The Save Our Island Group has been formed to ensure that adequate infrastructure is available on Hayling Island before thousands of extra houses are built on the Island.  Could I encourage Havant and Hayling Island residents to understand what the group is doing by visiting: https://saveourisland.org.uk Thank you.

Personal

Here I give some information about myself and my career in the music, defence and information technology industry as an electronics engineer, and as an auditor and accountant.  I am currently in the Hampshire Police Independent Advisory Group (IAG). 

My interests are: energy efficiency and being green, motoring, technology, pop music and pop concerts, photography and keeping fit and active.  Please go here for Personal,

Energy Efficiency

Our bungalow was built in 1989; we describe the energy-efficient features that are built into the property to keep running costs low; we are all-electric with no gas supply by choice. Heating (and cooling in hot summers) is solely via highly efficient air-sourced heat pumps. 

We use solar panels with sophisticated energy controls to make the best use of solar energy and to keep running costs low.  Please go here for Energy Efficiency.

Technology

These pages explain how we use technology to create a comprehensive and user-friendly Entertainment System that allows the distribution of Satellite TV, FreeSat TV, VHF FM radio, video, music and data across our property securely with up to 10 F-type sockets in each room that can be easily re-configured.  The site also gives some, but not all details about our Security System of which some is visible while other features are hidden and will not be explained here.  Our Computing System supports the Entertainment System and Security System and is based on a hard-wired CAT6A 10Gb LAN with multiple CAT6A sockets in all rooms and close to all TVs. In February 2021, we scrapped the copper-wire phone land-line connection and now use VoIP.  Please go here for Technology.

Ventilation System

Here we describe how our ventilation system has evolved from a passive mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery to a microprocessor-controlled ventilation and heat recovery system that has a built-in heat pump for cheap heating in winter and cooling in summer.  The significant benefits of using a ventilation system are described.

I also cover our new air-sourced heat-pump system that provides our sole source of winter heating and summer cooling; this was installed in 2019. Please go here for our Ventilation System.

Police

I am currently a member of the Hampshire Police (Havant) Independent Advisory Group and a member of the Hampshire Strategic Prosperity Governance Group which reports on fraud and implements plans to protect Hampshire residents.  While I was a councillor, I was an observer on Response and Patrol (999 calls) and Road Police Unit (RPU) shifts and also attended a 2-day advanced TPAC refresher course.

I am also a member of the Neighbourhood Watch Cyber Champion Team that has been set up to help Hampshire residents with cyber-fraud advice. To learn more, please go here for Police.

X-10 Home Automation

X-10 is a USA home automation protocol. 

These pages: explain the types of devices, show photographs of the devices, describe how the devices can be used; and explain how USA purchased modules can be modified to operate from the UK's 230V supply rather than the USA's 115V supply. Please go here to learn about X-10.

Modifications are carried out at your own risk since the guidance here probably violates all UK Health and Safety Regulations.  Please go here to learn about X-10 modifications.

Contact

You may contact me using this simple form.  I do not use Facebook.