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Hi Darren,
Drop testers are an aid for measuring the capacity available from cranking batteries (starter batteries) which are designed for short sharp bursts of power. A leisure battery is designed for slow discharge over a long period, a Drop Tester puts a high load (depending on size of the tester) direct to the battery, not something you would want to do to a leisure battery.
Erm hope that makes sense
Cheers A
Hi Ark Right. Sorry only just seen your reply. Thanks for the explanation.
Darren
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On the basis that what you call a "drop tester" is what I know as a "Heavy discharge rate meter" and the test involves bridging the poles and sparks then the answer is emphatically NO A starter battery is designed to have a high rate of discharge. It has to be able to twirl over an engine. The inside is built differently from a "Leisure" battery which is desinged to release small amperages over a very long time. Using a "Heavy discharge rate meter" on a leisure battery would lead to rapid heating of delicate plates and at the worst possible scenario an explosion scattering lead acid over an area much bigger than a typical engine room or garage.
Your work practice will be for starter batteries, Darren am I right?
Hi Pentargon, yes i regularly test HGV batteries at work so what you said makes sense. A young apprentice did drop test a set of batteries straight after They came of charge
( like a dick ) and did blow the battery and him sky high, he was fine though but it did create much laughing and piss taking.
Thanks for the reply.
Darren
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A quick question regarding batteries. At work we use a drop tester and that tells us straight away if the battery is good or not. I suggested using this method to someone who wanted to test his batteries and he almost died of heart failure. He said you can't drop test leisure batteries, but he didn't give me an explanation as to why. Can anyone enlighten me please.
Darren
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I agree with MJG, jack Russells are very loyal, obedient and great watch dogs. But don't dismiss staffies, all though generally tarred with knuckle draggers they too are great dogs. but saying that getting a rescue dog you can never be 100%.
Darren
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Suppose it depends, my partner was asked to shoot dead 400 sick sheep when he worked on his Uncles sheep farm in Australia. He just couldn't do it. I don't think it helped that they could only afford 200 bullets.
Very funny that made me laugh
Darren
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How is this different? Many years ago I drowned a litter of pups - it was the accepted method in the countryside of getting rid of unwanted litters. I didn't bargain for the result of doing what every surrounding farmer would do as a matter of course - physically sick and shaking for days, and bad dreams for months. It didn't look very humane to me - they struggled and squeaked for ages. Never, ever again could I even contemplate such a thing.
What an awful thing to do or see but as you said an accepted method of controlling unwanted animals. Funny how dogs seem to pull our heart strings more than other animals or dare I say humans.
Darren
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As chertsey said it was quite common to get rid of the dog when the yearly tax came around. My grandad told me how his father told him to take the dog down to the lake and chuck him in, my grandad did as his dad said and done the deed. My grandad was walking up the road when he heard the dog whimpering; he walked back and the dogs nose was just
above the water, they had made the chain too long. Anyway after that they kept the dog and I've a nice photo of them together. As for the dog being tied to the cabin top I thought it was only children tied to the chimney for safety. When my nan worked on the boats her mother never let the dog any where near the cabin; his place was either on the tow path or in the hold.
Darren
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Talking of boats anybody remember fairground attractions video of there 80s hit perfect. The band playing on the decked hold of the woolwich moter boat barnham don't no what part of the system there on though.
Darren
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Well put Alex,
I think I agree - when I ditched my blue hose I asked about it on here in case I was missing something obvious as to switching to a normal Hozelock garden hose.
Weighed up the responses I got I then made an informed decision and yes I'm still alive....
Isn't this what this forum is about, ie not mocking peoples questions?
I'm really am not knocking him, just his question It's only a hose pipe it's not as if we are trying to send some man to mars.
Darren
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Its possible that the OP did not have all the information to make a correct choice - He may well think everybody has a food safe hose.
That's why this forum is so popular, now we have answered his question, he's happy to have all the information needed.
This doesn't apply to everyone of course - some people know it all !
Alex
Well I would have thought it was like most things in life " use some common sense "
Darren
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Sometimes I sit here and have to laugh at some of the posts on here. What is the op thinking about posting a question like that ??
What does he think will happen to him if he fills his water tank up with water used from his " garden hose " . A hose is a bloody hose it doesn't matter if it's red blue or pink with spots on.
As onionbargee said flush it through for a minute then use it, don't make life so complicated.
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Amazing these tugs ..........
Is that backdrop you have used the boyers arm Laurence??
Darren
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My grandad cycled from Yiewsley to Hayes on the tow path every day for years, he used to get puntures until he put one of his old leather belt inside the tyre. He told me he never did get a punture ever again. Some times something quite simple just works.
Darren
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I should probably let Mike speak for himself, but last I knew anything about it I don't believe he has put anything in progress yet.
By a strange coincidence though, Tim and Andy Collier who used to operate coal, camping and tripping boats from Leighton Buzzard in a similar time frame have recently published a book of their memoirs.
Both Mike, and our late brother Pete get mentions in there because they worked closely with the Colliers, and fetched quite a few of their loads of house coal for them, often with their boats rather than the Colliers'. (I hope I have the apostrophe correct for sarah!
).Whilst the book is interesting, (to me at least!), I don't think I'm doing Tim and Andy too much disservice by saying that many of the images in it are not that great, or well reproduced. Certainly if Mike could get his well reproduced, there would be more pictorial interest, I believe.
Just received my copy of Tim & andy colliers book "an affair with the cut" great photo shots and lots of interesting reading in store this week, plus it's nice to see our boat Bicester in there. Thanks to Mr fincher for putting the link up.
Darren
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I'd use one simply because everytime I make bread by hand, it's rubbish
Well practice makes perfect then.
Bread just out of the oven with thick anchor butter you can't beat it !!!
Darren
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Hi Jeanette
Yes I do remember silver stores I was only in there the other day and the owners still worked there just like they did when I was young. And your right the old boat families did stick together around the Yiewsley area like the Owens , dyers , blands , benn , woods , garner?
Darren
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Hi Jeannette
I went to school in Yiewsley with a Nicola sibley she will now be aged around 38 she also had an older brother now about 40 are these related to you in any way. Where abouts did you have relations living in Horton rd as I was brought up in providence rd?
Best regards
Darren
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It's not one of those shop looters is it?
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Still worried about how to achieve the 1/16 off bit if I use a scaffold pole but between yourself and Laurence Hogg, I am now convinced not to go for the brass tiller arm.
All I done was to use my grinder with a flexible 5" disc and just keep running it up and down and around shaft until the pipe fits on. And that's about it really it won't take that long to remove a 16 of an inch, just don't go mad
By the way are you still having you shindig for your boats birthday ?
Darren
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I just wrap a strip of emery cloth around the filter
Cost.........Absolutely nothing
Darren
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On our town I just cut down a scaffold tube to size, painted it and then turned down a nice shaped oak handle for it and I think it looks very nice. And with your livery not many boats had a brass tiller arm they were steel tubes. Scaffold tubes are 1" 3/8 so you will have to take a 16 of but that's ok.
Darren
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Thanks youve answered my question.
Sorry I got my dates wrong one to many vodkas I think
Cheers Darren
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Just a quick one.
I'm researching my family tree and the kendalls name appears quite a lot. Question is
Does anyone know what Ernie kendalls middle name was and am I right In thinking that he was born in 1902 at braunston and died in 1982.
Thanks Darren
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Thanks tony very much appreciated.
Darren