[permaculture-oceania] Kleenmaid & Knives

Tue Aug 15 16:05:49 EST 2006

g'day darren,

yep exactly what i say to people if you want good machinery you gotta pay 
for it, the returns generally always are logivity of service and 
reliability.

with the front loader what does "bugger all water" mean for a 5 kilogram 
load from go to whoa?

tia

With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

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"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

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>From: <darren at permaculture.biz>
>Reply-To: promoting permaculture and sustainable living in the oceania 
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>To: "'promoting permaculture and sustainable living in the oceania 
>region'"<permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au>
>Subject: RE: [permaculture-oceania] Kleenmaid & Knives
>Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:00:04 +0700
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>G'day,
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>I trust that this greets you and all well.
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>Can vouch for the Kleenmaid washing machines. I bought a 5kg front loader 
>10
>years ago for $1200 and it is still going beautifully. Uses 1 tablespoon of
>Aware & bugger all water/power. Can't recall the figures.  Design life must
>come into your calculations with purchases such as these. Generally if you
>buy crap you don't get longevity. Good quality knives are another example.
>My knives from back in my chef days nearly 20 years ago are still great and
>I'll probably give them to my kids like my grandfather's 60 year old
>handmade butchery set.
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>Darren J. Doherty
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>[mailto:permaculture-oceania-bounces at lists.cat.org.au] On Behalf Of John
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>Subject: RE: [permaculture-oceania] New Members Story
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>Hi Permy Dorc and others
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>Did you get a new washing machine as part of your sustainable house reno?.
>I have fixed ours for the last time so I am looking for the most efficient
>front loader I can get.   The Kleenmaid models seem to have the best water
>and power ratings but cost around $2,500.  I read the choice magazine
>article and the really efficient models were not at the top of the list (I
>expect they save power by not washing as effectively as other machines?).
>The choice article listed 2 samsung machines at the top of the medium size
>category.  These machines are rated 5A for water but only 3.5 for energy!.
>
>Does anyone have any reccomendations for washing machines?
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>Sydney water is giving $150 cashback if you purchase a 4A or 5A water
>efficieny rating washing machine.
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>Thankyou
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>Regards
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>John
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>From: "Matt Heffernan" <kbanana at bigpond.net.au>
>Reply-To: promoting permaculture and sustainable living in the oceania
>region<permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au>
>To: "promoting permaculture and sustainable living in the oceania
>region"<permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au>
>Subject: [permaculture-oceania] New Members Story
>Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:39:16 +1000
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>Gday all.
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>My name is Matt Heffernan.
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>I have just joined your mailing list & will tell you as briefly as possible
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>what I've been doing re Permaculture.
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>I  completed a PDC
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>at Ecoliving centre Randwick with Robyn Francis last year.
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> >From suburban Oatley in Sydney, Ive designed & just recently 
>renovated(using
>a builder) my 2 bed full brick house,
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>changing the layout,increasing garden space,
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>building 3 beds & bathroom upstairs for a family of 4.
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>I have 6 solar panels facing Nth, Room for 2 more sending power back to the
>grid.(just made the now defunct rebate)
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>For the 1st full qtr Mar-Jun, they provided approx 35% of my power.
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>They are fixed on roof & the gradient will be much better for summer 
>(peak).
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>Working on our usage.
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>7000 litres - 2 water tanks. (no space for any more).The rainwater is fed
>through the
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>house for everything using an electric pump. I have a sediment & UV filter
>next to pump.
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>When the tank empties, town water switches in automatically and fed to 
>house
>via mains pressure.
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>We've had plenty of rain lately & therefore havent switched over to town
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>water for 2 months now. Yeeha. (and they filled again today)
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>we are using 200 litres per day which gives 37 days. 4A toilets, 4A
>dishwasher, 3A everything else.
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>Working on our usage.
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>
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>Used passive heating, cooling principles, plenty of cross ventilation,
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>laminated windows - casement for wind catching. Insulation in walls
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>and roof upstairs + sarking under colourbond roof, 2 whirly birds, raised
>floor boards to be insulated soon I hope.
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>No aircon but gas for heating & cooking.
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>
>
>All Bio paints inside, No PVC in the ground or for water-in plumbing. It 
>was
>very difficult to
>
>decide on the best building materials from a sustainability & toxicity
>perspectivre and in some
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>cases pretty well impossible to avoid. Eg glues, laminates.
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>
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>I have the shower & laundry pipes diverted to a greywater pump
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>and will be used for sub-surface around my fruit trees when required.
>Irrigation channels not yet setout &
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>considering alternatives. Reedbed would be great but space an issue.
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>
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>Backyard &, Frontyard orchard/food forest is very juvenile but so far
>planted Lemonade, Grapefruit, Lime, Avocado, Banana,
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>Paw Paw, feijoas, figs, mandarin, orange, strawberry guavas, pomegranate,
>grapes, passionfruit, mulberry, lilly pilly, with a plan to have about 30
>fruit trees. Dwarfed where possible.
>
>
>
>Garden with veges all starting but slowly in winter. Incorporating herbs,
>groundcovers, edible perrenials & weeds, wormfarms, as many compost piles I
>can scavange up etc. Chooks soon.
>
>
>
>I love the garden and hope to produce all my fruit & veg in 5-8 years.
>Seedsaving also. I am very passionate about health -sustainable local
>organics (great expo yesterday), & solutions to the energy future.
>Considering future direction locally, particularly my kids infants/primary
>school when they start. I work as a muso so luckily have more time than a 9
>to 5er.
>
>
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>Thanks for reading
>
>Regards
>
>Matt Heffernan or as my friends calls me - permy dorc!
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