Speaking as someone with big trees and cars, it’s not so much the bird shït as the aphid frass which is a problem. Mine are Lime trees and particularly bad. I don’t park under them when they have leaves.No kids. Only reason I can think of is that the branches used to hang over his car so the birds might have been pooping on the car. Our cherry tree overhangs the same car...
Engine up and running and the variable cam timing isn't working. Chances are they weren't working yesterday either when the engine was on test. Not that my shift opposite would ever notice, he is hardly ever in the control room, he will be sitting drinking tea and stuffing his face in another test room.Got into work to find the bloke who works on the opposite shift to me managed to destroy another clutch, miraculously for him, always too late in the shift for him to do it, so I get lumbered with it. I have worked opposite him for less than a year, and two months of that we were furloughed and I think this is the 4th or 5th clutch he has broken and left for me to change. I don't think the bloke has done a complete,When I worked opposite another bloke, we went through one or two clutches a year and we would always try to get it swapped or get as much as possible done before the shift ended, so we didn't leave too much for each other if we could help it.
Could you buy an airtight lunch box, punch a couple of holes in the sides, and feed the lights through one, and the plug lead through the other (might need to remove the plug then replace it) then seal the holes round the leads with blu-tak/glue/putty/play-doh/whatever then clip the lid on?
Weatherproof control box.
I use one of THESE to get the extra couple of metres I need to get maintenance charge to the bikes and Mrs Nod's toy car.
Far too early for outdoor lights though!!!
That's why I suggested a lunch box. IP rated stuff is designed to live outside permanently, and the costs reflect that. The lights will only be out for a month, so don't need that much resilience.Thanks Nod but that is twice what the lights cost!
That's why I suggested a lunch box. IP rated stuff is designed to live outside permanently, and the costs reflect that. The lights will only be out for a month, so don't need that much resilience.
Is the control box closed with screws? If so, replacing that whole mains lead with something longer may be an option.
(BTW, that plug is non-standard/illegal in the UK, and may be unsafe, which is another reason to take it off.)
Hmmm...
Can't see clearly on that photo because of the glue, but it doesn't look like that lead has regulation blue/brown insulation.
Have you plugged it in ant tried it at all?
Just wondering...Yes, and they work.
Just wondering...
Do they work with the fuse pulled out?
Ah, Chinese mains electrical... View attachment 299850 ...they've got quite a reputation.
Trading standards would be one option, but they'll likely keep your lights, and you'd be unlikely to get a refund.
Opening an ebay case for a return would be another.
Or (if you have a soldering iron) you could replace that lead with a sensible length of 2 core cable, terminated with a BS1363 compliant plug, and go the lunch box route to light up the house?
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I know it’s still not satisfactory but Chinese customer service communications/responses are way ahead of ours .Thanks Tori_T
I messaged them this last night.
How are you supposed to use these lights outside when the control box has to be inside and the distance from the control box to the first light is 7cms?
... and got this back this morning.
Dear customer,
Thank you for your message!
I am sorry to hear this, will reflect the problem to our supplier and request improvement in the next batch.
thank you for your feedback.
Considering sending the item back will be very inconvenient for you,
it will cost your time
so you needn't send the item back to us.
How about we refund you £2.5 and you don't need to send the item back?
maybe you can use with a extension cable
Is that OK?
Your understanding will be much appreciated
Waiting for your confirmation.
Many thanks
Amy
Have just sent this and will see what I get back!
Thank you for your prompt reply.
Firstly, using an extension cable would not work as the plug and control box are not waterproof and would then be outside.
I showed these lights to an electrician and he was absolutely horrified.
1)The plug is illegal for use in the UK and also has a 13 amp fuse fitted.
2)The lead is illegal as it does not use UK regulation blue/brown insulation.
3)Worst of all the lights operate without the fuse in place at all.
I have bought 2 sets of these and they are too dangerous to use.
I would like you to refund me the full purchase price (and have them collected from me if you wish.)
many thanks,
Heather
I could ... but my power socket inside is more than 60 cm from the nearest window and the whole point of outside lights is that they are ...outside! :banghead:
Every other set I have had has had a plug and control box near to each other (sometimes combined) and then about 3m of thin wire(s) to the first light. It is not rocket science to put a decent length of cheap wire to enable the lights to actually be used outside.View attachment 299836
Another thing to note about this dodgy stuff is the mains leads are often sub-spec and sub-standard; they're prone to overheating and insulation breakdown, leading to explosive shorts in the lead, so just fitting a proper UK plug or fused adapter may not be sufficient to protect you.I have the same lights but came with a European plug haha
You may have explained this many times before but I’m curious, what do you do and for whom?Engine up and running and the variable cam timing isn't working. Chances are they weren't working yesterday either when the engine was on test. Not that my shift opposite would ever notice, he is hardly ever in the control room, he will be sitting drinking tea and stuffing his face in another test room.
Ah, Chinese mains electrical... View attachment 299850 ...they've got quite a reputation.
Trading standards would be one option, but they'll likely keep your lights, and you'd be unlikely to get a refund.
Opening an ebay case for a return would be another.
Or (if you have a soldering iron) you could replace that lead with a sensible length of 2 core cable, terminated with a BS1363 compliant plug, and go the lunch box route to light up the house?
My pet hate, us of a certain age were paying around 16% interest on our mortgages.just got an email about one of my bank accounts to say they're dropping the interest rate to 0.5%.
I test and develop engines at Ford's Research and Development Centre. The engine I am working on is a customers engine that had a recurring pre-ignition fault that kept putting the car into limp mode. The dealer couldn't find the fault as their equipment is limited to what we have in a dyno cell. So the customer has been given a replacement engine and we are running various tests trying to see if we can replicate the problem and find what is causing it to prevent it happening to other cars.You may have explained this many times before but I’m curious, what do you do and for whom?
The only saving (no pun intended ) grace for me is that since Covid, is that I am not spending loads of money on my sons and I to go to rock concerts or watch motor racing, so I have lots more money to earn 0.5% interest.My pet hate, us of a certain age were paying around 16% interest on our mortgages.
Now it's paid off with a few quid in the bank, the interests rates are barely above 0%
Screwed at both ends of our lives
I get that too, and still call it taking the p***!0.5% is good,
There is even talk of negative interest being applied by some banks ( ie you pay them for spending your money)I have seen some paying just 0.1%.
That might be the point I buy a second car.There is even talk of negative interest being applied by some banks ( ie you pay them for spending your money)
That's the point it comes out and goes under the mattress ...
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That might be the point I buy a second car.
I get that too, and still call it taking the p***!
There is even talk of negative interest being applied by some banks ( ie you pay them for spending your money)
That's the point it comes out and goes under the mattress ...
Not worried about depreciation, it's the enjoyment of driving it that counts.Lol..It might be better to spend it on something that doesn't depreciate so quickly. The likes of Mr/Mrs Average are doomed any which way
If you type cancel prime in the Amazon search box, the first result is something like ‘your prime’, click that & then ‘manage membership is near the top of the page, click that and ‘cancel’ is one of the choices.I've just spent 20 minutes finding out how to cancel Amazon Prime. My wife is signed up to it and it is good but I don't buy on there often enough to justify the £7.99 a month.I was buying some books for my wife.' Hairy Bikers' recipe books. She has two already. I really like their programmes and they're Geordies too,as most will know, which makes watching even more enjoyable.
I've obviously clicked on a box I didn't mean to and I was aware of customers inadvertantly doing it so I was careful. One box was in yellow. 'Sign me up for Prime' and directly below it in the same larger box was something like..'standard delivery' so I clicked on that . The standard deliver box was actually grey and musn't have been 'live' so it activated Prime. Nowhere that was obvious was an option to cancel it so thank goodness for Google. 'How to cancel Amazon Prime..accidental sign up ? From the list of options I clicked on a Which ? heading. The Which ? magazine set out the procedure in an article addressing the way Amazon set up the system so customers do make that error. Here's the article dated July last year. 28% of people Which ? surveyed had made my error. Which? is indispensable imo and I'm a member but it came through that Google search. I see that some people who don't check their bank account have paid for years and haven't noticed the monthly debit. They'd never get it back. They probably wondered why they were getting next day delivery..lol. https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/07/accidentally-signed-up-to-amazon-prime-youre-not-alone/
As I got near the last page of cancelling I even got a message stating something like.. 'John.. We're sorry to see you go' and "I do not want to benefit from advantages of Amazon Prime" So..I got to the last page and these were the options.
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Whilst posting this I got an Email from Amazon. I shall keep it until December 25th..end of free trial..I'd deleted the book order so I'll try again. It;s been a while since I ordfered on Amazon and just before paymenty there was a list of delivery options along with 'Try Amazon Prime and I always go for Royal Mail 5-day delivery and items inariably come within 48 hours especially near Christmas as thery want the goods out of the warehouse.
The Email. I see they're still trying to make me feel I'm really missing out and what I'm missing out on.
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As I said, no need to wait to cancel, do it immediately and you still get the free month.Easy to tick a wrong box and end up with prime but also easy to leave after the free trial period.
Mrs Nod had an interesting e-mail from a well known consumer magazine a couple of years ago, offering her a listing. For a fee...
That probably sums it up. Being a London Borough we have fallen into Tier 2, but as a borough itself we should have been tier 3 and have the worst rating in London.either lockdown isn’t working or people are just selfish bastards