Long term members will remember Richard from ANTL, who used to occasionally let us know when he had surplus left over stock to get rid of. ANTL is a testing lab, and they do a lot of solar hot water, but also other testing as well.
I reached out to richard a few weeks ago and they’ve put together their ‘to go’ pile. I’m going to go down there tomorrow (wednesday), probably with buzz. It will be in the morning, not 100% on time. It would be good to have one or two other helpers.
What I plan to do is do a livestream on discord so people can see whats there, and you can make a request that we take the item and you can collect it at the space if its small/easy and we have space. For everything else, if theres interest i will arrange a second visit, probably early next week.
I dont have a list of items, but its things like solar hot water tubes, panels. tanks, various industrial things etc. I think he has some solar pv panels. Its a real mix. Its a golden opportunity to build yourself an extremely cheap system or get some kind of interesting goodies.
So if you’re curious/keen be on discord to see the livestream.
another ute and hands would be awesome. i have my ute, buzz has his trailer. i might grab the space trailer tonight.
You’re just in time to upgrade to the solar hot water panels haha. Richard rekons they’re a little less efficient but they’re way way way more durable than the glass tube arrays. he was also cheeky and said theres a brand he wouldnt pick but wouldnt divulge more, hahaha.
Did the run today, have to collate what i’m taking for my setup, but will have maybe a second heat pump thats a ‘test article unknown working’, and some hot water panels to bring to the space.
Theres a pallet of stuff we didnt collect yet, a few hot water tanks, some water chillers, shower fittings, random giant butterfly valves, etc. I think also a urinal automation system? lol.
As we clear out his space richard will be getting deeper into the stacks of stuff so i think theres probably weekly/fortnightly trips on the books at this point. Deep deep in the warehouse he has solar pv panels, distribution boxes etc.
