e.g. A 2500 watt drier runs for 3 hours a day, how many kWh does it consume and if electricity costs 12c per unit, what is the cost of running it? kWh = watts/1000 x time = 2500 / 1000 x 3 = 7.5 kWh or units Cost = 7.5 x 12c = 90 cents Some appliances don't run conti...
If you’re going to build a homestead with a modern build type similar to houses, then the typical framing often used to build a modern family home will work, although this will cost a bit more than using logs. Growing A Garden Ahomestead would not be complete without a thriving garden....
A UNESCO World Heritage site, Longmen Grottoes houses a large collection of stone carving of Buddhas during the northern Wei and Tang dynasties. There are more than 2,000 grottoes, 100,000 Buddhist statues and 2,800 inscriptions are carved on the Mount Longmen. Located on both sides of the ...
An open modular system has many advantages over a closed modular system. Since anyone can design parts in an open system, it generates a much larger diversity of parts: they can be made in different colours and materials, and none of the producers can set a fixed price for all consumers....
The wood is coated with paint or a resin to protect it from the outside environment. The smock and tower mills, built by the Dutch and British prior to the twentieth century, use many of the same materials used for the construction of houses including wood, bricks and stones. ...
You may want to build a mallard house for one of several reasons. Many people in rural areas struggle to keep wild mallards from laying in their hen houses in the spring.