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Back in the day before their acquisition by Facom, and Facom by SBD, i had a pair of Britool combi pliers and wire cutters to match. They were very substantial and well made things, but more a mechanics plier than an electricians, so I sold or gifted mine on after a few years. I just noticed a...

@ChaiLatte answerwd it for me. I would buy this Milwaukee impact rated hex angle adapter and some of their hex drills in whatever sizes. They are decent and cheap. Milwaukee do a big range of hex drills and bit sets if you have wider uses for them. They also have less common sizes like 3.2...

That'll be the American half. You're not spending enough time on youtube, sawmillcreek or thegaragejournal :cool:

I wonder if building a workshop in a container would be good experience for building a mobile workshop in an airbus a380 ?

East wing : Tony Stark's lab West wing : wood shop What a lot of us dream of is the space and kit that makes friends and family want to come and hang out with us and do fun projects together. Woodwork, machining, CNC, welding, fabrication, hydraulics, pneumatics, electronics, electromech...

My installer who should have been a good one, messed up the roof survey. The morning they arrived they raced straight up onto the roof and started laying out the brackets for the support bars. I asked "what about the survey to confirm the load is OK" "Oh, xxx from the office is organising that...

But if you do have the knowledge, there should be a way. MCS is just an approval scheme to try and set a minimum standard. Some of us want work done to a higher standard and if you aren't knowledgeable yourself, MCS has no means to guarantee that. I dislike trade monopolies on principle.

If you are a novice to electrics, it is much safer to pay an electrician to sort it for you. Worst case you replace the DOL starter completely. As you see, a new one only costs £35 - £50 plus not more than an hours labour to swap it out. The screwfix one is the right type but designed for...

Also. Never dealt with them but these folks in Malvern have been selling on ebay for 12 months or more ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304831425925?_nkw=2080&itmmeta=01J5BYNZ3FDS1KGH4QVE7VEM6F&hash=item46f95e6d85:g:CJQAAOSwChpfJWD9

8020 may be more available from small / DIY CNC outfits. KJN are much more about material handling and industrial machine building which needs bigger profiles 4040, 8040, 9090 and the like. I didn't see 8020 in their list of sizes. The name brands are i-tech and bosch rexroth. Dold Mechatronic...

Yes, please share your projects and I'm sure the members will be happy to offer lots of advice. Mind, not all will agree so you'll have to choose among the suggestions :-)

I didn't bother signing up for an export tariff when we first installed. They didn't pay much so I simply didn't bother. Once Octopus started to pay much better rates I signed up with them too and yes, they asked my MCS number as part of the export sign up. They also made the approach to my DNO...

Fronius's full backup implementation is fully documented here... https://www.fronius.com/~/downloads/Solar%20Energy/Quick%20Guides/SE_QG_Symo_GEN24_Full_Backup_EPS_EN_AU.pdf It's fairly smart for something entirely built in other than a small number of type proven contactors / auxy relays. The...

I have a thread on here telling the story of my own installation. 16kWh BYD battery hanging off a 6kW Fronius hybrid inverter etc etc. No EV for now so no access to the best overnight tariffs. BYD have a good reputation but even if I get the same 8000 cycles to 80%, our battery stack cost me...

Please park the attitude. It is not your job to police the forum. Your advice on many topics is constructive and welcomed but if it comes with this, you are not obliged to waste your time offering it.

I appreciate the sympathy, but you're totally mistaken. I didn't get to "park". I spent 10m45s attempting to park and exiting without delay when they were unable to deliver a service because they didn't provide a functioning means for me to pay them. All of their parking machines failed despite...

Thanks ! Mine would be at least twice that. There's a real economic benefit from going homebrew 👍

Cheers ! Last question for now : If you took the capacity of your battery, scale it down a little to be prudent (80 or 90%) and multiply by the 8000 cycles expected lifespan. You'll get the total throughput of the system over it's expected life. Divide the system cost by that and you'll have a...

And one last pic for Phil before I shut up. Yes Bahco adjustables are excellent quality and value. I'm no plumber but when I do DIY I find the short / wide jaw Bahco's especially good because they handle 22 and 28mm plumbing fittings where there isn't a lot of room to swing a full size handle...

Can't do it ! Keep your combination pliers. If I had to lose all the others, and most of my spanners and adjustables, I could get by with these three.