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GreenGui

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  1. It was a metaphor.
  2. Not if you've got a plugged up DPF due to it expecting to get an active REGEN and that box has stopped it. The back pressure will just build up. It's a band aid on a septic toe... BTW, I got the message WW.
  3. That figures. The Euro 4 system was an open loop DPF i.e no sensors monitoring the DPF, it just relied on a burn off cycle based on usage, it could generally be removed without issues. From about 2010 when Euro 5 came in The DPF went closed loop i.e sensors monitoring the pressure in front of and behind the DPF. When a set pressure differential figure is met it goes into active REGEN, dumping the diesel which finds its way into the sump. Your trips are too short causing the DPF to clog and require another active REGEN. I am surprised given you tow a trailer but given it working harder will cause more soot another REGEN does make sense - still seems like a design fault to me.
  4. Sounds like the well documented problem to do with ACTIVE DPF regen in Euro 5/6 vehicles. Seems to affect some vehicles more than others. From what I have been reading the excess injected fuel (intentionally injected to cause REGEN) leaks past the rings, as expected, and dilutes the oil. You will need to change the engine oil PDQ otherwise it leads to engine problems. Sounds like you have a DPF issue... But then you knew that already:thumbdown:
  5. I'm a convert. Although I would still use a large conventional handsaw for cutting a joist, I have moved over to Jap pattern saws for bench work. Have an Irwin that works well although it has lost its initial edge slightly, possibly due to me cutting 15cm oak beams with it Recently bought a small model in Lidl with two different blades that can be swapped over - really good for detailed work, lovely finished cut and the pull rather than push action has helps with accurate cuts. I bought an arborist Silky that has lost its initial razor edge after one season of light use so I would personally not lay out a huge sum of money on one but then I see saws more as a consumable, rather than say a good chisel which should last a lifetime and is worth the investment but thats just me. Try one
  6. Wow, I missed Cameron give that corker of a speech:laugh1: but then I don't listen to a word any of them say anymore. I am of course assuming you are quoting him directly... BTW, Voila sounds best when spoken with a really condescending tone, the way a school teacher would pronounce it when speaking to a pupil:biggrin:
  7. Not meant in an insulting way. The immortal Jesse Ventura lines "Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me." and "This place makes Cambodia look like Kansas." followed by "Ain't got time to bleed..." Ring any bell? Sorry OP for the thread creap
  8. Thanks for the apology Mr Johnsonmbe. No Lasting trauma, I found it amusing and still do hence mentioning it - I had a mental picture of you at the time as a cross between that 'Ranger Rick' character out of the film Avatar and Jesse Ventura's character in Predator:lol:
  9. Voila. Thanks for proving the my point. I got called a 'raving liberal' by Mr Johnsonmbe above in another post Can you not see that you are simply using names and terms as ridicule without really bothering to understand the point being made. Not really any different to the school play ground:biggrin:
  10. He is also quoted selectively, usually, in my experience, by people that have never read his complete works. Selected sound bytes and quotes tend to circle round rather like sound in an echo chamber...
  11. Makes sense. Guess thats why in the link I gave the system moves 350 m3 per hour
  12. Quite common in France, this type of kit can be bought in most of the 'sheds'. Distribution d'air chaud / Magasin de Bricolage Brico Dépôt de CESSON-SEVIGNE
  13. :lol: Ding Dong
  14. They don't forget anything. Its a strategy.
  15. I thought it was great, a real get up and go attitude... He can't afford anything else so he makes it himself, self reliance at its best. TBH Mr Johnsonmbe, I thought your first thought would of been 'why the heck did he not put ads on that vid given its viewing figs.?'
  16. I had the same problem and took issue with the company and the credit card company. The company lied and claimed I gave my permission and the card company gave me a rollocking via letter telling me not to give my permission in future, when I had done no such thing. Basically its not allowed unless you give permission but companies are doing it left right and centre, by just assuming permission. The card companies know this but do nothing unless you kick up a fuss but they will still blame you:thumbdown: I suspect the only way to avoid it is to make a statement on every written communication with them "I do not give permission...etc.etc."
  17. Don't normally say this because I think it's naff to give the "+1" and thumbs up etc. but on this occasion I will break the rule; First class posts mikeh :thumbup: Billy, did no one tell you capitalism died the day that the public purse bailed out the PRIVATE BANKS??? Until this is sorted everything else is noise, the system has not been fixed and we're all living in a cloud cuckoo land maintained by fiat money printing. But don't let facts stand in the way of personal prejudice, no doubt your grandad walked 50 miles in borrowed boots to vote Conservative...
  18. Weeping Willow, Oak and Japanese Flowering Quince. Can't post pics as I cut it out before it went too far:sneaky2:
  19. I use a cheap blow lamp, the type powered by those £1.5 camping gaz canisters, to gently warm the flue from the inside of the woodburner before lighting the kindling to avoid this. It only happens to me once in a while when the wind is blowing from a very specific direction creating a high pressure at the top of the chimney. Its not helped by the chimney being very slightly below the roof apex - hence the high pressure at times.
  20. I heard from someone else that their wood burning cookers are not up to scratch, something about too many complex internal airways. The Ironheart is pretty simple, the 'cooker box' just has the flue gasses passed round it, easy to lift off the hob plate and clean round:thumbup1:
  21. Nothing really onerous; very difficult to clean top plate following spits and minor spills etc as it bakes on VERY quickly (might be a common issue on all of these types of stoves). It does stay in over night which is great but it leaves a lot of charcoal which means you have to open the air controls in the morning and burn this off before actually adding wood, great for getting the fire going again after a couple of hours burning charcoal but not so good if you want to go straight to a hot flaming fire. The hot plate covers are rarely used as its a heating appliance as well as a cooker, we consider them an aesthetic touch really but they do suit the look Our house does not lend itself to a centrally plumbed heating system. Convection heating works well for us due to the stove location and house layout. Likewise I would buy again.
  22. We heat the whole house (convection) and cook all winter with one of those, generally get 20lts boiling water every evening off it for baths using big Spanish kettles. It does have some downsides however but given we got 40% off the purchase price via a french government scheme I have no real complaints.
  23. I thought I was OK at stick welding; found that practice was the biggest issue, the more the better. However about 6 months ago I broke down a large angle iron crate to construct a frame for a pto based log splitter. Never have I produced such horrible welds, not even as a complete beginner. Feeling cheesed off I put the project down and gave it some though and it came to me; the crate originated in China, it was poor quality probably recycled umpteen times, dirt cheap steel. Some times its not always technique. Although I still move everything to the horizontal wherever possible
  24. Good job:thumbup1:. Be interested to know the steel grade you used. I do a bit of forging, decorative, small tools etc. and made one using a big old mower blade, unfortunately it flexes too much hence my question.
  25. NO, don't use your dick to phone:001_tongue: Matelot you're showing your age

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