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13 minutes ago, Timx said:
I can’t upload anymore photos
Sure you can, you just need to ensure they’re within the site’s size limit. I forget what that is but it’s over a meg which is a pretty huge image.
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2 hours ago, matty40s said:
The starter I finally had to replace during lockdown May had a date of 2003 on it. I probably killed it myself by linking it to the domestic bank over the winter whilst on a landline rather than leave it be.
I just had to change the original fitment battery on my 2007 S-Type, but only because the alternator failed; so starter batteries, even on cars, can last an awful long time.
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1 hour ago, jenevers said:
How??
They are “stick on”...
Then you can’t.
Unfortunately (and I know you won’t want to hear this) stick-on panels are frequently reported (both here and elsewhere) to have a very short life. I suspect they don’t much care for the very hot steel they’re attached to. Whatever the cause, they never seem to last more than a handful of years.
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Just now, Puffling said:
Good to hear your switch to 240v was without any serious power consumption difference.
Not just his. There are numerous threads on here that demonstrate the same.
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“The Narrowboat Builders Book” by Graham Booth.
I don’t know when it was last updated, so some of the info might be a little dated now, but this certainly used to be ‘the bible’.
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7 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Havent we done this one before...
I thought so, and didn't it turn out to be a non-story?
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6 minutes ago, roland elsdon said:
Then the head fell off the broom.
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50 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:
I agree with the 'include a ruler' plea but in this case we can get some idea of the size from the battery isolator switch nameplate and the cross-head screw that holds it. It is bigger than 2BA, but certainly not 12mm.
Looks like M6 to me.
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21 minutes ago, jenevers said:
Tested my 8 solar panels just now. Bad news. 3 show no voltage at all, 2 show 9.3volts , 1 shows 18.7 volts, 1 shows 20 volts and 1 shows 20.5volts. They are only 19 months old. I'm not impressed.
Check the connections on the backs of the panels.
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26 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:
I think he may design the Stirling labels that he glues over the words " Made in China " ?
You could be right there.
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1 hour ago, OldGoat said:
I just assumed that C.S. designed the box that way....
I don't believe that CS designs anything. At least not personally.
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8 hours ago, Chewbacka said:
I think you have mis read the bss.
You are correct that if you choose to use a “pre-made hose assemblies conforming to BS 669” then a bayonet connection must be used, however section 7.9.5 goes on to state that pre-made assemblies are optional and you may “......use suitable nozzles secured by crimped or worm‐drive clips; and,”. There then follows requirements about clip style, size etc.
Therefore bayonet fittings are not required in all cases.
At least that is how I read it.
That would be far more logical so I suspect that you are correct.
As I wrote to the OP, best to check with his examiner and then make his own choice.
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51 minutes ago, dave moore said:
I hope that’s decent tape, Mark....I really do.....
It looks like Wilko’s best but of course appearances can be deceptive.
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4 hours ago, Rick Savery said:
That's interesting. At the moment I have a flexible hos with very short pieces of pipe at each end connecting the cooker to the main pipework.
Having taken this off, does this mean that I have to now fit a bayonet fitting to the main pipework and get a hose with a bayonet fitting at one end and the short piece of pipe at the other which connects to the cooker directly ?
Well, reading the BSS regs certainly suggests so as my quote demonstrated. However, I bet loads of boats have their cooker connected via a flex hose without a bayonet fitting. I know WotEver was plumbed without because I changed the cooker and there wasn’t one there. I guess a phone call to your BSS Examiner will clarify what he will and will not accept.
https://www.boatsafetyscheme.org/media/268789/ecp-private-boats-ed3_rev2_apr2015_public_final.pdf
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As a friend of mine is wont to say... “Let it develop”. If that screw gains a mate and then another then something’s about to fall off. When it does you’ll know where it came from...
Could well have dropped out of a pocket, yes.
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1 hour ago, alias said:
It probably is lack of local capacity. As demand on a base station reaches capacity it will drop the weaker (usually more distant) connections to provide service to stronger/closer connections. That can turn a poor reception area to a no reception area at times of high demand.
You can always fix it yourself
Fed up villagers in Michaelston-y-Fedw install ultrafast broadband https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-44631791
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20 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said:
are bayonet connectors not allowed on boats?
Not only are they permitted but it appears that they are mandated if using a flexible hose to connect a cooker. 7.9.1 reads (in part):
... pre‐made hose assemblies conforming to BS 669 may be used to connect cookers to LPG supply pipework. Such hoses usually have a red stripe running along the length of the hose but may not be marked with BS669.
The connections on such hoses must terminate with self-sealing bayonet connections at the connection points to the LPG supply pipework. The portable appliance connection checks at 7.10 also apply. -
15 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
It is the total number of days in June and September, or April & November, but if you add all 4 together you will need to divide by 2
Gotcha.
Or I could take the days in a year, subtract 5 (or 6) and divide by six...
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16 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
Multiply by 60 to go from Hz to revs per minute. 2600rpm should give a sharp frequency peak at 43.3Hz, Your microphone should pick this up, but if not, the next peak will be 86.7Hz (double).
You know, I read this and thought to myself “What’s so magical about 60?” It took a while for the penny to drop. Not enough coffee I think
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50 minutes ago, PeterScott said:
Hence this morning lying on the towingpath with a camera waiting for the light and this creature to swim into a good position. This was the best attempt.
You could go and do the same with a sinking tyre now...
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Hello Bruce, what do you do then?
I’m a taxidermist.
A taxi-what-ist?
A taxidermist.
What the heck is one of those then Bruce?
I... er, I stuff animals.
Oh it’s okay lads, he’s one of us!
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2 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:
Direct link for the lazy
Hey! I resemble that remark!
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1 hour ago, roland elsdon said:
The downside is they are australian models, so to work here you have to stand on your head ( or hold them upside down) and shout strewth when you finally get a connection.
And change your name by deed poll to Bruce?
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20 minutes ago, matty40s said:
Tommorow is the last outdoor painting day of the year....after 10am......depending on local fog clearance....(South of Manchester)......and not after 3pm .
Yup. I’m hoping the pressure washer arrives early...
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