Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

We have a free single collection, once per year, for up to three bulky items. Beyond that, you have to pay them £20 fee. You book it online, and they give you a date - they used to give a date, and either morning, or afternoon. Three weeks ago, I booked them to collect a double mattress, and...

It's annoying, it's dangerous - they risk running into your rear if you need to stop in a hurry, and it is a constant distraction for you, taking your attention away from the road ahead of you, and a serious worry if you dare, or need to brake hard.

It is just a downstairs lighting circuit, and so the only loads are lamp bulbs.

The carrots were still hard, at 5pm, on med, so I put it onto high for the final hour. It was OK, nowt special, but what was left in the pot, went into the freezer for the future quick meals. I followed that - finished a few minutes ago, with five of my speciality - crêpes, with golden syrup...

Without being obsessive about it, I too keep an eye on my instantaneous consumption. I already have an idea what is the normal maximum, and minimum range, and just check it's within those bounds. Energy, is too expensive too waste unnecessarily.

You can buy some TV's where you can turn the screen off.

..and did it fully heat the radiators, to a hot temperature? You need to put your heating system through some stress, to ensure it is working as it should first, before worrying about the controls.

That, was before the days of fridges, freezers, microwaves, TV's, entertainment systems, various chargers, and perhaps a heater etc., all plugged into the ring main circuit. Nobody, post WWII, would be able to afford to max out the ring main, using heaters, so that in itself, limited the loading.

Does it, or does it not - fully heat the radiators hot, when you wack the thermostat up to maximum?

Having a go at that, for todays dinner, with the separate creamy mash. It went on at lunchtime, in the slow cooker.

I picked up a full set of 6, Marples M60A wood carving set, boxed, and in new-ish condition, unused - if anyone into carving, might like to make me an offer for them. I am not, but I just couldn't resist. These....

It's light, and will blow away the first time the wind blows.

Yes, now corrected, thanks!

A variable speed is no use if you need low speed AND torque, as the speed reduces, so does the torque. You need a drill, which is either low speed, or includes a gearbox to reduce the speed to what you need. SDS are quite slow, could you run one without the hammer?

Mine is an LCD only one and lasts much longer than the ones which use an LED. It's only to be expected - the idea is, to run on battery, only when you wish to carry it around while assessing what is using what power.