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51 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
He said Amps per day, not Amp Hours per day, so I let it slide. If he had said Amps per Hour, then no mercy! ?
Jen
Hmmm... how is amps per day any better than amps per hour, or amps per leap-year? Amphours per day would have been perfectly acceptable.
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3 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:
Should we ask how you know this?
Not saying...
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1 hour ago, Rick Savery said:
if I have primed with Zinsser 123, will a standard emulsion still need lots of coats?
It depends on the paint. Some has lots of pigment and covers well (I’m a fan of Leyland for that), and some goes on like dirty water (I bought some like that from Wilko once).
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2 hours ago, Jon57 said:
Also got a Tercoo triple rotating rotary blaster to test out. The sales buff seems good.
Do not. I’ll emphasise that, DO NOT push hard with the Tercoo.
Just rest it on the surface, be patient, wear ear defenders, and let the tool do the work.
If you push hard the tips will break.
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7 minutes ago, philjw said:
Hi
Thats rope not gland packing. It's been picked up on the prop and has likely been there for a while. Now you have removed you can forget about it.
^^^^ yup, Wot he said
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As Iain suggests, can you easily drill a hole lower down on the gearbox lever?
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3 hours ago, Blue Knight said:
I may need a bigger battery bank?
Bear in mind that it is the generation of the power used that needs to be the first consideration. There’s no point in having a bunch of batteries that you can’t fully charge. In general terms your battery bank capacity should be at least 3 times your average daily usage. Bigger is better but you firstly have to know that you can generate something like 120% of your daily usage.
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1 hour ago, Chewbacka said:
Did I mention my short term memory wasn’t as good as it used to be?
I’m not sure. Do I know you, young man?
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29 minutes ago, Chewbacka said:
As I got older my long term memory is ok, but short term, not so, hence remembering where I put my keys.........
There are three things I can never remember...
... er...
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4 minutes ago, Quattrodave said:
I've used used Danboline very successfully... the gray is a rather nice gray too..
Me too. Clean, degrease, remove loose rust, Vactan, Danboline. Looked lovely.
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Just now, Mac of Cygnet said:
So where will all this turmoil be? I've just looked at the forecast for this area (Scottish Borders) and there is absolutely no indication of anything untoward.
Ditto in The Midlands.
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1 minute ago, Batavia said:
To be pedantic (before anyone else is), you only need the fundamental and the odd harmonics!
Chris G (who still occasionally uses Fourier Transforms)
I originally wrote “... third harmonic, fifth harmonic...” but then changed it ‘cos I couldn’t remember if that was right (it was a long time ago).
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1 hour ago, Ballyeli said:
I'm going at it again with 4 more batteries Saturday!
A cheap mains grinder and the hire of a genny would cost less than 4 decent batteries. And if you have no mains how are you going to charge them?
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30 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:
All this talk of voltage is rubbish unless you specify that nothing is drawing power at the time of measurement.
Hence the value of SmartGauge.
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47 minutes ago, mark99 said:
I read the comnents in I think Screwfix (can't be sure) website which has loads of faq linked to Zinnser supplier who faithfully answered lots and lots of user questions. It's recomnended by Zinnser for spot priming external only (as in bleeding wood knots etc - Zinnser Bin). Something about being shellac based and not liking expansion. I've used it at home in a house and its great.
Ah yes, Bin is only for spot priming. My recommendation was for Zinser Coverstain, not Bin. Coverstain is designed for internal and external use and is a full-function primer. Bin is more for covering knots in pine and such like.
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1 hour ago, noddyboater said:
"I'm taking the bike and leaving mine as this is better”
So I guess you could say he was up-cycling...
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14 minutes ago, mark99 said:
I won't using Zinnser after reading fully its limitations. It may break up and crack re external use! (Does not like expansion or contraction).
Where did you read that Mark? It’s specced for exterior use and I’ve never had it fail in my (admittedly limited) experience.
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5 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
There are higher frequency harmonics in the modified sine wave that can get through to the speakers sometimes.
Yep. If you draw a sine wave then add the second harmonic over the top, then the third, and keep going... you get a square wave
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He’s right though. Unless the batteries have been recently replaced, budget to replace them. A surveyor won’t be able to check their capacity so anything he says about them is worthless.
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5 hours ago, Bee said:
Sanding discs clog too quickly for the initial treatment and if there are traces of bitumen they can melt the old covering and make a right mess.
Worth pointing out at this juncture that the reason (some) sanders are equipped with variable speed is so that you can select a slow speed such that they won’t heat up and melt the paint you’re attempting to sand. Won’t help an awful lot with already-soft bitumen but it’s worth remembering when keying paint.
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1 hour ago, waterdog said:
They should not be used on unrestricted dual carriageways where the speed limit exceeds 50 mph (80 km/h) but if they are used on these dual carriageways...
Is it just poorly worded or does it really mean that you ‘must not do this, but if you do...’ ?
And what does the last sentence mean in the context of the preceding?
Okay, so I went to the Gov site to read what is actually written and that makes far more sense:These small vehicles travel at a maximum speed of 8 mph (12 km/h). On a dual carriageway where the speed limit exceeds 50 mph (80 km/h) they MUST have a flashing amber beacon, but on other roads you may not have that advance warning (see Rules 36 to 46 inclusive).
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1 hour ago, magpie patrick said:
Having driven it round the garden several times recently, I think it goes quite fast enough!
A few years ago the missus was at the building society when two chaps, each on a mobility buggy, were beeping their horns at each other and juggling for who should be at the front of the queue. “Road Rage in the Halifax!” observed the missus.
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1 hour ago, Murflynn said:
just to remind folks that you can buy sanding machines that look like angle grinders but rotate at 3,000 rpm. these are available in 9" and 5" versions. much safer and can be used for polishing and buffing if needed.
^^^^^ This. Greenie given. They're also available in 6" (I have one).
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7 minutes ago, MajorJones said:
I see so many new build using what looks like MDF - have we wrongly identified the material used or do builders just don't care what will happen with the interior eventually?
It could be either. A quality fitout would be real wood, painted white if required or varnished according to taste. A cheaper fitout would be MDF.
Single or Dual Terminal Busbars WITH COVERS??
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With plenty of vermiculite for drainage...