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Thanks, that sound very likely. I seem to remember from another car that the rectifier block is a separate assembly inside the end of the alternator and therefore could be replaced without changing the alternator - is that right ?

LOML's little Renault has the battery warning light on when driving. Fan belt OK, no slip. I've checked battery voltage, it is normal, that is 12 ish with the engine not running, drops a tad if you put the headlights on etc., but, and this is the bit I dont understand : rises exactly as one...

Horrible ! Seems to be a trend to reduce the height of rear windows to give that "stepped on by an elephant" look. Dont like it at all.

After several weeks of one of the worst droughts on record, we now have had a week of rain. Such a shame for the holiday makers, but so urgently needed by the land. Trapped indoors by the rain, I have been continuing with updating my workshop, adding a suite of cupboards and drawers to house...

Bit of an unusual project this! Customer wanted a meter cupboard to his own design and using some some DIY materials he had already bought before deciding he wanted someone else to make it. In the end, it turned out to be quite straight forward, so I agreed. The side panels are the DIY oak...

Am I missing something, but it looks to me as though the top box has grain in two different directions, glued together? Wont that give a problem? Hope your wife soon recovers.

What a brilliant piece! I am full of admiration for the ingenuity and detail of the drawers, however, much as i admire it, I would not buy it, it does not fit with our traditional interior. Does it fit with modern interiors? Cant really comment, not my scene. Nice work though.

Considered to be correct in US english I believe, though a friend said only one adverb, so the oft quoted "to boldly go" is OK, but "to quickly boldly go" is not. Any Americans out there who can comment?

A preposition is not a suitable word to end a sentence with. :lol: :lol:

I have really enjoyed reading these posts. Some nice points and a lot of wit (that's another word we hear infrequently). For me, the purpose of correct grammer etc. is to communicate unambiguously. I find it sad that my daughter, who has a masters (master's?) degree by the way, uses 'brought'...

Yes, it was outperformed by waterproof PVA, even on sloppy fit joints. The one advantage I find with it and other PU glues, is that the expanding action does fill any odd cracks, crevices around pegs when using drawbores etc. to help keep out moisture on outdoor jobs.

Oh yes, I do agree. Fusion, or even fission which has a very good track record in the vast majority of cases. Those who point to accidents at nuclear power stations compared to fossil fuel stations forget to include the terrible accident rate in coal mining and oil production/transport...

Good point about centralised power generation being POTENTIALLY greener. However, wind pôwer can only ever be a secondary source, imagine a cold day in deccember and then the wind drops! Seriously, wind power, while a useful supplement, takes such a vast area, around 100 square miles of...

As for an air powered car being zero emissions, that's rubbish - using electricity to charge it just moves the emissions from the street to the power station.

Very nice! I especially like the swivel lid and magnet closures. Just a note from my own experience, you can set the magnets deeper and put a couple of mm of wood plug over them and they still work fine. Pull is reduced of course, but not a vast amount, just use a more powerful (bigger) magnet.

Blame the insurance companies, there is a surcharge at least for houses without bars on windows below 3m from the ground, some companies actually insist on them.

Actually, they were fitted a week or so ago, but the rest of the room was such a mess I didnt want to post pictures! :lol: :lol: These are the windows that I built, with some setbacks, a few months ago, but I didnt fit them as I could not face a day or so with a huge hole in the wall while...

OK, here it is. The setup is an old woodburning stove, feeding a wooden smoke chamber via long inclined pipe. The idea is to lose heat, the pipe loses a lot, then the box is thin walled to lose even more. Smoke exits via tube at the top which goes under the eaves. It is important to keep the...

Like the letter, it has style! As a serious comment - in all my dealings with tax inspectors they have almost always been fair and helpful. If they are taking more than you consider reasonable, then the fault lies with those who expect to be paid for doing nothing and any government that...

I have used these people, excellent service and the parts that arrive are exactly what it says on the website.