All Activity

It looks like a Pholiota, possibly Pholiota squarrosa the Shaggy Scalycap

The problem with battery stuff is theres little to no warning before it stops working. Its like a light bulb you can have it lit all day, then next it will fail....no warning. This is what i am finding with pro users who are starting to realise that is very much the case. At least with a petrol machine there is a degree of pre warning there is an issue before it finally packs up meaning the issue can potentially be addressed overnight before another 8 hours of work the next day.

I have one from my daughter that packed up for just the reason discussed above, I recharged it but it had lost a lot of capacity and is not much use other than the usb port now. I think they all have pouch cells rather than cylindrical ones as these have a higher discharge current but shorter life. The silly thing is I advised her to buy a cheap lead acid one as her's was an EV that kept discharging the 12V battery, so it wouldn't start, it only needed to produce 12V and a small current to close the contactor on the main battery. Eventually sorted with a firmware upgrade, hence it just got left in the glove box for 3 years. Her new EV (MG4) just came to a halt in traffic and put itself into park before disconnecting everything, no warning. Had to be manually released and towed off. Turns out it was a temperature sensor in the heater circuit reading high. I remember the days when you had an oil pressure light, a temperature gauge and a charge warning light on before the car was not driveable.

The tree is only a problem if it is a risk. Or offensive to the eye. Otherwise it is and will incresingly be good habitat for bug and birds. A good topping mught leave it safe for a few years, but will accelerate its decline, even if it appears to reinvigrate it temporarily. It might then be possible to leave it to disintegrate slowly and safely. Might be an idea to plant a replacement (I suggest Claret Ash) behind it to get it established for the future.

I bought a fairly expensive battery jump pack (fairly large Noco one). Doesn't work. Smart shit is mostly shit.

Good post @kram. It's a bit like smart chargers for a car battery won't work if the battery is profoundly flat so you have to kickstart it with another good battery across the terminals. There is a good reason for this and that is the electrolyte in a lithium cobalt battery is flammable, if there is a fault in the circuit the charging current heats a cell up until it ignites the electrolyte. I recover batteries that have been left too long by opening them up and using a usb charger attaching it with small magnets one cell at a time.

Was the battery left outside or very cold by any chance? Maybe try bringing into the warmth for a while before charging.

Good chance this overpopulated islnd will not find food to import in the next 50 years

I was going to be a little more optimistic and say that we don't need to fight for more than three days. We'd run out of food after that.

I ordered (Karona) direct from Swazi NZ and it arrived in 4 days. I did get shafted with import tax though, which made it £40 more than the UK price!

we need to consider the unthinkable - build more shelters, get our people in secretly under cover of darkness, then launch a pre-emptive strike.

We would if it was about territory like in the Ukraine, but if it was about neutralising us then no, a few grenade launchers shot at a nuclear warhead will do next to nothing. And if we are defending alone against an actual invasion, we are pretty fcked anyway, with France and Germany probably already overrun and the US abandoning us. So rearming is all about defending others, which I believe we are doing with giving some things to the Ukraine - our kit, their people.

Is a skirt really suitable for tree work rich😆

there is a film out 'House of Dynamite' or something - a nuke is spotted in the Pacific coming for Chicago, multiple attempts to shoot it down fail. One actor has the line ' it's like trying to shoot a bullet with a bullet' we don't need to be able to fight more than 20 minutes if there's a real war next time

Thanks for info. I will try to take in what you suggested, electrics are not my thing but I'll have a go.

When i think back 21 year's ago when we had the twins I was knackered all the time as I had my son and the wife had my daughter in seperate bedrooms so they didn't keep waking each other up. Mr daughter had a cry like someone scrapped a blackboard with their nails, gives me the shivers now 😆

Assuming the battery has no warranty, batteries can usually be recovered. Lithium cells like to burn if not used properly so this takes some care. Do it in a fireproof, dry place. AP200 is a 20 cell, 10 series 2 parallel battery, 10x 2.5Ah cells in series to get 36v, two rows of 10 in parallel to get 5Ah. The first check is using a multimeter on the + and - tabs, what is the overall battery voltage? Chargers usually refuse to charge cells that have dropped below about 1.5v. With the battery opened up, the next check is how well it is balanced - check each pair and note it down. If any are below 1.5v they need to be charged slow, at 100mA or so. Buy a cheap RC charger - few go up to 10 cells so you will have to individually charge every pair, or you could charge 5 pairs at a time with balance leads. Once its recovered it should charge normally on the stihl charger.

blue Skys here then passing heavy showers, boys have a dead wood job in a sheltered woodland with coffee and warmth every 1.5 hours. needs must! I was a zombie yesterday but back feeling energised today.

Why not get the Swazi Karona? karona has the hi vis and skirt.

I’m tipping honey fungus. Something looked different though. I’ll check for the bootstraps

Wordle 1,635 5/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Birthday Bruce Bonus.