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Monkeybusiness
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How about an actuator fitted with a remote plug (accessible from outside the bonnet) that you power from a 12v jump pack?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
same thing went through my mind Dan
PITA having to have an additional power source to run it though ... 's gonna be struts I think - less to fail/go wrong
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
actually had a decent-ish day yesterday and got to try the new Hyundai pressure washer, after I'd filled it with some lube and fuel
great bit of kit .. only annoying bit is doesn't seem to have a dump valve and have to have the trigger open starting it (can see a mod in the offing)
rotating 'turbo' nozzle sure rips weeds out of tarmac and rounds up the moss and tish in some order ...
looked great this morning after it'd dried off ......
'fore it lashed it down again at noon
we had everything yesterday .. blue sky, sunshine, rain, hail, sleet, snow - only thing missing was the fog we've had all week
that nozzle is actually the turbo, but the camera's shutter only catches it as a single stationary jet .....
Pam was well impressed with 4000psi's ability to 'shovel sh1t'
great bit of kit .. only annoying bit is doesn't seem to have a dump valve and have to have the trigger open starting it (can see a mod in the offing)
rotating 'turbo' nozzle sure rips weeds out of tarmac and rounds up the moss and tish in some order ...
looked great this morning after it'd dried off ......
'fore it lashed it down again at noon
we had everything yesterday .. blue sky, sunshine, rain, hail, sleet, snow - only thing missing was the fog we've had all week
that nozzle is actually the turbo, but the camera's shutter only catches it as a single stationary jet
.....Pam was well impressed with 4000psi's ability to 'shovel sh1t'
Lancs Lad
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In Habit of starting my lectric ones trigger on otherwise blows fuse??actually had a decent-ish day yesterday and got to try the new Hyundai pressure washer, after I'd filled it with some lube and fuel
great bit of kit .. only annoying bit is doesn't seem to have a dump valve and have to have the trigger open starting it (can see a mod in the offing)
rotating 'turbo' nozzle sure rips weeds out of tarmac and rounds up the moss and tish in some order ...
looked great this morning after it'd dried off ......
'fore it lashed it down again at noon
we had everything yesterday .. blue sky, sunshine, rain, hail, sleet, snow - only thing missing was the fog we've had all week
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that nozzle is actually the turbo, but the camera's shutter only catches it as a single stationary jet
Pam was well impressed with 4000psi's ability to 'shovel sh1t'
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Stroppymonkey
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My Steam Cleaner on a 13amp plug would do that. Advice was to put a 16amp blue plug on it and spur a blue socket direct off the 32amp ring for it :-( I compromised and added some 5 amp fuse wire to the 13amp fuse, That is now an 18amp fuse right?
Lancs Lad
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European stuff that's designed for a 16a outlet usually does. Yes but a commando won't stop it blowing a pathetic rcbo
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Stroppymonkey
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@V8Druid . Changing the subject, but when you mentioned you like to electrically isolate the Drema... It reminded me of a conversation I had recently. I sold an old work van to a mechanic friend of mine. It had a habit of draining the battery, and as its an older model with a single battery, he fitted one of these units. Says its worked really well. I might try one on the big compressor as that likes to not hold a charge, and its a PITA to jump as the battery is bolted up tight under the petrol tank :-/ Might be worth seeing if a 24v one exists ?
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Jimoz
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What rating is fag packet foil?
Lancs Lad
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More than 13a if rolled tightly but less than a cut down 6in nail.
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Stroppymonkey
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About the same as old kit kat wrappings..
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Jimoz
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Old boy back in the day taught me that trick when I was a kid. He obviously wasn't too bothered about health n safety
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
that block saw of Rio's was 8A running 16A start load so would kill a conventional 13A everytime ... unless it had a bit of 1" x 6mm rod in the plug
- 20A breaker provided ultimate protection
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V8Druid
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12V/24V 240A Remote Kill Switch for Car, Remote Battery Disconnect Switch New | eBay UK
Switch rated current 240A. Automatic alarm of defective threshold and automatic battery disconnect. Loss of power delay 60 seconds alarm 120 seconds automatic disconnect. 120 seconds to automatically disconnect the device to protect the battery.
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Stroppymonkey
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You need the little live for the switch though ?View attachment 80599 24v jobbie - only issue is you still have a circuit live in the unit - could put a small toggle/pb/key switch in to isolate that
12V/24V 240A Remote Kill Switch for Car, Remote Battery Disconnect Switch New | eBay UK
Switch rated current 240A. Automatic alarm of defective threshold and automatic battery disconnect. Loss of power delay 60 seconds alarm 120 seconds automatic disconnect. 120 seconds to automatically disconnect the device to protect the battery.www.ebay.co.uk
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
yes but could isolate it for when the old girl is stood - activate it to enable the remote unit - the magnetic hold will be for the NC position - the 3ma draw will be the receiver circuit -- just don't like any live circuits at all when stood/away from the old girl
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
been a glorious day here - shirtsleeves this afters ... and dry enough for ............... season's first cut
bloody lawn needed three circuits to get it looking respectable
had 5 full collectors of cuttings off it
and three more off the five passes down the side of the drive
took four barrow loads to put it in the heap at the bottom of the bank
too wet for the Dane to finish off with though ... had enough excitement on the wet bank last year, to the right of the cherry tree in the foreground, even with the herring bone tyres
don't think the grass has stopped growing all winter
bloody lawn needed three circuits to get it looking respectable
had 5 full collectors of cuttings off it
and three more off the five passes down the side of the drive
too wet for the Dane to finish off with though ... had enough excitement on the wet bank last year, to the right of the cherry tree in the foreground, even with the herring bone tyres
don't think the grass has stopped growing all winter
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
have had a pretty sh1t couple of daysI average two full body scan MRIs a year Dave ... they've already found a Schwanoma tumour on my conus, that has no indications, (as yet, well almost none
laid on the sofa Sunday morning while Pam did my 'Hamster juice' infusion .. all pretty normal ... she's done it for 13-14 years now
went to get up when we'd finished and couldn't feel my left buttock, back of my upper leg, heel, underside of my foot's outer edge, bum and the rest of the 'tackle'
thought I'd trapped a nerve and it'd 'walk off' - no pain, just dead enough to stick pins in it
that was two o'clock ... was the same going to bed .. couldn't sleep as the Schwanoma is racing round in the back of my head, so got back up and spent a couple of hours on trusted med. sites reading, like the British Assoc. of Spinal Surgeons and the like.
could find plenty of references to numb buttocks, in relation to the sciatic nerve, which come with associated pain, but only one involving the rest of the numb bits and no pain and it said get help - fast.
emailed my consultants in Caerrrdiff Monday morning, filling them in on all the details and got a response about half four - seek help at your nearest A&E - soon!
should've gone Monday evening, but time was pushing on, so was there by eleven on Tuesday morning, with a packed bag, in case I ended up admitted ... but oh what a ****in' performance!!!
place was packed ... got booked in waited an hour or more to get triaged, on the most uncomfortable seats ever created.
explained the issue to a pretty little Indian nurse, who'd got no idea WTF I was saying and said I needed MRI-ing urgently- she went through the motions with the Obs. and then got sat back in the 'cattle ring'
four o'clock, I get to see 'a doctor' who spoke at mach two, had never heard of a Schwanoma tumour, or the fact I needed an MRI to see WTF was going on with my spinal cord ... in fact I don't think he even believed me about the numbness. then got sat back in waiting area, with a promise of trying to arrange a slot for me for a scan.
six o'clock and I get seen by a.n.other 'doctor' - pretty much on a par with the first, but did seem to listen a little about an MRI being the only way to suss the issue. Both of their physical exams were cursory, at best
get sat back in the 'cattle ring' - he re-appears gone seven and says he has a slot for me at 19.50 for a scan ......... which came and went
Nine PM another one calls me in - post shift change, so I have to go through it all for the third time - we'd been sat there for ten hours by now!! (and it had quietened down a bit)
"WTF happened to my 19.50 scan slot? "
" 19.50?? not possible ... MRI only operates from ten am, 'til eight pm "
" So I've been lied to twice today then? "
" can't comment, but I will ensure my colleague who takes over from me in the morning will organise it for you "
" so I have to sit in your waiting area all night - I've been here since 11.00am this morning - I might as well go home, get some sleep and return first thing? "
" if you do that I'll book you out of the hospital and you will have to go through the whole process again and TBH we'll not be able to do a lot for you as we don't have a neurosurgery dept. and it has to be life threatening before we'd send you off up to Birmingham's "
" didn't say I was going to, but it would seem to be a sensible thing to do .. those seats out there are the devil's creations - there're loads of gurneys out in the corridor - I'll get my head down on one of those - I need a scan for my neurosurgery consultant in Caerrdif , to see if the issue is what we think it is "
Pam was by now ultra PO-ed when I explained the score and I said **** it - we're going home - come back in the morning, but not before I'd had a sarnie - had had half a pint of water and sod all to eat ALL day -been labelled as 'nil by mouth' in anticipation of a scan that never happened - I was bloody starving
we were in Tescos at half eleven getting some milk and in bed, totally buggered by half twelve ...
up early this morning and rang MRI bookings clerk at nine - no answer - ditto 09.30 - was about to ring again at 09.50 and they're ringing me
-" we can do you a slot at 10.45, 13.45 or 15.45 "
" 13.45 please, see you at half one "
so the last guy I saw actually came good on his promise
went through the issues with the radiologist - again - and he said you're booked for a full spinal scan - asked him if there was any way he could share the results with the consultant in Caerrdiff - nope - would have to get A&E to do that
All great ppl in the dept. - gave me a blanket, 'cos it gets 'kin cold in 'the tube' when you'm in there an hour - three o'clock we're down in the concourse's coffee shop having coffee and more sarnies, then trolled back to A&E - totally different set of day staff to the previous day and thin on the ground - eventually managed to collar an NA to take a look at the screens, see if the results'd come down from the MRI suite - couldn't even find me on the system
which didn't appear to cope with more than 23hrs and 59 minutes -" look for me yesterday - I booked in at 11.00 and was still sat here at 23.00 last night "
" yoo wer boooked out at 23.20 last night - you will have to book in again "
(last twat/bloke had booked me out) 
" who by - I certainly didn't ?? (porky warning) - I've been here all night "
NA would not have it -
wouldn't (or couldn't) tell me/see if the MRI results had come down or not
I 'calmly' lost it - told her I give up and would deal with someone more senior and left - ****in' tamping
Pam had already had a tits-full and gone and sat in the car - couldn't stand any more time on their seats and they certainly didn't do my numb left and not so numb right side of my bum any good - pretty damned uncomfortable tonight, even though the outer layers of me are numb, the muscles underneath aren't and complaining bitterly - hence the time stamp -can't sleep, although I'm bollo-ed
will email Caerrdiff all the info tomorrow, once i've spoken with the lovely girl on the MRI bookings desk in the morning, to get some names and let the consultant neurosurgeon tackle, getting the scan results shared - she'll have way more clout than me.
Herefords performance yesterday/ today was desperately disappointing, after last July's outstanding care
the big issue is, the longer I'm numb, the greater the chance of permanent nerve damage, so time is of the essence
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Lancs Lad
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That's craphave had a pretty sh1t couple of days
laid on the sofa Sunday morning while Pam did my 'Hamster juice' infusion .. all pretty normal ... she's done it for 13-14 years now
went to get up when we'd finished and couldn't feel my left buttock, back of my upper leg, heel, underside of my foot's outer edge, bum and the rest of the 'tackle'
thought I'd trapped a nerve and it'd 'walk off' - no pain, just dead enough to stick pins in it
that was two o'clock ... was the same going to bed .. couldn't sleep as the Schwanoma is racing round in the back of my head, so got back up and spent a couple of hours on trusted med. sites reading, like the British Assoc. of Spinal Surgeons and the like.
could find plenty of references to numb buttocks, in relation to the sciatic nerve, which come with associated pain, but only one involving the rest of the numb bits and no pain and it said get help - fast.
emailed my consultants in Caerrrdiff Monday morning, filling them in on all the details and got a response about half four - seek help at your nearest A&E - soon!
should've gone Monday evening, but time was pushing on, so was there by eleven on Tuesday morning, with a packed bag, in case I ended up admitted ... but oh what a ****in' performance!!!
place was packed ... got booked in waited an hour or more to get triaged, on the most uncomfortable seats ever created.
explained the issue to a pretty little Indian nurse, who'd got no idea WTF I was saying and said I needed MRI-ing urgently- she went through the motions with the Obs. and then got sat back in the 'cattle ring'
four o'clock, I get to see 'a doctor' who spoke at mach two, had never heard of a Schwanoma tumour, or the fact I needed an MRI to see WTF was going on with my spinal cord ... in fact I don't think he even believed me about the numbness. then got sat back in waiting area, with a promise of trying to arrange a slot for me for a scan.
six o'clock and I get seen by a.n.other 'doctor' - pretty much on a par with the first, but did seem to listen a little about an MRI being the only way to suss the issue. Both of their physical exams were cursory, at best
get sat back in the 'cattle ring' - he re-appears gone seven and says he has a slot for me at 19.50 for a scan ......... which came and went
Nine PM another one calls me in - post shift change, so I have to go through it all for the third time - we'd been sat there for ten hours by now!! (and it had quietened down a bit)
"WTF happened to my 19.50 scan slot? "
" 19.50?? not possible ... MRI only operates from ten am, 'til eight pm "
" So I've been lied to twice today then? "
" can't comment, but I will ensure my colleague who takes over from me in the morning will organise it for you "
" so I have to sit in your waiting area all night - I've been here since 11.00am this morning - I might as well go home, get some sleep and return first thing? "
" if you do that I'll book you out of the hospital and you will have to go through the whole process again and TBH we'll not be able to do a lot for you as we don't have a neurosurgery dept. and it has to be life threatening before we'd send you off up to Birmingham's "
" didn't say I was going to, but it would seem to be a sensible thing to do .. those seats out there are the devil's creations - there're loads of gurneys out in the corridor - I'll get my head down on one of those - I need a scan for my neurosurgery consultant in Caerrdif , to see if the issue is what we think it is "
Pam was by now ultra PO-ed when I explained the score and I said **** it - we're going home - come back in the morning, but not before I'd had a sarnie - had had half a pint of water and sod all to eat ALL day -been labelled as 'nil by mouth' in anticipation of a scan that never happened - I was bloody starving
we were in Tescos at half eleven getting some milk and in bed, totally buggered by half twelve ...
up early this morning and rang MRI bookings clerk at nine - no answer - ditto 09.30 - was about to ring again at 09.50 and they're ringing me
" we can do you a slot at 10.45, 13.45 or 15.45 "
" 13.45 please, see you at half one "
so the last guy I saw actually came good on his promise
went through the issues with the radiologist - again - and he said you're booked for a full spinal scan - asked him if there was any way he could share the results with the consultant in Caerrdiff - nope - would have to get A&E to do that
All great ppl in the dept. - gave me a blanket, 'cos it gets 'kin cold in 'the tube' when you'm in there an hour - three o'clock we're down in the concourse's coffee shop having coffee and more sarnies, then trolled back to A&E - totally different set of day staff to the previous day and thin on the ground - eventually managed to collar an NA to take a look at the screens, see if the results'd come down from the MRI suite - couldn't even find me on the system
" look for me yesterday - I booked in at 11.00 and was still sat here at 23.00 last night "
" yoo wer boooked out at 23.20 last night - you will have to book in again "
" who by - I certainly didn't ?? (porky warning) - I've been here all night "
NA would not have it -
wouldn't (or couldn't) tell me/see if the MRI results had come down or not
I 'calmly' lost it - told her I give up and would deal with someone more senior and left - ****in' tamping
Pam had already had a tits-full and gone and sat in the car - couldn't stand any more time on their seats and they certainly didn't do my numb left and not so numb right side of my bum any good - pretty damned uncomfortable tonight, even though the outer layers of me are numb, the muscles underneath aren't and complaining bitterly - hence the time stamp -can't sleep, although I'm bollo-ed
will email Caerrdiff all the info tomorrow, once i've spoken with the lovely girl on the MRI bookings desk in the morning, to get some names and let the consultant neurosurgeon tackle, getting the scan results shared - she'll have way more clout than me.
Herefords performance yesterday/ today was desperately disappointing, after last July's outstanding care
the big issue is, the longer I'm numb, the greater the chance of permanent nerve damage, so time is of the essence
hope you get sorted asapMight be worth biting the bullet and going private asap. I'm sorry but imo the NHS done for.
My dad definitely survived a huge amount longer due to not relying on NHS.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
it is certainly getting worse for sureThat's crap
Might be worth biting the bullet and going private asap. I'm sorry but imo the NHS done for.
My dad definitely survived a huge amount longer due to not relying on NHS.
the three 'doctors' I eventually saw Tuesday were clueless .. had to keep spelling out my issues - literally, so they could Google them and still couldn't comprehend WTF I was asking to be scanned
haven't had a scan in Caerrdiff in a long time -'sposed to be 6 monthly regime - radiology dept. refuse to scan anyone without a Caerrrdiff address FFS
..... the LSDU in the Heath is a 'centre of excellence' for the whole of Wales and see Lysosomal patients from the whole country -you couldn't make it up -
it's a NATIONAL Health Service and you are supposed to be able to opt for treatment wherever you want it.
my issue/problem with your suggestion Gavin, is I'm a rare disease magnet ... and need the specialists to handle them
Easter weekend is not going to be helpful either !!
Aside from a very numb 'outer layer' to my bum cheek, etc., I'm also suffering this morning, with the deeper tissue having been tortured for well over 12+ hrs on the seats from hell and I now have pain to get on top of too
sitting/lying down is very uncomfortable on the deep tissue and don't know what to do with myself today ... totally knackered, but can't sleep standing up
and haven't got anything done I planned to do this morning as we've had a houseful of visitors, who've just burgered off.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
spent a couple of hours on the phone this afters, talking with the MRI bookings desk girl - she was great - tracking down the 'doctor' who actually DID arrange my MRI, his consultant who authorised it, then her PA who found my results files and promised to send them to my GP surgery and they can then forward them to the consultant neurosurgeon in Caerrrdifff.
they hadn't had them at half four when I called them, but they know to look out for them now.
had some comms with the clinical lead in the LSDU in the Heath and she's sent me some updated tel no.s for the neuro dept. too, but all shut down for the long weekend now, (aside from A&E, which I have no desire to spend any more time in, for the foreseeable)
body still feels the same and the best description I can give for the underlying tissue/muscle that the chairs from hell PO-ed, is like acute / really bad sunburn - touching it is not pleasant and bloody uncomfortable all round
's gonna be a long weekend ... paracetamol / ibuprofen doesn't seem to touch it and don't want to resort to anything stronger ATM
they hadn't had them at half four
when I called them, but they know to look out for them now.had some comms with the clinical lead in the LSDU in the Heath and she's sent me some updated tel no.s for the neuro dept. too, but all shut down for the long weekend now, (aside from A&E, which I have no desire to spend any more time in
, for the foreseeable)body still feels the same and the best description I can give for the underlying tissue/muscle that the chairs from hell PO-ed, is like acute / really bad sunburn - touching it is not pleasant and bloody uncomfortable all round
's gonna be a long weekend ... paracetamol / ibuprofen doesn't seem to touch it and don't want to resort to anything stronger ATM
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