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@Munroast You asked what the two scales are and I answered that. I didn't design or make the machine so why you are moaning to me about what it shows is pretty stupid. All that you, and Harry, are doing is making it less likely that I will offer any help / advice in future.

Maybe the input is superfluous but the DC output tells you how close to charged the battery is. If it is still showing a full current then the battery really needs to stay on charge, if it has dropped a lot you may well have, say, an 80% charge which is probably okay.

Yes. Doesn't the load go down when the battery is nearly charged? If so this will show that.

Surely the two scales are just the AC input and the DC output. Because AC varies sinusoidally half the readings are negative, hence if you take the mean of the value you always get zero. So instead you square all the values (which makes all the negative values positive), take the mean then take...

If you go to https://getcomposting.com/ and enter your post code you may be able to save some money. Not masses but maybe £10/item. Some councils subsidise the cost of some of these, hence the need for the post code. Irritatingly, IMO, that site only shows the products that your council are...

Interesting, I thought the exact opposite about a crack near the base, that the increased pressure there would hold the plastic 'patch' on. I used a patch (from a milk carton) that was quite a bit bigger than the crack and then sealed the edges with silicon sealant. That was a long time ago...

Are you sure the ones you have problems with are actually Hozelock? I had mislaid both hose nozzles so I bought two reasonably priced (not the cheapest) ones online, from different suppliers. Neither one was that good, one would not even turn. When I forced it I heard a crack and some bits of...

That was my immediate thought as well. I'm just a DIYer and I don't do major jobs, but I still wear a mask when cutting up things that produce dust, especially dust from synthetic materials. I want to live for many years more and I want them to be health years.

Glyphosate is normally sprayed onto the leaves where it is translocated to the roots & kills them. With small plants you don't need much but with a tree of any size it takes a lot to kill the roots. You can get 'capsules' of concentrated glyphosate, where you drill a hole, put the sealed...

@Munroist It would be better if you read what you linked to first. From the first link In 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) identified glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used herbicide, as a probable human carcinogen.12 It quickly became...

@Munroist That first piece is a blog, not a study. Anyone can write anything on a blog, and they can selectively quote or mis-quote sources. I notice that you did not include the previous sentences The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says there’s “no evidence that glyphosate causes...

I bought a cordless one of these c. 18 moths ago from Lidl, I already had a set of batteries for this, which brought the cost down. This has a length of 1.9 to 2.7 m. First up, I would say that you want to get one with the shortest reach that will cover your needs. If you only need a reach of...

IMO it depends. @Notch7 is right that they will shred easier when green. However when I have shredded brash for wood chipping (for friends, to go around plants) I have let the sticks dry first. The thinking there is that anything in contact with the ground will rot, so if they start off wet...

It helps if you respond to what is said. I never said impact shredders cut brash into long pieces - "IME they cut into long pieces rather than shredding". You seem to offering a guarantee that every example of every single make of impact shredder cuts brash into tiny pieces. Is that really what...

There was a discussion about the various types here https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/home-chipper-shredder-for-tree-pruning.584624/ A Bosch AXT Rapid 2200 was recommended earlier. That is an example of an impact shredder, it relies on the impact of a sharp blade to cut the material. IME they...

I have one of those mixing bottles and I measured the markings by filling it with water from more reliable marked containers, and it was not that accurate. So I suspect it is the bottle However using the markings my chainsaw runs okay, so it is not an issue for me.

You can get 'capsules' of concentrated glyphosate, where you drill a hole, put the sealed capsule in and then tap it home to release the glyphosate. Thus it goes just into that tree. https://www.green-tech.co.uk/weed-killer-and-pesticides/total-weed-control/ecoplug-max-tree-stump-killer AFAIUI...

In lawn sand and such like products that is true. Those are intended to use on grass, not on hard surfaces because of the staining mentioned. For hard surfaces sheds (and other places) sell things like Patio Magic (Wet & Forget, etc). These are c. 7-8% benzalkonium chloride that you dilute down...

The tool that @Mike13 refers to, I have always known as a daisy grubber. I just did a quick google and they are available from loads of places; Dobbies, Homebase, Waitrose, dozens of online stores including Ebay & Amazon.

I don't think it is quite that simple. Some hardwoods are more resistant to rot that other woods, e.g. chestnut which was used for paling. But the hard / soft divide is about how they reproduce and not the nature of the wood. Hence balsa is a hardwood and yew is a softwood.