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rstofer:

--- Quote from: Zeyneb on September 21, 2021, 03:18:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: rstofer on September 21, 2021, 02:57:36 pm ---What's the problem?  Amazon Prime delivers here every day!  I could have a Fluke 101 here later this afternoon if I order in the next 3 hours.  There are several other models that could be here tomorrow.

That's here in the US, I have no idea what it's like in Germany...


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Don't know for Germany exactly. But an order from Amazon.com can take 15 days to get here in the Netherlands. But how about money? You act as if money can never be an issue. If you don't care about it why not paypal some of yours to Trymon to solve the problem?

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That's why I picked an inexpensive model, the Fluke 101 sells for $47 (plus 10% sales tax) and can arrive today
https://www.amazon.com/Fluke-101-Multimeter-Equipment-Industrial/dp/B01IB9S6WK

In the next hour or so, same day delivery will disappear and it will be a 'Get It Tomorrow' item.

In any event, if I absolutely had to have a meter today, as unlikely as that seems, I would spend the money.  You need to look at the big picture.  When you're old and retired, perhaps immediacy is more important than money.  The time horizon is closing in...

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: HighVoltage on September 21, 2021, 08:47:13 am ---A student friend working at a truck repair shop here in Germany was told to fill new oil in to a big 10 Cylinder truck engine after an oil drain.

They had a supply hose with electric pump for the new oil. And he had the nozzle in the engine and waited until the engine was literally filled up to the top of the valve cover and had overfloated the engine.

He was surprised the engine did not start!

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Years back, the Boss sent a Trainee to top up the oil in the station standby Diesel.
He seemed to have been gone a long time, so we checked, only to find him slowly & painfully "topping it up" through the dipstick hole.

At another place, the EPP diesel was situated in an underground bunker (a legacy of WW2).
Inside the bunker was what we called, for some reason "the top tank".

This was about the size of the oil heater tanks common in homes in some countries.

As it was relatively small, rather primitive provision was made for refilling, with a wooden ramp to roll 44gal (55 US, or 200l) drums up so the fuel could be poured down a tube into the tank.

One day, I went with a Trainee to do this,.
All went well for a while, then I asked him to check the gauge to see how full the tank was.
He came back to say it was about half full, so we continued, but after a while, I got a bit "antsy" & went to double check.

Fuel was pouring out of the top of the tank!

Diesel fuel was everywhere, including the floor ducts, so I spent most of the rest of the day with cleaning waste rags, sopping it up & wiping everything off.

The Trainee, of course, finished his shift & went home! >:(

That experience has left me with an ongoing distaste for Diesel fuel.

james_s:

--- Quote from: nctnico on September 21, 2021, 09:56:30 am ---Indeed. I once got a new car battery using my bike. I had a flat battery AND there was a power outage so I couldn't charge it. Only option was to get a new battery in order to get going in time for an appointment.

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This is another thing I like about having a proper manual gearbox. I've had batteries go flat a couple of times and I just parked on a hill so I could get rolling downhill and let out the clutch to start it.

Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: james_s on September 22, 2021, 01:40:54 am ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on September 21, 2021, 09:56:30 am ---Indeed. I once got a new car battery using my bike. I had a flat battery AND there was a power outage so I couldn't charge it. Only option was to get a new battery in order to get going in time for an appointment.

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This is another thing I like about having a proper manual gearbox. I've had batteries go flat a couple of times and I just parked on a hill so I could get rolling downhill and let out the clutch to start it.

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Coming home from work a few years ago, I realised my car's alternator had died. Different things on the dash were turning off one by one yet the engine kept running. I figured most of the life of the battery was used up on the morning commute by using the headlights and I still had 90+ mins travel to get home. I didn't have any jumper leads but I did have a few spanners and a shifter.

I sat at a few consecutive sets of traffic lights pondering whether to pull over and wait an hour for road service guy to come out and tell my alternator is stuffed and would I like to be towed...   :--

I snap-decisioned and pulled into a service station and bought a new car battery, fitted it myself and got home on the new battery with no air conditioning and shock horror, no radio.  :'(

Whilst this is indeed a mishap thread.. today I was soldering a wire for someone and using a cheap soldering iron with no cradle resting on a makeshift table cum bench, I turned away and the hot iron shifted and leant against the full roll of solder.  :palm: Now 4" long bits of solder come off the reel.  >:(

edit: spelling

bsfeechannel:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on September 20, 2021, 09:16:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: bob91343 on September 20, 2021, 05:36:03 pm ---DIY oil change is another possibly stupid thing.  What if you kick the oil plug and can't find it?  You can't drive to your auto supply store, or anywhere else.

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Drain the oil. Phone rings. Distracted. Come back to car. Fill engine with new oil. Why is it not showing on the dipstick yet? Why do my feet feel wet?

Yep. I wouldn't have thought it could happen. But it did.

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Marry a woman that doesn't admit a single drop of oil on the floor, even in the garage, and you'll never get distracted again.

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