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[Guest]

I have to agree - two of my three Maestros have been red! They do take a fair bit of polishing to get them nice and shiny though. You wait until you are driving F170 regularly - it won't gleam like that for long!

[D87SMW]

Knowing me, it should be gleaming all the time.

Did anyone find out what Rich's desktop is?

[Guest]

Opps, rather belated monday! Sorry Changing the point of the thread entirly now......

Right, the unit in the picture is called a Tanflo. Everyone had the right sort of idea about it, but dave was the closest in a funny sort of way.

These units are fitted to Naval ships, and is just one of the many things i work on. They are primaraly Air Conditioning Units, yet they also do filter the air, and what everyone missed is that they are heaters too. The pipes going to it are a supply of chilled water.

So, why would I want a picture of that on my desktop, well its inspiration and it fits in with another thing I like I suppose. A 3 phase 440v motor is fitted to the fan inside, and when it starts the noise they make is just superb! The same thing goes with all heavy/industrial motors and fans, for me the noise of them starting is just great! If only I had a 3 phase supply at home!

Going on the prinicpals of how the Tanflo works, this leads me onto another hair brained scheme! After looking at prices of domestic air-con systems I consider them to be very expensive for what they do, I have devised my own plan, to keep me cool, at minimal expense, and I may be inclined to carry out the plan.

It couldnt be simpler, all you need to provide a supply of chilled water is lots of copper pipe, a chest frezer and a domestic central heating pump. By laying plenty of copper pipe in a chest freezer, and circulating water through it with the pump, it can be achieved, i am sure! All you then need is a unit which will accept the chilled water, and blow air over a matrix (like the heater in your maestro/montego) which will blow cold air into the room! I even think a car radiator and fan would do.

Water gets cooled in the frezer, cold water circulates to heat exchanger, warmer water returns to frezer for chilling, the cycle continues! It can't fail in its basic terms, but there would be need for a device to monitor the water temp to stop it freezing, and also, would the compressor on the frezer burn out? One way to find out!

Any other budding inventors got any thoughts?

Rich (Mad as a March Hare!):laugh:

[tony]

rich ,not much of a home life happening there thats a good idea you have there rich,or you can just leave the freezer door open:laugh: sorry rich

[tony]

now that you have got me thinking using the freezer to cool the water,u need to fill the freezer with copper or plastic pipe small hole in the side of the freezer for the pipes to come out and tap them into your central heating ! combi heating would be best and then it uses your normal raditors.what do u think? rich

[D87SMW]

Not strictly my desktop, but this is one of my interests too. Can anyone tell me what it is? :laugh:

Sorry, no prizes this time.

[tony]

is it thunderbird 2's hanger?

[D87SMW]

:laugh: Close - anyone...

[Austin-Rover]

A random stab in the dark.....

....is it a bomb bay on a military aircraft???

:laugh:

[D87SMW]

Your almost there, but I need a more specific answer.

[Guest]

Is it upside down? if it is, it looks like somewhere for crushing rusty fords:laugh:
Either that or its the bomb bay off a fighter/bomber aircraft!

[D87SMW]

I wish it was for crushing horrid Fords! It seems you may need a bit of a clue:
It shares the name with a place in the North West.

[Austin-Rover]

Lancaster

[Guest]

Lancaster?????