How Busy Can It Get?

[Vaughan]

13 hours ago, marshman said:

I bet no hire yards fit them!!!!!! 

Which must be why I have never seen or heard of them!

Like Fred, I can't comment as I don't know them but I would just say that the BSS is an installation safety standard but not a building or manufacturing standard.

There is a big difference.

 

[YnysMon]

Doesn’t sound like the Chinese economy is doing particularly well currently. They appear to have a private housing crisis. 

[MauriceMynah]

Well, it's 03:50 and I'm lying in bed worrying about things. First worry was that I couldn't remember the name of the chap who's dog salivated when a bell rang. All I could think of was Pavlova, then all I could think of was a dog in a ballerina's outfit. The night was not going well. 

No good, I had to Google it. It was Pavlov, but now I couldn't shake the image of a ballet dancing, salivating dog out of my mind, and now I'm wide awake. 

My other worry playing on my mind was... err ... oh how the he'll am I supposed to remember what I was worrying about when all I can think of is this damned dog doing the "dying swan" routine? 

[Regulo]

Good job it wasn't the Nutcracker.

[YnysMon]

I’m just reflecting on how little you have to worry about! 

[grendel]

7 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

how the he'll am I supposed to remember what I was worrying about when all I can think of is this damned dog doing the "dying swan" routine? 

just remember that the swan was dying because it hadnt been fed a merangue based dessert when the bell rang, (this creates all sorts of complications in the theatres when the last call before curtain up bell is sounded.)

[floydraser]

What's all this about swans? It was surely Dick Dastardly, Mutley and a Pigeon. 

[MauriceMynah]

Can someone please tell me why Black Friday now lasts 14 or more days?

[Ray]

Is it because there's an unusual amount of unsold tat to shift this year? 😂

[dom]

4 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

Can someone please tell me why Black Friday now lasts 14 or more days?

And the rest. It seems to be Black Friday month now, which is a completely ludicrous concept.

[MauriceMynah]

I hate to imagine the "low flying teddy" count at Oulton Broad this evening. 

I've just watched Anglia news talking about the National Park , the Norfolk Broads.  

I reckon Peter must be running out of blood vessels to burst.

[Smoggy]

13 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

imagine the "low flying teddy" count

So that's what it was, I thought it was a meteor shower lighting up the sky.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

On 23/10/2023 at 12:20, MauriceMynah said:

Right. I have ordered the £150 unit. It comes as the heater alone. I don't know if the fuel pump comes with it or not, but pipes, silencer etc do not. I shall be using the existing fittings. If the heater kills me... well we live and learn, and I'll never buy another one.

Time for an update MM?

[YnysMon]

5 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:

Time for an update MM?

Flip, someone tell me the heater hasn’t fulfilled the expectation…please. 

[OldBerkshireBoy]

Just now, YnysMon said:

Flip, someone tell me the heater hasn’t fulfilled the expectation…please. 

What, kept MM all cosy and warm.

[YnysMon]

Just now, OldBerkshireBoy said:

What, kept MM all cosy and warm.

Err, no. I was referring to this that you quoted from MM in one of your recent posts…

5 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:

If the heater kills me... well we live and learn, and I'll never buy another one.

 

[OldBerkshireBoy]

2 minutes ago, YnysMon said:

Err, no. I was referring to this that you quoted from MM in one of your recent posts…

 

What gives! You have taken a quote from another and attributed it to me!!!

[YnysMon]

14 minutes ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:

What gives! You have taken a quote from another and attributed it to me!!!

That’s because I’m lazy and couldn’t be bothered to scroll up to find the original. Sorry! 

[MauriceMynah]

OK  not much to say just yet. I'm dog/parrot sitting at the moment, but will give a full report later.

[Regulo]

I'll save you the bother, MM. One barks and s**ts, the other pecks and s**ts. 

[MauriceMynah]

17 hours ago, Regulo said:

I'll save you the bother, MM. One barks and s**ts, the other pecks and s**ts. 

Never a truer word. Though the parrot is no longer speaking to me

[MauriceMynah]

Right, heaters. 

It has long been a belief of mine that although some Chinese imports are cheap and shoddy,  others are cheap from being sold without quality checking with a resulting high proportion of failures being sold to customers.  I'm pleased to report that the heaters come under that second category. 

When my heater arrived, several people (experienced with heaters) had a look at it some actually commenting positively on the build quality. The device was installed. After about four uses,  it failed. This was not, by me, unexpected.

I purchased a second unit so total price so far £300. Using parts from the second unit my fitter found it to be the thermostat that had failed. 

I have purchased some CO alarms to place near the unit and where I sleep.  This I was going to do anyway so am not including in the running total costs.

So thus far I have the heater installed (but not used as I'm still parrot sitting) and an almost full set of spares.

The next steps are that I shall purchase a replacement thermostat. If my heater keeps blowing them, I shall install the spare heater. The build quality is such that I'm prepared to continue down this route for a while.

I'm using the Eberspatcher exhaust equipment, which fits this unit so I'm content with that. Thus far I've been unable to find anything that justifies the price of the Eberspatcher equipment. 

[MargeandParge]

You don't need the Parrot to speak to you but if you could get it to say the right things to the dog life may be easier. .

Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 

Oh and when the Parrot gave you the cold shoulder, if it started warm you may have some washing to do.

[Regulo]

7 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

Never a truer word. Though the parrot is no longer speaking to me

Obviously decided "Who's a pretty boy" would be lost on you. 

[MauriceMynah]

I have a question about CO alarms, of which I have two. 

These alarms have LCD displays, I believe showing parts per million of carbon monoxide. Both units are displaying  "0".

Now, I realise that this is a good thing, but if either showed a varying very low figure, I would at least know the display was working. So my questions are, 

How many parts per million represents a safe background count, and where can I get some CO to test the units. This Chinese heater seems to be useless at providing any.