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  1. Harry Bloomfield

    What have you bought today?

    Today, I decided to test it out, see how well the automatic pressure setting worked, and check it's calibration was accurate, against my PCL digital meter. It over shot the settings by 0.5 psi, but agreed perfectly with my PCL gauge. It was as quick at putting the air in as my garage compressor...
  2. Harry Bloomfield

    What have you been doing today?

    For the first time in many months, today I managed to take a leisurely bath, without the sense of panic/anxiety creeping in, and me being in a desperate hurry to get back out, and always an unsteady struggle getting out. I cannot explain just how terrible I have felt, during the worsening...
  3. Harry Bloomfield

    Leaking Samsung SR-S2026CVW Fridge/Freezer

    I leave a bit of thin, stiff wire in the drain tube, so it's easy to clear it out regularly. The drain tube hole, is at the rear, usually at the base of a V shape which collects, and funnels the water down the drain.
  4. Harry Bloomfield

    Tesco Clubcard

    It's to tie you in, thinking you have got a bargain, to shopping at Tesco. They've been advertising the 'half usual price' meat on TV, for Easter.
  5. Harry Bloomfield

    Understanding room thermostats, saving on heating

    Because the flow from the combi, is limited by its ability to heat the water fast enough. My CWST, is mounted directly above the bath, floor mounted in the loft, fed with 22mm. I have an extremely good flow at the hot tap.
  6. Harry Bloomfield

    Understanding room thermostats, saving on heating

    You cannot turn the room off, where the thermostat is located, but you can turn the TRV's down in the unused rooms. Alternatively, if it's a wireless stat, you could carry it to which ever room you are in, and set the TRV in that room to maximum. You should never turn TRV's completely off...
  7. Harry Bloomfield

    Understanding room thermostats, saving on heating

    It certainly will. Don't turn the radiators down, turn the TRV down - that is its purpose. TRV's are designed to limit the temperature in a room/set the maximum temperature. The time controller sets when CH is available. The wall thermostat decides whether any heating is needed, so is...
  8. Harry Bloomfield

    Car revs question

    But, a diesel with twice the range, only half as likely to run out. I have never in fact run out, but should I do so, a gallon of fuel in container, can easily be sourced. If your milk float ran out of fuel, you are stuck - no simple gallon can for you..
  9. Harry Bloomfield

    Baxi Bermuda no CH but HW working

    If there is only the one valve, with the pipework of the valve, forming a T shape - then it is a 3-port valve. Valves sticking, are a common problem, often it is the electrical part on top of the actual water valve, which sticks - called the actuator. Many valves, have a separately replaceable...
  10. Harry Bloomfield

    Baxi Bermuda no CH but HW working

    Ensure it is enabled via the timer, to run the central heating first. Does it have a 3-port valve, or possible two 2-port valves, to switch the heated water flow, between HW and CH? This would likely be in the airing cupboard, if you have one, where the hot water cylinder is located. These...
  11. Harry Bloomfield

    Storing glyphosphate in van and spraying it

    Only once it is fully dry!
  12. Harry Bloomfield

    Tractor mower issues

    The adjustment, two nuts either side of the bracket, locking one against the other - only moving the deck forward or backward, an inch or two, rather than much up or down. An earlier tractor mower I had, raised and lowered the entire deck fully, but it lacked the anti-scalp wheels this one...
  13. Harry Bloomfield

    Looking after an SLA battery

    I only usually put mine on charge, after use. Basically I park it, straight in my workshop, which has the charger mounted on the wall, ready to plug straight in, before I even get off it. It then stays on charge, until the charger shows a green LED, then it is unplugged, after until next time it...
  14. Harry Bloomfield

    Looking after an SLA battery

    No, that is the 'rule' for lithium cells, as used in your laptop, and phone - some devices include that 80% limiter. For SLA they suggest try to limit discharge, to 50%.
  15. Harry Bloomfield

    Looking after an SLA battery

    Mobility scooter batteries in particular, plus leisure batteries... What is the best way to get the longest working life out of them? I have always been of the opinion, to use them, use as little of the capacity as possible then fully recharge them, and keep them fully charged. Every few...
  16. Harry Bloomfield

    Car revs question

    Well, at least I would not be stuck at the roadside, with a flat traction battery.
  17. Harry Bloomfield

    Repairing smsll items

    Oh, I have just bought one! For years, I have repaired such hard plastic items, by the use of a hot soldering iron, and office staples. Struggling to get the hot iron, to heat the staples up enough to sink into the plastic - The gun, makes it so much easier, by passing a high current/low voltage...
  18. Harry Bloomfield

    Sick of Mould behind radiator

    I think a great subject for a thread, would one where we have a vote on the years most banal question posted for the year. There are several regular posters, who post such threads.
  19. Harry Bloomfield

    What have you bought today?

    A trip up the street, to look in some of the charity shops, to see if they had anything useful, then on to Lidl to do a bit of restocking. I spotted a Halfords rechargeable tyre/inflatable, light, come USB unit, with programmable tyre pressures for £5, so I grabbed it. It was totally flat, so on...
  20. Harry Bloomfield

    Door in back of van wont open

    There you go, sorted! Looking, is always the first stage of fixing.
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