The reluctance of my television to switch on.

[bizzard]

My telly won't switch on by remote control or by it's manual switch unless the ambient temperature is precisely 20c degrees or above. To cobat it's reluctance to switch on I've taken to a harsh method, which works a treat. I tried the usual thumping it but not thumping too hard after all it's been a good telly for about fifteen tears, but I like my money's worth.  I bought a cheap electric hair dryer with the hope that if I train the nozzle at the telly the hot air will switch it on. And hey presto it does at precisely 20c. The jolly old hair dryer is very useful for warming up other things like starting up bl--dy BMC diesel engines which I've done by removing the air cleaner and aiming it into the air intake,by which it started instantly, saved messing with those stupid heater plugs. I don't know why BMC didn't just stick a 12v element in the air intake venturi like some other engines. The hair dryer can also be used to dry out damp nooks and crannies before blacking when in dry dock and general drying before painting. Can be used for drying out your bed if you happen to be a bed wetter. A very useful task for it is is to use it as bellows to revive  dying coals in your stove. To do this open the bottom vent completely and hold the hair dryer close up to it, switch on for a minute or two and your fire should come alive. Remember to make sure that the door is closed beforehand or the draft pressure might blow em off.  Oh and it is not bad for drying your hair also, if you've got any. A cheap one like mine is about £18 on ebay or Amazon.

[cuthound]

40 minutes ago, bizzard said:

My telly won't switch on by remote control or by it's manual switch unless the ambient temperature is precisely 20c degrees or above. To cobat it's reluctance to switch on I've taken to a harsh method, which works a treat. I tried the usual thumping it but not thumping too hard after all it's been a good telly for about fifteen tears, but I like my money's worth.  I bought a cheap electric hair dryer with the hope that if I train the nozzle at the telly the hot air will switch it on. And hey presto it does at precisely 20c. The jolly old hair dryer is very useful for warming up other things like starting up bl--dy BMC diesel engines which I've done by removing the air cleaner and aiming it into the air intake,by which it started instantly, saved messing with those stupid heater plugs. I don't know why BMC didn't just stick a 12v element in the air intake venturi like some other engines. The hair dryer can also be used to dry out damp nooks and crannies before blacking when in dry dock and general drying before painting. Can be used for drying out your bed if you happen to be a bed wetter. A very useful task for it is is to use it as bellows to revive  dying coals in your stove. To do this open the bottom vent completely and hold the hair dryer close up to it, switch on for a minute or two and your fire should come alive. Remember to make sure that the door is closed beforehand or the draft pressure might blow em off.  Oh and it is not bad for drying your hair also, if you've got any. A cheap one like mine is about £18 on ebay or Amazon.

 

Another wheeze by @bizzard at last.

 

Hopefully this will be the first of many more.  

Edited November 12, 2023 by cuthound

[MtB]

34 minutes ago, bizzard said:

My telly won't switch on by remote control or by it's manual switch unless the ambient temperature is precisely 20c degrees or above. To cobat it's reluctance to switch on I've taken to a harsh method, which works a treat. I tried the usual thumping it but not thumping too hard after all it's been a good telly for about fifteen tears, but I like my money's worth. 

 

 

Great typo.

 

This problem is often caused by the batteries in the remote also being 15 years old. Have you tried changing them?

 

 

[bizzard]

4 minutes ago, cuthound said:

 

A another wheeze by @bizzard at last.

 

Hopefully this will be the first of many more.  

Thanks. I suggested that I mounted with the help of Meccano the hair dryer permanently aimed at the BMC 1500 engines air intake for the boat owner had a big inverter capable of supplying a bit of mains power for a few seconds to power it, fitted with a remote switch up near the starter switch to enable it's use without yanking up the deck boards, but the owner sadly declined the idea, said it was a botch, so are BMC heater plugs. I decline fro fixing his boat in the future unless he agrees to the plan now the winters here and his engine won't go at all without heat i reckon he will. He didn't want the expense of renewing the wretched heater plugs.

[David Schweizer]

35 minutes ago, bizzard said:

My telly won't switch on by remote control or by it's manual switch unless the ambient temperature is precisely 20c degrees or above. To cobat it's reluctance to switch on I've taken to a harsh method, which works a treat. I tried the usual thumping it but not thumping too hard after all it's been a good telly for about fifteen tears, but I like my money's worth.  I bought a cheap electric hair dryer with the hope that if I train the nozzle at the telly the hot air will switch it on. And hey presto it does at precisely 20c. The jolly old hair dryer is very useful for warming up other things like starting up bl--dy BMC diesel engines which I've done by removing the air cleaner and aiming it into the air intake,by which it started instantly, saved messing with those stupid heater plugs. I don't know why BMC didn't just stick a 12v element in the air intake venturi like some other engines. The hair dryer can also be used to dry out damp nooks and crannies before blacking when in dry dock and general drying before painting. Can be used for drying out your bed if you happen to be a bed wetter. A very useful task for it is is to use it as bellows to revive  dying coals in your stove. To do this open the bottom vent completely and hold the hair dryer close up to it, switch on for a minute or two and your fire should come alive. Remember to make sure that the door is closed beforehand or the draft pressure might blow em off.  Oh and it is not bad for drying your hair also, if you've got any. A cheap one like mine is about £18 on ebay or Amazon.

 

It used to be possible to buy a inlet heat conversion kit for Nuffield/Leyland  tractor engines, from some Agricultural Merchants, I believe it could also be used on the BMC 1.5 and 1.8 engine.

[bizzard]

7 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

 

Great typo.

 

This problem is often caused by the batteries in the remote also being 15 years old. Have you tried changing them?

 

 

Yes first thing I tried and renewed the power brick. must be a temp sensor in the telly that's faulty.  Tears was intentional.

2 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

 

It used to be possible to buy a inlet heat conversion kit for Nuffield/Leyland  tractor engines, from some Agricultural Merchants, I believe it could also be used on the BMC 1.5 and 1.8 engine.

They bloomin well need it because as I said they start instantly  by blowing hot air into the air intake.

[Ex Brummie]

not having much hair, I have not spent money on a hair dryer. However, my Perkins 4108M has an arrangement where fuel drips onto an element at the heater stage which has served well over 34 years. 

It was a little disturbing, the first time I used it with the deckboards up, to see a raging inferno from the air filter!!!😱

[Jen-in-Wellies]

Have you tried spraying some Easy Start in to the television gubbins?

[Bee]

4 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Have you tried spraying some Easy Start in to the television gubbins?

Better known as "Start you bastard"

[Jen-in-Wellies]

1 minute ago, Bee said:

Better known as "Start you bastard"

 

[MtB]

2 minutes ago, Bee said:

Better known as "Start you bastard"

 

Almost right...

 

 

 

 

They could have done with some of this here:

 

 

 

 

 

And I thought my Gleniffer was a pig to start in the cold sometimes!!

 

 

[billh]

16 hours ago, MtB said:

 

Almost right...

 

 

 

 

They could have done with some of this here:

 

 

 

 

 

And I thought my Gleniffer was a pig to start in the cold sometimes!!

 

 

Yes but: what would you give for a starter battery  that can crank that 50's V16  over for several  minutes at a time ? I think the battery  is 110v on these but the cranking current will still be huge, maybe they have a heavy duty shore line!  These EE diesel engines have no cold start accessories as they were rarely  switched off for long periods. In the present day preservation era, cold starts are a more regular occurrence , hence the display in the vid. Also, in BR days they didn't use anti-freeze in the cooling system.

[wakey_wake]

On 13/11/2023 at 13:43, billh said:

Yes but: what would you give for a starter battery  that can crank that 50's V16  over for several  minutes at a time ? [...]

they were rarely  switched off for long periods. In the present day preservation era, cold starts are a more regular occurrence , [...]

It was cranking for so long I had concluded it has an aux engine to crank the main.

 

Expecting the block to stay hot seems like a bold design decision, surely there must have been some in-workshop kit for getting them started?

OTOH I guess if one breaks down and is stranded out in the cold, the usual answer is send another engine to drag it back.