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That's an interesting one because not only is the vehicle height not fixed, the top deck height is adjustable, but also the load on the top deck is variable! I guess there must be (should be?) a "good" height gauge - at the loading depot - to give this information accurately. Of course, this won't help if you are "picking up" vehicles whilst you are out-and-about! Kev.

Spot welding does not produce an "arc". I have never seen a "blue flash" from spot welding. (I guess it must happen but for an extremely shot duration if the required "good contact" is not there before the fire button is pressed.) We use bench-top spot welders at work and they don't even produce the trade-mark" orange sparks that the industrial robotised spot welders spectacularly produce - think car body production lines. Nah - UV glassed not required but some PPE maybe needed and it's always a good idea. I really wanted to know if anyone had used this device as it looks as if you might need 3 or 4 hands to use it! 2 probes, holding the 2 work pieces AND then pressing the "fire" button. Kev.

weren't me either. I wos nowhere near there, just ask anyone Kev.

Hi, I came across this today, has anyone used one? It's currently available, for 50 Euros from "Elektor"... https://www.elektor.com/products/fnirsi-swm-10-portable-battery-spot-welder?_kx=TaJuNYyXQkl5wB4OiZUNacEOBPespImjCkelUvqCEb8.QQ33pb Regards, Kev.

"Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!" Kev.

I really can't see how a 350 shunter could get to Piccadilly Gardens as there are a few "tight" corners of a radius not much more than the length of the shunter! There was a metro-mainline connection just outside of Manchester Victoria station though... Kev.

Another source, that needs to be eliminated, is static electricity. Namely the floor and shoes used. Some hotels, I stay in, give me a zap every time I touch my rooms door handle! Kev.

You could just write about typical days or workings. You are a great read as you have a real talent for setting the scene and not distracting the reader with trivial/irrelevant data. There was also a lot of useful modelling info in almost every paragraph. Much appreciated and missed. Kev.

Amps will only cause you a problem if... A/ There is enough "volts", behind them, to force the "amps" through you! (A shock.) B/ There are "a lot" of amps, normally in the circuit, and you provide a short(er) circuit for them. (A fire hazard.) C/ There aren't enough amps for what you want them to do! (The thing doesn't work!) Was the layout wiring complete and the LED circuit connected to a PSU (of some sort) but currently switched off? Regards, Kev.

For your first post, above, I was going to say "nah rubbish - I can't see the menu" but thought better of trying that joke. ..but I'm now glad I didn't because I can see that there was a printed menu! Outstanding. Kev.

That "16 tonner" looks unusual and very early too. Kev.

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Wow - they really brush up well! My (lonely) one arrived out of the blue yesterday. Really pleased. Kev.

Victoria with a Teddy-Bear and a Skin Head! Kev. (Can't wait for these pictures to disappear and someone tries to make sense of this!)

I found that being 3-0 up is worse ! Kev.

Yes, and all in black and white. I watched it in Melbourne and I was always up early for the start. The programme before it was always two "old blokes" talking the most boring stuff imaginable to a kid - probably politics. "Watch out, watch out - there's a Humphry about! Kev.

I thought the "country code" encourages you to "leave gates how you find them". (...with a very few exceptions of where the gate is obviously in the wrong position.) Kev.

I thought they had to abandoned the "square egg idea because someone said that if it went ahead, then all the other farm animals would complain about the noise! Kev.

Not AC "Traction" power/supply, or transmission, but simple interference rejection of the domestic 50Hz supplies when operating "sensors" remotely from the signalling system/network. I also wonder if it might just be a simple "spark gap" used to protect the occupancy circuits if AC traction supplies are present and fault to the rails. Kev.

Is it a "load" so that the occupancy detector can detect that the circuit is working even if a train is no "shorting" the rails together? Think of it as a resister and that the occupancy detector can detect 1/ an "open circuit" - a fault, 2/ an "unoccupied circuit" - line clear, and 3/ a "short circuit" - a train or line occupied. Of course, it makes more sense if it is actually a capacitor (providing impedance) so that it works with AC electric - of a frequency that does not correspond with "mains" frequencies (and their derivatives). Just my speculation as I don't work in the rail industry. Kev.

It's the "Bafta Games Awards" tonight. Info here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72pjyl4w04o Kev.

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"Special Branch" and "Flying Squad"! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-oxfordshire-68785461 Made me laugh. Kev.

I've found that not all things are available online forever. Can you still get a "Hattons" receipt online? Kev.