Recent content by securespark

Try disconnecting the battery, then the mains. Leave it a couple of minutes, then reconnect the battery only, then refit the cover. Does it power up and work? If so, reconnect the mains. If not, it sounds like the battery may be kaput. Leave the battery disconnected and power up the mains...

Not that it's easy to tell, but this is a GE board populated with Hager gear. To my mind, the breakers go the wrong way in terms of value. All the main switches in NZ have been one module wide, so I guess they are exclusively SP.

I will post our adventures here, but it may not be until after our return.

Not Rich Tandy? Fug me no... Don't get the same news alerts in NZ. It's a cryin' shame.

No, milk is freely available in many shops and supermarkets. And I have not come across a pump attendant yet. The last time I did in the UK was in 1990 at a rural station in Knighton, Wales. The old pump had a rotary dial and one of those sight glasses you had to check was full of fuel before...

I apologise we have been super busy on our holiday and have covered many kilometres. I have noted several things while I've been here. Restaurants close at 20:00 or 21:00 at the very latest. Often they close sooner if it's not busy. We have been caught out by that a couple of times. Several...

Sorry, meant to add to this and forgot. Why would 27A melt 2.5?

Not helped by manufacturers' instructions asking for "cross bonding" at the boiler.

Hell, yeah!

Used to smoke Rothmans at school. I wanted some French fags but the old guy running the tobacconists said they would ruin my throat and sold me Rothmans instead!

Just preferred their own loo and space. I'd have had trouble if I didn't go to the loo at my school....it was a boarding school. And we had Izal!

All questionable... 1. Nobody knew what they were voting for. 2. Hmmm... 3. Not sure that was down to Joris.

Tee Hee!

Delivered what?

When I said I was talking about Burnham.