Onewheeler
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That's one of these that you mean?
Yes, they're horrible. When the screws failed and I couldn't find a tap to thread new holes (the remains of the old screws being corroded into their holes) it was replaced by a plastic pudding basin. That was three years ago. Still looking for a better replacement. Let me know if you go into production!
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6 minutes ago, Richard10002 said:
I’m going to get a cheap wet and dry vac as well. It’ll be for this job only as there is nowhere to store it long term, so it’ll be given away or skipped. Any suggestions for cheap but does the job? Happy to spend £50 to £75 if necessary, but can’t see the sense in going over £100 for a one off use.
I bought a very cheap one from Screwfix a few years ago for a nasty one-off job (clearing the contents of a jerry can of red diesel from the boot of my car). Worked fine. They have a different model now for£35. Also the sort of thing that Aldi and Lidl have regularly if you can wait.
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18 minutes ago, Chewbacka said:
You can get free tide times apps for your phone which predict the height of the tide as well, as not all spring tides go over the weir.
Last time I looked, most (but not all) only went a few days ahead for UK waters, thanks to the restrictive practices of whichever government department controls the data. Most didn't cover Sharpness either. There may be better ones available since we moved off the G&S in 2013.
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Well worth buying a copy of Arrowsmiths Bristol Channel Tide Tables to plan when to go through Glos or Sharpness locks. Available from Arrowsmiths and Ebay but not Amazon.
Take your first trip when there's no tide on the upper river and no recent rain. It's always slow going up the eastern channel but much easier above the parting.
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Might be worth quoting some real figues. The Indesit under-counter fridge I installed last year, A+ rated, draws 65 W with compressor running and a mean consumption of about 15 W. That's in warm to hot French weather. It probably isn't much different from any other similar sized A+ fridge. It runs very happily from a Sunshine Power 1kW PSW inverter.
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49 minutes ago, Neil Smith said:
But its not in the engine room.
Neil
Ours is!
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1 hour ago, Chewbacka said:
Or an angle grinder and a box of 1mm cutting discs.
Wouldn't want to use that in the engine room. Sparks and fine swarf everywhere!
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If (as it appears) the sides of the tank are the hull, I'd be very wary that there might be substantial corrosion from the inside out. I would cut the whole thing out so as to be able to inspect it, and if you want a tank there replace it with polyethylene.
(I'm in the middle of cutting out the steel tank on our shared mainland boat: a reciprocating saw does a nice job, aided by a jigsaw depending on access.)
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1 hour ago, john6767 said:
Well they are a mobile phone company, they and the likes of BT seem to just make stuff up as they feel like it. All I can say is that in the past when I have wanted to use the hotspot abroad it has worked, it my be nothing more that the foreign network just not detecting the tethering of course.
Yes, I've used mine abroad although it often seems to be only for a few minutes, presumably while the network decides that it's not a permitted activity.
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17 hours ago, Onewheeler said:
Thanks! The Three website is appalling. I've found pages which say you can or you can't run a hotspot. I shall call into their shop tomorrow and see if I can change my contract. Wish me luck!
The Three interpretation of that ("Our Advanced plans let you use Feel At Home Around the World in 71 destinations, at no extra cost. You can also use your phone as a Personal Hotspot, and call free from your mobile to Customer Services") is that it means you can roam, and use a personal hotspot in the UK. Mendaciously ambiguous? A discussion with the ASA might be in order.
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3 hours ago, john6767 said:
Thanks! The Three website is appalling. I've found pages which say you can or you can't run a hotspot. I shall call into their shop tomorrow and see if I can change my contract. Wish me luck!
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On 11/03/2018 at 14:23, john6767 said:
The use of the hotspot abroad is mentored in the basic stuff about "Feel at Home", so I think it applies to all plans with feel at home on them.
I can't find the quote that you quoted. The only mention on their web site says the opposite. Can you find a link please? Their customer service tells me that personal wifi hotspot is only available with a£5 per day addon.
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Using the Three service as a mobile hotspot is hit-and-miss on the mainland: it sometimes works in France but often drops the link after a few minutes, giving enough time for the missus to download her emails and the Grauniad. It works quite often in Spain. Couldn't make it work at all in Belgium. It does give much wider inclusive coverage abroad than any other provider of which I am aware (the only exception nearby being Andorra, but they operate a last-century mobile phone network). I recall that some of the more expensive Three packages permit a limited download when tethering while roaming. Look at the small print (in the case of Three, often ambiguous and confusing).
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1 hour ago, Dr Bob said:
Its easy to match the mast diameters so one fits inside the other so the dish rotates, but how do you clamp it in position.
Slot the outer one and secure it with a Julibee clip? Drill a hole in the outer and tap a thread for a clamping bolt? Or just use the screws on the u-bolt or mast clamp, and the elevation bolt on the back of the dish. Put wing nuts on to make it easier to slacken and tighten?
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Mast clamp onto your handrail e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8-NUT-SHELLEY-CLAMP-2-x-2-UNIVERSAL-AERIAL-POLE-MAST-CB-HAM-TV-BRACKET/162874753698?hash=item25ec1782a2:g:xm0AAOSwpzdWtQF6 Add a stub mast and a couple of u-bolts to the back of the dish. Slacken the bolts for azimuth and elevation adjustment.
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Screwfix 76776 or similar?
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On 30/12/2017 at 12:00, cuthound said:
Tesco mobile is the only PAYG thst I know that retains credit indefinitely.
Tesco Lite appears to only be available to existing customers. Three's current offerings all appear to time out after a month, as do the other big providers - unless anyone knows differently?
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Yep, keel-cooled NB engine. I shall assume it's not fitted. I was surprised as I'd not noticed it before as a service item. Ta!
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Taking a quick look at the Beta web site to check current recommendations for oil grade, I noticed an entry under the routine service schedule "Check coolant “sacrificial” zinc anode and replace if necessary - sometimes frequently" (every year / 250 h). It's the only mention of a "coolant zinc anode" that I can find on their site. Is there likely to be one on a Beta 38 installation, and if so where might one find it?
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Wilko also sells Morris "Classic Car" 20W/50 CC grade. Unlikely but true.
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Bedazzled have always worked well for me, mostly running 10-30 V bulbs from 24 V. I did have some bulbs from Litecone which burnt out almost immediately despite being run well inside the rated voltage. I think that was just unlucky, the proprietor offered to replace them and I never quite got around to sending them back.
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Marmalade. You've never tried my wife's industrial strength version. It is stronger than my teeth.
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I've used a few of the former type. Surprisingly accurate for the price. Only issue is a small offset on the current, i.e. they read zero up to a few tens of mA. There are similar modules available which give bidirectional current readings, some of those need an isolated supply.
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No-one has ever asked me what it's used for. Mostly heating anyway.
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Most stainless is a bit magnetic. We've retrieved cutlery with a magnet.