This all fits with me. I avoid woodwork like the plague - it seems I only have to look at a piece of wood and it warpes - but my combined electrical & plumbing case(s) almost need a hoist to get in and out of the car. I suppose humping them all about keeps me fit…….
I did my apprenticeship working for Rolls Royce Small Engine Division - De Havilland back in the day - early ‘70’s, and we knew them as Hellerman pliers. I remember the wiremen making up helicopter wiring looms on 8 x 4 sheets of ply with just a few pencil marks and a few nails to act as guides...
I don’t think it is quite as large as that. I have mine positioned immediately under the box of bits for the rear view mirror. When I am driving I cannot see it. It’s in a Toyota Corolla.
I still have a Hameg 20 MHz storage scope. Must be 25 - 30 years old. Still works, and it never let me down. Got me out of a hole on many occasions. Happy days.
Sorry Chaps, I should have said it is a combi - dont know about condensing, alhough it does have a drip pipe coming out from it to the drain.
The other point is that I am mid seventies, so I am not taking bets on whether it expires before I do.........
Greatly interested in this thread. My wife and I live in an end terrace property, brick construction, double glazed, built about 1935. Cavity wall insulation, some loft insulation. We have a Vaillant condensing boiler, close to 15 years old. We also have a "Wiser" boiler control system, with...