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Littlepeahead · 07-01-17, 09:02 AM

I thought man flu trumped everything?

SV650rules · 07-01-17, 09:18 AM

As Bibio rightly says, 'I have had the flu' is much misused term - If you get proper flu you normally end up in hospital, when you get flu you are too weak to walk and your temperature is off the scale, and then the other nasties jump on the bandwagon and you get secondary infections.

Sir Trev · 07-01-17, 11:17 AM

The gripe de jour at Trev Towers is... the fridge. The compressor is on almost permanently and I've checked the easy things: pulled it out and dusted off the condenser coils (amazingly clean already) and cleaned the door seals. The latter are looking very stiff and seem shot so ordered new ones but it will be sod's law the motor burns out before they arrive. Hope it's not the thermostat as it will be cheaper to buy a new fridge.

SV650rules · 07-01-17, 03:49 PM

If the thermostat was broken and motor running most of the time you would expect things to freeze up (happened to sister-in-law fridge recently), other thing maybe loss of gas, which would mean the thermostat is probably OK but the poor old compressor is running but not compressing much, feel the condenser coils, they should get hot when fridge working properly. I you have a thermometer pop it in the fridge and see what it measures, should be around 4 deg C.

Heorot · 07-01-17, 04:42 PM

Have you moved it recently? Sometimes that causes a gas lock in the pipework and the working fluid can't cool properly.

Sir Trev · 07-01-17, 05:59 PM

Thanks for the suggestions both - the coils are warm, the food inside is still cold and we've not moved it at all recently. If you turn the thermo dial down to zero the light goes off and the motor stops. Putting it back up re-activates the light and (with the door shut again) the motor does not cut back in for a while, presumably once it warms up a bit inside, suggesting the stat is not completely shot. Either the stat does not read the lower temp properly to stop the motor or the unit is losing the cold air and it's not getting cold enough wherever the sensor is. PITA!

BanannaMan · 08-01-17, 01:41 AM

Stopped by the grocery store on the way home last night after texting the wife to find out what we needed,
just as the big snowstorm hit, so I wouldn't have to go out in it today.
Wife wakes me up at 6:30 AM, Grandson (baby) has nothing to drink.
Must go out in absolutely the worst of the storm with snow over a foot deep on the road.

punyXpress · 08-01-17, 10:30 AM

C'mon, Bill
We know you like a challenge - a mission of mercy no less.

pookie · 08-01-17, 10:46 AM

ESP.. I decided 2 weeks ago .. didnt you read it on that scrap of paper I left lying around that you dont normally read ???? FFS Arghhh arghhh ..Dont get me started on eeny meeny miny moe !!!!

Can I say arghh again!

garynortheast · 08-01-17, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pookie

ESP.. I decided 2 weeks ago .. didnt you read it on that scrap of paper I left lying around that you dont normally read ???? FFS Arghhh arghhh ..Dont get me started on eeny meeny miny moe !!!!

Can I say arghh again!

Oh, a familiar tale

There's really no substitute for proper verbal communication.

07-01-17, 09:02 AM	#4031
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? I thought man flu trumped everything? __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

07-01-17, 09:18 AM	#4032
SV650rules Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 1,363	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? As Bibio rightly says, 'I have had the flu' is much misused term - If you get proper flu you normally end up in hospital, when you get flu you are too weak to walk and your temperature is off the scale, and then the other nasties jump on the bandwagon and you get secondary infections. __________________ 2016 SV650 AL7 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain

07-01-17, 11:17 AM	#4033
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,448	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? The gripe de jour at Trev Towers is... the fridge. The compressor is on almost permanently and I've checked the easy things: pulled it out and dusted off the condenser coils (amazingly clean already) and cleaned the door seals. The latter are looking very stiff and seem shot so ordered new ones but it will be sod's law the motor burns out before they arrive. Hope it's not the thermostat as it will be cheaper to buy a new fridge. __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

07-01-17, 03:49 PM	#4034
SV650rules Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 1,363	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? If the thermostat was broken and motor running most of the time you would expect things to freeze up (happened to sister-in-law fridge recently), other thing maybe loss of gas, which would mean the thermostat is probably OK but the poor old compressor is running but not compressing much, feel the condenser coils, they should get hot when fridge working properly. I you have a thermometer pop it in the fridge and see what it measures, should be around 4 deg C. __________________ 2016 SV650 AL7 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain

07-01-17, 04:42 PM	#4035
Heorot Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: South Norfolk Posts: 341	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Have you moved it recently? Sometimes that causes a gas lock in the pipework and the working fluid can't cool properly. __________________ Some say the cup is half empty, while others say it is half full. However, both are wrong; the real problem is the cup is too big. Honda 125 CG blown engine Gone to the great mechanic in the sky Naked SV650 K3 in Silver

07-01-17, 05:59 PM	#4036
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,448	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Thanks for the suggestions both - the coils are warm, the food inside is still cold and we've not moved it at all recently. If you turn the thermo dial down to zero the light goes off and the motor stops. Putting it back up re-activates the light and (with the door shut again) the motor does not cut back in for a while, presumably once it warms up a bit inside, suggesting the stat is not completely shot. Either the stat does not read the lower temp properly to stop the motor or the unit is losing the cold air and it's not getting cold enough wherever the sensor is. PITA! __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

08-01-17, 01:41 AM	#4037
BanannaMan Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Appalachia Posts: 419	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Stopped by the grocery store on the way home last night after texting the wife to find out what we needed, just as the big snowstorm hit, so I wouldn't have to go out in it today. Wife wakes me up at 6:30 AM, Grandson (baby) has nothing to drink. Must go out in absolutely the worst of the storm with snow over a foot deep on the road. __________________ ...Bill *"The Mountains are calling and I must go"*

08-01-17, 10:30 AM	#4038
punyXpress Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Riding, North Posts: 2,664	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? C'mon, Bill We know you like a challenge - a mission of mercy no less. __________________ Was: K2 naked in rapid yellow - gone to a better? place Now: Street Triple R

08-01-17, 10:46 AM	#4039
pookie Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Essex Posts: 938	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? ESP.. I decided 2 weeks ago .. didnt you read it on that scrap of paper I left lying around that you dont normally read ???? FFS Arghhh arghhh ..Dont get me started on eeny meeny miny moe !!!! Can I say arghh again! __________________ "an unedifying exercise in postmodern, operatic grunge" Was - 2000 Candy blue sv650s -2003 Sonic silver sv1000s Gone - 2007 Wildfire Orange Ninja zx6r Now - 2010 Triton blue sv650s -Back to the future

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