wind

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    Anybody use those cantilever umbrellas? How do they handle the CT wind?

    A friend of mine is looking at buying a 3x3 cantilever umbrellas from patio warehouse, (I think). This is a very good quality umbrella ... not exactly cheap ... They stay in Cape Town and as you know Cape Town gets very windy from time to time. Are those umbrellas worth it? Do they handle the...
  3. B

    How to tighten down WiFi monopoles?

    Hello Folks, I've been so fortunate to live in the second windiest part of our Country, and I'm really into Wireless Links - such a good combo, won't you say? I'd like to find out from you experienced people, what's the best way to attach pilot wires to a monopole on a bracket, say 2-3...
  4. B

    Gordon's Bay winds + WISP = Packet Loss

    Hi All, We've been having our Good Old Friend, the South Easter [how does one exclamate this even more?], blowing everything apart for the past two weeks now, with winds touching 92km/h at times. This is causing HAVOC on two of my uplinks to WISPS in the area. Eventhough we have DSL...
    • BrinkJ
    • Thread
    • irritation pilot wire south easter wind wisp
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Wi-Fi and WISP
  5. S

    Eskom Load Shedding and the Gamers

    Hi All, So with all the Loadshedding from Eskom I'm looking into alternatives and though I would share what I've found. (Please note that I am no expert and I've only learned about W/A/V in the last two days so things might be wrong) This is Solar + Wind vs a good UPS The summary of it is...
  6. R

    Wind power

    My cousin's husband is a prof at that big school with granite pillars. His field of expertise is natural science. Hs said that his study of a rare phenomenon in Cape Town provided interesting results. He says that, when the northwester and the southeaster blows with the same velocity...
  7. genetic

    Eskom gets R1.9bn for 'green' energy

    200MW of power is not a substantial amount. IMO, Nuclear is the answer...
  8. hyperian

    I'm thinking of building a wind turbine

    The idea has been rattling around inside my head for a while now. I want to build a small wind turbine that will spin in the wind and generate a bit of electricity. This is by no means an attempt to generate power that I can use in my house, but more like an interest I want to pursue. If I do...
  9. mercurial

    Office worker awarded £5,000 after boss constantly broke wind in her direction

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