I can't recall the make of the one we have at the front and two at the back but I just replace the 300w strip halogen bulb as and when which isn't very often. They last years. We have two on the back wall for the garden..one each end of the house. One of them was replaced about 2 yeas ago and it's died. The installer recommended an LED light as the regular one had rusted at the terminals. He said they..the bulbs... last much longer. Maybe they do but this one hasn't. A replacement bulb costs about £15-20. The regular one..£6. We'll ask the electrician who the kitchen fitters used because he's 'Honest John'. For a long time we had trips on the electrics. We had three electricians look at it..this was before we had the new kitchen and one suggested rewiring the house ..about £4000. Another replaced a socket ..£25, another replaced an RCD and another said the pond pump had a fault.. so I replaced that. We also replaced the kettle, the toaster and the microwave. Fast forward to the new kitchen and that problem still persisted and we thought it might be the new induction hob. The electrician came back and put it on full power and no trip. He then looked at the fuse box and asked who had replaced fuses. I was reluctant to say as they all know each other . He said the wrong fuses had been fitted and the RCD wasn't adequate. He came back the next day with a new RCD . I've just looked at the cost of them ..£49..so maybe I've got that wrong. Whatever it was it was a higher rating and cost very little and he was happy to just put it right for us at no charge. It took him a minute, if that. We gave him £20 anyway.
My point was that in my experience the Chinese companies I dealt with weren't really to be fully trusted. I hope things have changed but looking at the tat made in China that's on sale in the UK I don't believe it has.
I was an every day cyclist for many years and I always winced when I saw the idiots in action.
Shock horror, people having fun!!! Maybe people shouldnt cut grass at 7pm, and planes shouldnt fly over too!
That sounds like an F16 but,more likley, to be a Eurofighter Typhoon.
He sounds very intolerant to me....
My bold: They keep pushing the envelope and are escorted out of our airspace. Applies to the coast of Norway too.
Shock horror, people making a living!!! Maybe people shouldnt work till 7pm, and for people have businesses too!
I think that "people shouldn't have fun" if it prevents other people having the pleasure of their own homes.
If a product is marked made in China/prc I’ll if possible put it back, getting harder to buy quality stuff that lasts.The CE mark is a distinct thing and the mark to be applied when claiming European CE approval is specified and although some would say that the Chinese CE is visually similar anyone who had any passing familiarity with the European CE should immediately see the difference. Anyway. There was never any confusion what I was doing and what the companies who I worked with wanted as they were clearly seeking to comply with European CE approval and stated so and that's what they were in contact with me for
I don't think it's intolerant to object to loud music that penetrates your closed windows.He sounds very intolerant to me....
Well, it does occur to me that, if you're putting in sleeping policemen, then leaving the potholes where they are is a good secondary speed control...Nah! different budgets mate
Until a couple of years ago my wife and I owned a cottage at a ski resort in the Norwegian mountains, 3 hours drive from where we live near Oslo. Access by a 5km long private gravel road. Once I complained to the owner about the state of the road and he said the potholes were there to help people keep to the speed limit which was 20km/h due to ski tracks crossing the road in several places. Cheap and effective solution...Well, it does occur to me that, if you're putting in sleeping policemen, then leaving the potholes where they are is a good secondary speed control...
I would surmise the noise level would depend on whether they have been given authority to 'turn the wick up' as high as required without going supersonic at low level.......just how quick are they required to "meet the intruder".
Sleeping policemen (cushions) that are badly maintained can develop ragged edges and rip tyres.
.Unless you were aware of my intolerance to quite a lot of things..most times with justification, which has come across on here from time to time , the self-deprecating comment would be lost.
Oh, i hope you get somebody learning Bass guitar nearby.
Talking about bass. If people who insist on playing loud(ish) music at home with, in summer, the windows open, if they thought to turn the bass down it wouldn't be so bad for the neighbours. I'm sure you'll know that it's the long wavelength of a deep sound that makes it carry...that and a lower absorption rate into the environment than higher notes You can get away from loud music to a point where all you can hear is the bass. It's why whales are able communicate very long distances across the oceans because of the low frequency sounds they have adapted along with the fact that sound travels much further and faster in water. There's probably more to it than that but turn the bass down and it will save a lot of annoyance.Oh, i hope you get somebody learning Bass guitar nearby.
