Mikew
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Try google.fr with...."energies renouvelable dordogne", this seems to bring up some interesting sites. Remember - a french vat registered firm must supply and install in order to qualify for 50% tax credit on material.
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To get your credit d'impots the WHOLE job, supply of goods AND installation, with VAT at 5.5% on a house over 2 years old, must be done by a french vat-registered artisan.
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Clear out any existing Temp files, download the flash drive driver again, and install it (probably 'run' an .exe file). Use the drive directly on a usb port first, if it works, then try the hub, not everything works via hubs.
PS, read thse instructions, you have to install your driver
ftp://www.pny-europe.com/support/website/PNYUSB_Win98_UK.pdf
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Plug it in and use it, no problem. Subscribe to a pay as you go dial up in France before you go (ie Free.fr and others) then all you need is the right plug for the telephone socket.
Uk and France are eec, just take it backwards and forwards as you wish.
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After the heat of last summer we decided to investigate air cooling for at least a bedroom and the lounge. A local firm called to provide ideas came up with a whole house solution. A 3 KW input box outside, heat exchanger in the loft and ducts to all main rooms. Reversible to heat in winter. Expensive, but think of the 50% credit-impots that are available. I, being of naturally suspicious nature regarding salesmen and their quoted savings, have been trawling this site and the web.
Is there anyone with experience of such systems willing to share experiences? Running costs, efficiency, usefulness, payback ......savings even.
Our normal heat is fioul, 2000L/Yr, 8 year old house in 16, 30 cm fluffy insulation in loft, brique walls, 1cm double glazing.
My initial thoughts were for separate two part installations one each in our bedroom and lounge, switched on as needed.
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We are some km south of Ruffec and TNT (Freeview equivalent) digital transmissions are very good here. 18 channels from pop to parliament, including all the French analogue channels. Advantage- with a set top box you can use an English tv fed via the scart socket to see French TV!
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Don't forget one of the biggest P a D around, traffic coming onto the Boulevard Peripherique around Paris has priority over those already circumnavigating the crowded BP. Always move onto lane 2 or more to avoid incomers.
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Just looked at our setup. the house has over 3 dozen 12 volt downlighters, each with it's own transformer (former owners were French). They are arranged in groups of 6 max, i.e. 4 disjoncteurs for the 24 in the lounge, rest according to room layout. Then there are the relays to switch the lights, and the telerupteurs to enable multi switching, not forgetting the disj for the switching circuit, takes up 2 rows of the 6 on our panel.
For you I would suggest a circuit for each room
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I notice from today's Figaro that the Ville de Paris is instituting legal proceedings against a well known bottled water firm for denigrating tap water...
Drink up everybody.....
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You can buy the pipes to run up the wall as a ready made item. Two pipes at the right spacing, held 150mm apart by cross bars, angled connectors at the top, and angled out a few degrees forward at the bottom to bring them out of the wall. not overly expensive and easy to fit.
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Mr Propre 'Eclair' for calcaire works well on sinks etc, it is a spray so should be ok on shower glass. Use with care, it is strong stuff.
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Go on, freeview (TNT) won't spoil you, it is all in french, and you can look at the parliament channel to find out what happens 'up at the top'!
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Someone lost their bottle.....
Sorry
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And electric gates....
(former owner was a gadget freak!)
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If you want to pick up adsl around the house, it will depend on the quality of the house wiring, if it cheap stuff there may be too much loss for adsl to work properly. My solution to this was to fity the modem where the phone line where it enters the house and go wireless. A cable from the other filter connection feeds the cordless system.
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From what I remember about a washer drier we had years ago, instructions were to only half fill (2.5 Kg) when using the drier. Smaller drum...
If clothes crease perhaps a lower temperature for longer may help.
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I have had no probs with wanadoo, my bill is 24.90 for 1 mega. Check your bill on line to see if you are signed up for something you do not use...
Regarding not using you phone and broadband together, are you perfectly sure that BOTH phone and internet are filtered? Each must come via a filter otherwise probs like yours can occur. (Aplogies if it is grandmothers and eggs)
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Glad we've got electric roller shutters.....
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My thoughts would be an external HD (USB2), used to back up both laptop and PC. If you get a sufficiently large HD you could save an image of your HD as it is at present to guard against catastrophic failure, will save you having to go back to square one with all the security updates, program reloading etc.
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So they are blaming you for their bad luck? Are they working on the black? A tax reminder may help.
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Andy,
There is another series of IGN maps, "géorando" - Two departements on one DVD, main maps at 1:25000, 1cm =250M, downloadable to PDA. I have one of the Bayo maps, but was never sucessful getting my HP PDA working. This new one went well with no problems, the software is by Star Informatic, in what language I know not as I have had no error messages. Minor minus, the prog is locked to one set of equipment. Look on IGN www site.
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I found that my Navman 520 maps showed the new bypass roads round Angouleme before they were opened! I bought the unit last year. Complete with UK and full Europe maps from QVC (UK) by internet/post, and at a very good price.
PS, it had full UK and continental charger plugs in the box...
Todays Special Value:
No network with Club Internet Routet
in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone
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