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  1. K

    Joke Thread 4

    The child bríde and I are coming slowly towards the end of a months long road trip exploring NZ's more remote places, in fact our preference has been for large areas with a population density of way less that one per sq/km. 20km down a dusty gravel road zigzagging its way towards the south...
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    LED 12v circuits

    I don't think it is. Here a pic of some little gizmo bearing the same markings as the PCB in the line just before my LED light. I find this code on similar devices on the internet and it is referred to as a LR209028 CSA Litelfuse. None the wiser as to why it is in each circuit immediately...
  3. K

    LED 12v circuits

    Yes, that makes sense. I recall the LED lamps in the boats had aluminium finned heat sinks behind them - the ones in the motorhome do not. A good explanation and I've learned something new. Thank you
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    LED 12v circuits

    Thanks for your reply. The job is done already, lights shifted and working fine so can't photograph. The PCB's were enclosed in shrink wrap which I had to remove in order to unsolder and resolder the feed wires for the new location. I also replaced the shrink wrap. Written on the original shrink...
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    LED 12v circuits

    In my motorhome all the lights are 12v LEDs. I want to reposition a couple of the lights and on opening up the panels on which they are mounted see that on the 12v feeds, just before the lights there is a small PCB with 'CSA' written on them. An internet search revealed two options for CSA -...
  6. K

    Consolidated PBY Catalina

    I am very grateful for the kind comments received concerning my efforts with the aircraft models, and pleased that you enjoy seeing them. I am also deeply thankful to the Child Bride who has always encouraged me even though I know she would prefer it if what woodworking abilities I have would...
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    Consolidated PBY Catalina

    Haven't been on site for a while. The reason for that is that we have been travelling the country looking for a new place to live. There is nothing wrong with the beautiful place we now live at but it is a high maintenance property and an emerging medical condition is going to make that...
  8. K

    Speed Awareness Course

    Exactly so! I have two problems with people speeding. The first is with people who like to boast how they went from point A to point B at near lightspeed - I like to say that I'm glad they don't live next door to me as they may consider burgling my house. They normally take umbrage at the...
  9. K

    EGR valve

    An update. Since Noel implied having the EGR valve installed on my truck would improve fuel consumption I went back to my reading and found a bunch of scholarly research articles confirming what he said - which is in contradiction to the bunch of scholarly research articles I read yesterday...
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    EGR valve

    This is where it gets complicated. Research indicates an EGR valve increases fuel consumption by around 20%. I can't verify that as the valve has always been fitted to the engine, but you propose that the opposite is true?
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    EGR valve

    Too cold and wet for the workshop so having a read about maintenance requirements on my diesel truck. It has the compulsory EGR valve installed. The valve is a pain in the bum to get to and needs attention now and then but that's ok, save the planet and all that.. but does it really? Ignoring...
  12. K

    Buying cheap tools

    And here's another one. Hitachi 7 1/4" skillsaw that I bought in 1976 and almost instantly regretted it. It is too small and had one of those flimsy pressed metal bases, largely rectified by overlaying it with a piece of 6mm aluminium. Like the sander it has done a lot of work including cutting...
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    Buying cheap tools

    A B & D one third sheet low speed orbital sander, excellent for removing a lot of material quickly especially with a piece of 60 grit attached to its bottom. Made in Middlesex, England. I bought it second hand in 1972. Its done a huge amount of work and still going strong. Whatever happened to...
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    Buying cheap tools

    Sorry, this is a bit off topic but the subject of building trollies/go carts had a very happy conclusion for me a few years ago. As a boy I was forever trying to build trollies but my efforts were invariably doomed to failure due to having mo money, no decent tools and no idea of what I was...
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    Repairing plastic

    I bought a twin tube ofJB Plastic Bonder a while back which I believe is a filler type consistency when mixed. The plan for the repair was to glue some sort of doubler on the back of the hole and then fill and fair with the plastic Bonder. It sounds like a doubler of ABS glued on a la Tris's...
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