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Actually, there are already 'range booster' trailers commercially available- either extra batteries, or a small diesel generator that...

That could be said of the original diesels that lasted forever but now with the modern diesel using electronic engine management with a...

Actually it is- pumped hydro is being used in several states here in Australia already, and with more coming online every year... The...

Thank you Chubber, appreciate the sentiment. In my first year of my Engineering Degree I learned that the "perfect" engineering...

A Versailles Orangery it ain't, what it is is an effective, fit for purpose strong looking job that fulfills the 'mission statement'...

I would've thought another factor is just that when the lead is uncoiled, it is likely exposed to the air, and the heat is easily...

Diesels are a bit smelly and do puff a bit of smoke sometimes. But there is a large body of peer reviewed research which states...

It is not a question of "not caring" but what am I supposed to do, I need a large van to do my work, my van is diesel as are most large...

Modern diesels exhaust is actually 'cleaner' than the air it pulls in in many cities... In many places petrol motors are banned in...

We could extend it to 'just go to a furniture shop' and dispense with most of the forum :D

That's the biggest issue with the 'stock' feed in many cases- its installed down to a price- so often direct buried armoured 'just...

I recall seeing one at a H&S presentation. One of the round type lightweight plastic cased extension reels. Someone had apparently run...

Funnily enough, this popped up in my F/B feed today... A 15m/50ft wound up cord, rated at 13A unwound, but only 5A went left wound...

Look at the loads wattage rating- lighter loads are ok on a 'stock' garage spur on an extension cord, heavier ones you really have to be...

It's a real shame about length being the enemy - since for me the "logical" place to plug in a lawnmower is in the garage, not the house...