Recent content by LeeElms

A follow on questions about a 'detail'. With battens supporting OSB, and Celotex insulation between the battens, should I make the battens exactly the same height as the thickness of the Celotex, or would having an air gap above or below the Celotex be OK?

My main reason for considering installing an insulated floor is to help with heating. It seems to me that, with insulated walls and ceiling, that heating the concrete floor uses a lot of heat (heating is only occasional, so the concrete cools down between uses). Does this sound to be a...

Following on from Hsmith192 above, can someone confirm (or not) whether my understanding is correct about how to use battens / insulation / ply or chipboard to insulate a floor. Is it vapour barrier, with battens and insulation on top of that, and then the ply or chipboard supported by the battens?

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@Dibs-h The HDMI output is for connection to the TV, I'll have to check if the facility to output a series of programs sends the programs to the HDMI output as well as the SCART. I would still have the complication of disconnecting the lead from the TV - perhaps an HDMI switch box would handle...

@raffo I'm not wanting to record faster, but am wanting to be able to record longer. The reviewer said that the software could only support 30 minutes recordings.

@seanf Thanks for the recommendation. However, on reading the reviews on Amazon, one mentions that the sodtware doesn't record over a long period of time (the reviewer recommended recording in 30 minutes chunks) -- that is not any good for me (see below). Sky video is encrypted on the box, but...

Can anyone recommend an analogue video to PC conversion device that works well, and isn't too expensive? Is it possible to achieve quality comparable to recording analogue video to a DVD with a DVD recorder, or is this unobtainable without expensive equipment? Reading reviews I find people...

E-mail sent to Topeak's UK distributor customer service. ([email protected]) - awaiting a reply ...

You are correct, it is a 'Joeblow Sport'. I'll try an e-mail.

Thanks again for the suggestions. Quite busy at the moment, so might take a little while to progress this one ...

I want to make an extension 'tube' - i.e. fittings and some flexible tubing. I have tried a 3D printed 1/4" BSP 'stretched' to the measured pitch, and with a rubber washer, it works quite well. But I was wondering if I could buy a proper part. Alpha-Dave: not normally extravagant, but I'll...

Pete: could be proprietary ... Alpha-Dave: just tried measuring different cross-sections, and there is quite a lot of variation, and the average is somewhat less than my original measurement across the threads; still seems to be rather more than 12.7 ...

It does look like 1/2" BSF is most likely. The reason why I didn't think it was is that 'about 13mm' is around 13.1mm across the threads, and I assumed that a 1/2" would be a little less than 12.7mm.

Thanks for all the info. Still can't find a match in any of the charts mentioned. I think it's a 'non standard thread which can be found on some imported goods'!