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by keeflester
May 25th, 2017, 9:08 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: What are you up to?
Replies: 672
Views: 323068

Re: What are you up to?

zildjian wrote:Have you tested yourself yet?
I don't think I quite qualify as portable any more, more "transportable"
by keeflester
May 25th, 2017, 8:23 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: What are you up to?
Replies: 672
Views: 323068

Re: What are you up to?

Just received a PAT tester. One of my customers lets his holiday home, needs to have all his portable appliances tested. Since I'm on a retainer for emergencies and habitation checks, it works out cheaper to buy the tester than to pay per item to get everything tested. It also means I now have full-...
by keeflester
May 3rd, 2017, 9:01 pm
Forum: Self builders & projects please
Topic: Keith's Transit Van
Replies: 28
Views: 49045

Re: Keith's Transit Van

Keith is this an idea ( or not ) https://s1.postimg.cc/bmb7jthxb/table.jpg It's one way of making the back door area more versatile. You could cook on that in fine weather or sit out and use it as a drinks table. I'm currently thinking along different lines, a drop-down hinged at the back of the fl...
by keeflester
May 2nd, 2017, 10:24 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: What are you up to?
Replies: 672
Views: 323068

Re: What are you up to?

Been bridge-building today. Tee-shirt weather and no midges. Thought I was in the med. back tomorrow to finish putting in some heavy bolts to lock it all together.
by keeflester
April 22nd, 2017, 6:57 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: OK can I just stop you right here!
Replies: 1
Views: 1854

Re: OK can I just stop you right here!

So! The landscape fabric underneath the truck gives a clue to how often it gets moved. They clearly don't want the weeds growing up through the chassis and out of the wheel arches.
by keeflester
April 22nd, 2017, 6:53 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: What are you up to?
Replies: 672
Views: 323068

Re: What are you up to?

Doing nowt, again, the privilege of being retired.
by keeflester
April 21st, 2017, 7:27 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: The video's thread
Replies: 775
Views: 400794

Re: Interesting video's

"Casually" is stretching the truth a bit. He's hanging on for grim death.
by keeflester
April 4th, 2017, 6:36 pm
Forum: Self builders & projects please
Topic: Suntrekker XL
Replies: 34
Views: 69928

Re: Suntrekker XL

Ingenious and resourceful.
by keeflester
March 1st, 2017, 5:50 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: 'alternator to battery charger' Question?
Replies: 9
Views: 8435

Re: 'alternator to battery charger' Question?

If you measure the leisure battery at rest and it gives you better than 12.5v, then it's getting a good charge. After you've established the base voltage, start the engine and watch the voltage at the leisure battery to see it get a boost when the split charge relay cuts in. Just for your own peace ...
by keeflester
February 23rd, 2017, 10:53 pm
Forum: Chitter chatter happens here
Topic: busy morning
Replies: 1
Views: 1609

Re: busy morning

I was here. There's usually a good handful of guests and the odd bot.