Stuff you have fixed today

[Moose McAlpine]

I've wondered if putting a male-female dinze midpoint of jump leads would allow extension with a welding cable.

You could do. When i was at the AA we had jump points on the van and the jump leads plugged in with Anderson plugs. Another easy way for adding extensions.


A little of a year ago i made myself some nice sets of welding earth clamps and leads, all different clamps, electrode holders etc. I made them all with 5m long leads and dinse plugs so i could add extensions too if needed.

Only about a week ago did it dawn on me what a trick i'd missed. I should've had ~1m tails on all the earth clamps and i would've saved a load of cable by having 3/5/10m extensions instead of each lead needlessly being 5m long.

 

[Barking Mat]

You could do. When i was at the AA we had jump points on the van and the jump leads plugged in with Anderson plugs. Another easy way for adding extensions.


A little of a year ago i made myself some nice sets of welding earth clamps and leads, all different clamps, electrode holders etc. I made them all with 5m long leads and dinse plugs so i could add extensions too if needed.

Only about a week ago did it dawn on me what a trick i'd missed. I should've had ~1m tails on all the earth clamps and i would've saved a load of cable by having 3/5/10m extensions instead of each lead needlessly being 5m long.

really good point, tails and extensions...

 

[4String.]

You could do. When i was at the AA we had jump points on the van and the jump leads plugged in with Anderson plugs. Another easy way for adding extensions.


A little of a year ago i made myself some nice sets of welding earth clamps and leads, all different clamps, electrode holders etc. I made them all with 5m long leads and dinse plugs so i could add extensions too if needed.

Only about a week ago did it dawn on me what a trick i'd missed. I should've had ~1m tails on all the earth clamps and i would've saved a load of cable by having 3/5/10m extensions instead of each lead needlessly being 5m long.

Indeed .

All our units have an Anderson connector on them for powering the hydraulic ramps and steering axles, but guess who is the only driver with long enough extensions to connect to any of them .

The previous firm I worked for made me some up when I had to couple to a ginormous Special Types fully steered low loader which needed power for operating the hydraulic neck and I inadvertently kept them when I left, as you do . They also made me adapters to connect between the 3 main sizes of plug and it's surprising how often I use them to get someone with a flat battery out of the mire.

My intention is to fit connectors to the the front and rear of my van, but not sure where on the list of jobs that one is .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Smug Bar Steward.

Sat here enjoying the effects of a large free breakfast.

I was task to meet a senior member of the team.
Go to a site a plan a way forward.

The company has just taken on the nation wide contract, so we are trying to make a good impression.

This site fire alarm was condemned by the last place. Along side the intruder alarm.

Me, managed to fix both.
The intruder alarm was a mess.
But a factory restore with engineers dongle had the system usable.
Perks of manufacture training.

Must add it to my cv.

The fire alarm.
It still shocks me that people treat them as a cash cow and do shoddy work.

Experience showed me on this panel there is a back door entry code. This allowed me in to reset the codes. So the site can use the panel.
Power up the LCD display and fix the 4 faults.

But what then shocked me was the manager wrote the codes on the panel to aid his memory.

In plane site of the door, window.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

really good point, tails and extensions...

Yeah, if only i thought of it before fitting 5m tails to every damn earth clamp i own..

Indeed .

All our units have an Anderson connector on them for powering the hydraulic ramps and steering axles, but guess who is the only driver with long enough extensions to connect to any of them .

The previous firm I worked for made me some up when I had to couple to a ginormous Special Types fully steered low loader which needed power for operating the hydraulic neck and I inadvertently kept them when I left, as you do . They also made me adapters to connect between the 3 main sizes of plug and it's surprising how often I use them to get someone with a flat battery out of the mire.

My intention is to fit connectors to the the front and rear of my van, but not sure where on the list of jobs that one is .

I plan to fit a rear Anderson plug to the van, so i can fit a winch to the trailer and it won't need an onboard battery. Looked at those nice coiled Anderson leads but they're something insane like £185!

I could do with a set like you've got with adaptors, they're slways useful.

I'll add it to the list and the pile of parts waiting to go on the van and trailer. I only bought it because it had the higher tow rating, but it has all additional wiring and switches that are useful and now need to be sorted.

 

[Barking Mat]

Yeah, if only i thought of it before fitting 5m tails to every damn earth clamp i own..



I plan to fit a rear Anderson plug to the van, so i can fit a winch to the trailer and it won't need an onboard battery. Looked at those nice coiled Anderson leads but they're something insane like £185!

I could do with a set like you've got with adaptors, they're slways useful.

I'll add it to the list and the pile of parts waiting to go on the van and trailer. I only bought it because it had the higher tow rating, but it has all additional wiring and switches that are useful and now need to be sorted.

I ordered 4 male female dinse connectors last night, following this thread, on reflection I need eight...

It's an excellent idea.

 

[Barking Mat]

I'll try some experiments and see how well they work.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I ordered 4 male female dinse connectors last night, following this thread, on reflection I need eight...

Sounds like you channelled your inner Moose, and didn't order enough. I either order too few that i can't do what i need or so many i've cornered the global market and can single-handedly control the price by eating up the entire supply.

(I should probably order more..)

I'll try some experiments and see how well they work.

Should work perfectly. All my cables are 35mm² so its capacity exceeds my welders' max outputs. Even a 15m lead shouldn't be a problem @ 200A.

 

[Barking Mat]

Sounds like you channelled your inner Moose, and didn't order enough. I either order too few that i can't do what i need or so many i've cornered the global market and can single-handedly control the price by eating up the entire supply.

(I should probably order more..)

My jump leads are 50mm2, so I ordered the 300 amp jobees.

They're already at least 3 m long, possibly 4, but the option of extension just arouses me.

Then they can double up as arc welding leads too.

I don't use them that often, but then last night my Volvo had a failed bulb, major dismantling of bits, left the headlights on for half an hour plus. Guess what, wouldn't start...

Jump lead time....

These are mine....

Should work perfectly. All my cables are 35mm² so its capacity exceeds my welders' max outputs. Even a 15m lead shouldn't be a problem @ 200A.

 

[Barking Mat]

I've added to your quote somehow....

 

[8ob]

For jump leads the Anderson’s make more sense because you can’t confuse + or -, like moose earth leads and working on plant is a ball ache, I have daisy chained mine with decent length lead and dinse, seems to cover most things.

 

[mdr]

Update: Now I've fixed the shed roof! (it was still leaking)...
...

Job done!

Well that will have to do for the winter...


I promise to stop posting about the darned roof now

 

[bigegg]

Well that will have to do for the winter...
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I promise to stop posting about the darned roof now

Until tomorrow, when it rains again

 

[nickk]

FHaving been plagued with deteriorating forge performance for the last 2 years,and several experiments later,I’m convinced the blast hole in the tuyere has enlarged itself?! This little bodge has cured its fault,if only I’d have thought of that earlier,you see the coke falls into the said hole thereby reducing the blast effect.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Well that will have to do for the winter...
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I promise to stop posting about the darned roof now

Is that Corrapol sheeting?

 

[Brad93]

View attachment 264399 FHaving been plagued with deteriorating forge performance for the last 2 years,and several experiments later,I’m convinced the blast hole in the tuyere has enlarged itself?! This little bodge has cured its fault,if only I’d have thought of that earlier,you see the coke falls into the said hole thereby reducing the blast effect.

Point your tuyere downwards

 

[4String.]

Point your tuyere downwards

Caution - euphemism alert .

 

[nickk]

Point your tuyere downwards

It’s fixed @Brad93 ,all I could do was tip the whole forge down,wouldn’t like that,besides,I’m convinced the blast hole has become enlarged over the years by an end piece falling or wearing off,its now 27 mm bore.

 

[Brad93]

It’s fixed @Brad93 ,all I could do was tip the whole forge down,wouldn’t like that,besides,I’m convinced the blast hole has become enlarged over the years by an end piece falling or wearing off,its now 27 mm bore.

My dad has just done his, had to modify the back of the forge a bit (but took the opportunity to fit a drain and a float valve to the bosh.
Much improved.

I can’t see your grate lasting too long

 

[nickk]

My dad has just done his, had to modify the back of the forge a bit (but took the opportunity to fit a drain and a float valve to the bosh.
Much improved.

I can’t see your grate lasting too long

Why ,did he have coke going into the hole? Did it develop into a problem over time?