, they always occur when we have family staying and we've actually had to use PEA energy on a couple of occasions to meet their insatiable appetite for A/C. The chicken house / tool shed is now fully loaded with 14 x 340W panels, not ideally located with some shading but they generate useful energy. There really is no more available roof space, well not until I expand the car-port (again) that is

From Ken Bruce: - It’s the saddest of days as my great friend Phil Swern has passed away. Phil was a brilliantly inventive man with a passion for music. He had a vast career as a record and radio producer, deviser of tv formats and as the guiding light and co-creator of Popmaster. He was a one-man fount of all pop knowledge, starting his record collection as a boy and still displaying the same enthusiasm into his seventies. Without him, there would be no Popmaster, on radio or tv. He leaves a giant gap in my life and in the lives of so many.

The eggs are delicious, bright yellow yolks 😛

Weeks? Weeks? When Italy switched it was YEARS! Officially, the highway code in 1912 made it a legal requirement to drive on the right, but cities with tram networks could continue to drive on the left (with appropriate signage on entering). Rome changed in 1925 and Milan in 1926. To answer our OP, yes, I do remember the switch-over although I was only 8. In reality, the only reason I'd even heard of Sweden was the fact that my dad owned a Volvo Amazon

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Not really relevant to our OP but Madam mixes our used veggie-oil in with the chicken food. The chooks love it and it apparently improves egg quality.

Well, this is the "Worst Jokes" thread Seriously, if you are getting an error repeatedly, post in the Forum Support section.

Seamus was about to tee off on the first hole when a second golfer (Paddy) approached and asked if he could join him. Seamus said that he usually played alone, but agreed to the twosome. They were even after the first few holes. Paddy said, "We're about evenly matched, how about playing for £5.00 a hole?" Seamus said that he wasn't much for betting, but agreed. Paddy easily won the remaining 16 holes. They walked off number eighteen while Paddy counted his £80.00. He then confessed that he was the pro at a neighbouring course and “liked to pick on suckers.” Seamus, shocked, revealed that he was the Parish Priest. Paddy the pro was flustered and apologetic and offered to return the money. Seamus replied, "You won fair and square I was foolish to bet with you. Keep your winnings." An embarrassed Paddy asked, "Please, is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" Seamus replied, "Well, you could come to Mass on Sunday and make a donation. And, if you want to bring your Mother and Father along I'll marry them.

Three bulls heard the rancher was bringing another bull onto the ranch. First Bull: "I've been here five years. I'm not giving this new bull any of my 100 cows." Second Bull: "I've been here three years and have earned my right to 50 cows. I'm keeping all my cows." Third Bull: "I've only been here a year, and so far, you guys have only let me have 10 cows. I may not be as big as you fellows, but I'm keeping all 10 of my cows." Just then an 18-wheeler pulls up in the pasture carrying the biggest bull they've ever seen. At 4,700 pounds, each step he takes strains the steel ramp. First Bull: "I think I can spare a few cows for our new friend." Second Bull: "I actually have too many cows to take care of. I can spare a few. I'm certainly not looking for an argument." They look over at the third bull and find him pawing the dirt, shaking his horns and snorting. First Bull: "Son, don't be foolish, let him have some of your cows and live to tell about it." Third Bull: "Hell, he can have all my cows. I'm just making sure he knows I'm a bull."

Meanwhile ... Chechen warlord shows off gun-mounted Tesla Cybertruck CNN — The warlord leader of Chechnya has mounted a machine gun on a Tesla Cybertruck that he says he plans to send to Russian forces on the battlefields in Ukraine. Ramzan Kadyrov published a video on Saturday of himself driving the vehicle, which he said had been sent to him by “the strongest genius of our time,” Elon Musk, before it was adapted. Musk later denied giving the vehicle to the Chechen leader. “Are you seriously so retarded that you think I donated a Cybertruck to a Russian general?” Musk wrote on X, the social media platform he owns. In the slickly produced video, a grinning Kadyrov is seen driving the vehicle through an empty square in Grozny, Chechnya’s capital. He then gets out of the truck and stands behind the machine gun with an ammunition belt draped round his neck. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/19/europe/chechnya-kadyrov-musk-tesla-cybertruck-intl/index.html

If you don't want to buy a chart there are loads of DIY printable ones online. This is one of many https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Snellen_chart_in_ISO_standard.pdf

The chart linked in the OP is to be used at 5m (about 16'5") distance (yes, they do sell more, er, conventional ones). The big plus of doing it yourself is that you can tailor your prescription to your exact circumstances, screen distance etc.

Madam has gone to the local somtam outlet for something lethal (but delicious). I feel a "system clear out" will be coming on this afternoon 😞

Yeah, I tried varifocals a while back, they just made my head spin. It's possibly because my eyes are very different. But having several pairs is fine, I can safely move around wearing my "computer" pair (not sure I'd try driving in them mind).

Get specs from Zenni, link in the OP, low cost and pretty fast delivery to your door.

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Post a photo of your Consumer Unit with the lid off (care please) and we can see what you actually have.

The kits do include cylindrical lenses to check for simple astigmatism as demonstrated in the linked video. But as noted in the OP these checks are not to be taken as a replacement for the services of a qualified optometrist.

You could try measuring the AC voltage between E and N at the CU whilst you have some load on (make some tea and run the A/C). If it's more than a few volts I'd be tempted to add a link although I doubt you have any actual safety issue as-is. With such an old building I would not be at all surprised if an "upgrade" in the past made a N-E link in your meter room.