Phew it's Friday, well Saturday already. Have been in Swanage since Tuesday, decided it was time to take a break from house renovating and get on with winterising Watanga. Now thats easier said than done as I've never been in this position before and apart from not knowing what to do, when you find out it's what do you do first. When presented with the list of items that need checking they all seem to want to be done first.
I decided that the engine being the most expensive replaceable item ought to come first. Changed the anode and extracted a couple of impeller vanes from the heat exchanger. To warm the oil I led a feed from the galley tap to a bucket (large) removed the raw water inlet pipe from the sea cock put that in the bucket and fired her up. at 1400 rpm she had run the tank dry so a quick tank swop and emptied the other as well. Just before it ran out I mixed antifreeze in the bucket and let that draw through. Used a pump to empty the engine oil, replaced the filter and refilled with fresh oil. Taped up the exhaust.
Need To Do Check / clean air filter. change fuel filter, change impeller.
Serviced the sonic leg
to do reseal lower bearing block with instant gasket send prop to be repaired.
Emptied and blew out all water pipes with air pump
discovered and fixed water leak
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Sunday, November 05, 2006
How to test the RCD on your consumer unit
It was the classic laurel and hardy scene. I was on a stool painting the wall with a PVA glue solution. I step sideways onto a trestle, the trestle wobbles, I panic jump to the floor, the pot of glue solution (about a pint of) goes over the wall, my shoulder, my arm and the window. expletives follow. Then I watch as almost in slow motion, the solution runs down the wall into the electrical socket and all goes quiet, well until there are a few more expletives.
Then a voice from downstairs says...... you can guess
Meanwhile I'm trying to disconnect the socket to flush the glue out, clear up the mess and stop my shirt becoming part of my arm. -
yes of course I realise the TV's not working!!!!!
Oh and by the way the RCD on the consumer unit works fine.
It was the classic laurel and hardy scene. I was on a stool painting the wall with a PVA glue solution. I step sideways onto a trestle, the trestle wobbles, I panic jump to the floor, the pot of glue solution (about a pint of) goes over the wall, my shoulder, my arm and the window. expletives follow. Then I watch as almost in slow motion, the solution runs down the wall into the electrical socket and all goes quiet, well until there are a few more expletives.
Then a voice from downstairs says...... you can guess
Meanwhile I'm trying to disconnect the socket to flush the glue out, clear up the mess and stop my shirt becoming part of my arm. -
yes of course I realise the TV's not working!!!!!
Oh and by the way the RCD on the consumer unit works fine.
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