Routy56 - can you just....

[Routy56]

the P38 unless dead locked has all sorts of tish going on even when parked and draws a lot of juice .... on a full battery, you are lucky to have enough power to crank it after 10-14 days stood.
were famous for being a problem at airport parking
if you didn't have the security info. to reset them, even once you'd gotten into them they were still dead in the water.

Always have a plan B

 

[V8Druid]

Always have a plan B

there's no doubt it will extend 'standing life' ... and may even keep it full ATM - all depends on what the parked draw is

 

[bobthebuilder]

I just took ours on a 6 mile round trip to the butchers. Hopefully put more into it than I took out. I watched a video on YouTube where that Harry's farm guy went up to clarksons and they chatted about their range rovers. I think their model is the l322? Anyway Clarkson was saying when filming they had some newer models they opened and shut the doors multiple times in a day, ecu fired up each time and flattened the battery.

My disco 4 does that ,it's a twat

 

[Routy56]

Hot tub now repaired and back in use
There were two faults that needed addressing:

Heater was open circuit - only converted/replaced it 5 years ago

Original was a 2kW 5.5" job and all replacements are now the upgraded 2kW 10" job. Only £120 on Amazon

2hp pump was leaking so wrestled that out...

New ceramic pump seals were only £16 from eBay

And there is is slipped in under the Spanish Theme Pergola using my Hyster FLT yesterday. And now heating up with our surplus solar PV power

 

[Routy56]

Pergola Post Repair during the week
You will have noticed that my previous photo showed the post beside the hot tub had a shiny new galvanised post support installed....

So Terry, my 90 year old neighbour opposite, came over and supervised

Old post had rotted out at ground level, like wot they all do! So cut it to size for roughly the new support height.
Then screwed a 300mm sleeper screw in and Mr. Crowbar helped me get it out...

Rotten action came in one piece. Then Mr. Henry helped me hoover the hole nice and clean for concrete...

Pulled a few blocks about and inserted a few halves. It's bolted down with about 300mm of threaded rod.
Mr. Bodgit and Scarper said I'd a good job

 

[Routy56]

Busy weekend - who remembers "Radio Mi Amigo" or "Radio Caroline"

On Friday morning cycled into Harwich with my mate. Took a photo beside the RNLI Station and LV18 the home for "Radio Mi Amigo" and also a floating museum. Well worth a visit if you are down this way

Friday evening 22 members of Harwich Runners joined about 300 others for the 5 mile Championship Challenge Race. It was mixed road and trail running, very hot with many hills

So glad to have got it finished...

The big bonus was that it was at the local football club - Brantham Athletic FC. While my mate Kev got us burger and chips from the kitchen I got the beers in. Nicola is such a superb runner for our club and loads of fun

 

[V8Druid]

Pergola Post Repair during the week
You will have noticed that my previous photo showed the post beside the hot tub had a shiny new galvanised post support installed....View attachment 83328
So Terry, my 90 year old neighbour opposite, came over and supervised
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Old post had rotted out at ground level, like wot they all do! So cut it to size for roughly the new support height.
Then screwed a 300mm sleeper screw in and Mr. Crowbar helped me get it out...
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Rotten action came in one piece. Then Mr. Henry helped me hoover the hole nice and clean for concrete...
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Pulled a few blocks about and inserted a few halves. It's bolted down with about 300mm of threaded rod.
Mr. Bodgit and Scarper said I'd a good job

was the post you extracted set in concrete or just compacted ground / fill around it ... got 4 set in concrete I need to extract (and some 300mm coach screws) .. not been looking forward to trying to extract them ......100 x 100 x 4/5/6 mm SHS going back in there ... should see me out then .. what's in there has done 15 years and a lot of their 'compatriots' are still solid ... but the wind's not been kind to these