Tag Archives: LED light bulbs

Friday 16th July 2010 – I’ve made a couple of changes …

dump load home made 12 volt immersion heater les guis virlet puy de dome france… to the automatic water heater. First thing was to fit the top of the element (where all of the wires are) into a watertight box so that the risk of them being splashed with water is minimised.

There’s also a little LED warning light fitted to tell me when the diverter is working and current is reaching the element.

I’ve added a double-keel to the pontoon as well. The element protrudes 19cms below the pontoon so I fitted a keel of 20cms, 1 each side of the element, so that if the water level drops the element won’t ground out and cause a short circuit.

Finally, I’ve fitted a 50-amp fuse on the control board, just in case anything extraordinary happens.

After that I cleared off some weeds and brambles from the side of the lean-to that faces down the garden. Once they had been cleared I laid down a few pallets and started bringing the cut wood out of the lean-to and stacking it on the pallets. I need to move this wood as I want to put the composting toilet there – I need the space where that currently is for other purposes.

But I didn’t do that for long as Lieneke arrived and started to clear out her field that is next to mine. It’s been a bit of a mess for years but now she’s started on it and so I felt obliged to join in on my side of the fence.

I’ve moved much of the wood from here and stacked it around the back of the barn. And then I pulled up the weeds nettles and brambles that were stuck in the wall. Lieneke needed a hand to move a huge load of barbed wire that she had found in her meadow and there was so much of that that it took quite a while.

gate to back of house les guis virlet puy de dome franceBut you’ll also notice that I’ve put the left-hand gate back on its hinges, and doing that was important. One of the side effects of clearing the weeds and brambles is that there is now a clear shot from the lane down to where I have my shower. And of course I don’t want to give any of the locals an inferiority complex

So for that reason, until I can get a shower curtain I’ll be taking my solar showers behind the gate.



But I need to move the composting toilet tomorrow. I can’t now use it where it is at the moment.

-1

Thursday 27th August 2009 – WORK ON THE ATTIC …

fitting of chimney tube into wall les guis virlet puy de dome france… has started in earnest this morning. And in fact if I had been able to find my heavy bolster chisel when I started to look for it instead of having to search for two (yes, two) hours to find it, I would have started this morning.

I’ve whacked a huge hole in the wall that took me through into the chimney, and I’ve passed in a piece of enamel piping 125mm in diameter. This is the outlet for the woodstove that I will be putting up here for the winter to keep me warm memo – buy a woodstove.

I then mixed a huge bucket full of cement and cemented up the hole around the pipe and filled in the cracks that were in the wall. when I finished that, it was 18:00 to the second, so I knocked off. Not like last night where I was so carried away by enthusiasm that I was still working at 19:15 when I noticed the time.

You can always tell when I’m absorbed in an interesting job by how late it is when I knock off.

12 volt LED lightbulbs les guis virlet puy de dome franceThis morning I went chaud-pied to St Eloy to get the LED lights. And, major disappointment, they only had 7 GU10s, 7 MR16s and 6 E14s.

Needless to say, after I had left they didn’t have any at all.

They also had a few cans of the wood treatment that I like (albeit increased in price to 8.99 instead of 7.99) and they are two tins lighter of that stuff now too. It’s very good stuff, this LIDL wood treatment.

I went to Pionsat afterwards to pick up my new bank card and to empty the chemical toilet when I get the time, get the new improved beichstuhl up and running.

While I was emptying the toilet, a woman came in to use the facilities. She made about half a pace in, grabbed her nose, said “God, it stinks in here” and piddled off, giving me a huge grimace. And that took me completely by surprise – I had thought my chemical toilet was known the whole world over by now.

And back home, while looking for the bolster chisel I measured up everything that I’m going to need to do my room. It’s going to stretch my budget considerably but then again, comfort has its price but it is its own reward.

And talking of cracks, an ugly crack appeared on the wall of the OUSA office the other day. But Als Ryan had it papered over before Turdi de Hatred could read it.

-5