Gripe of the day - What is yours? - Page 447 - SV650.org

timwilky · 14-05-17, 12:29 PM

The world does not revolve around the US.

I bought a 2 ring camping stove for my daughter to use with the local scouts as they have big pots but not a suitable cooker. I fitted a propane regulator to one of their burners and gave them the use of one of my 47KG bottles. (Bet they loved shifting that from my van (Yes they borrowed that too) to the kitchen tent) But they can only fit one pan on the little stove.

Well the new burner eventually arrived yesterday. Not from Ireland as stated in the ad, but China. So too late for them to take fortunately. As when I opened it the fitted regulator is US GCC1 20PSI.

I did think about ripping off the supplied regulator, But I cannot find a POL (UK) regulator of equivalent pressure. 20PS = ~1.3 Bar. I can get 1 or 2 bar. But 1 is slightly undersize and 2 is well oversize.

So I have opted to buy an adapter to convert between UK bottles and US regulators hoping that the 20PSI is optimised for the burners 8KW each.

So my gripe. When a vendor is selling into the UK. WTF can they not making their stuff UK compliant?

Red ones · 14-05-17, 01:39 PM

Motorbikes

Took the front off the SV to sort the intermittent indicator. Sorted it,cleaned contacts etc put it back together. Tested fine.
Parked in the garage and the indicator didn't work.
Wasted hour.

Red ones · 14-05-17, 02:04 PM

OMG. I'm a retard.
I haven't checked for a fault with the lamp.

maviczap · 14-05-17, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red ones

Developed a stye. Bloody pain and hoping it doesn't affect my vision as I'm riding and driving millions of miles in the next few weeks.

Pharmacist told me to rub my golden wedding ring on a stye to get rid of it. Does seem to work

andrewsmith · 14-05-17, 09:15 PM

It does

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timwilky · 15-05-17, 10:11 AM

Weekly BT Infinity junk mail through the letterbox.

I can only get <512K ADSL (aluminium cable 6 miles from exchange) and no Infinity. So why do they keep annoying me telling me to go Infinity when their infrastructure will not deliver.

ophic · 15-05-17, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maviczap

Pharmacist told me to rub my golden wedding ring on a stye to get rid of it. Does seem to work

Better value to take it to a jeweller tho

Kenzie · 17-05-17, 07:44 PM

My gripe is my broadband is down. Anyone else having trouble with Virgin Media?

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Red ones · 17-05-17, 07:55 PM

No

Kenzie · 17-05-17, 08:13 PM

Ok for some. Big outage down here and probably won't be fixed until tomorrow.

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14-05-17, 12:29 PM	#4461
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? The world does not revolve around the US. I bought a 2 ring camping stove for my daughter to use with the local scouts as they have big pots but not a suitable cooker. I fitted a propane regulator to one of their burners and gave them the use of one of my 47KG bottles. (Bet they loved shifting that from my van (Yes they borrowed that too) to the kitchen tent) But they can only fit one pan on the little stove. Well the new burner eventually arrived yesterday. Not from Ireland as stated in the ad, but China. So too late for them to take fortunately. As when I opened it the fitted regulator is US GCC1 20PSI. I did think about ripping off the supplied regulator, But I cannot find a POL (UK) regulator of equivalent pressure. 20PS = ~1.3 Bar. I can get 1 or 2 bar. But 1 is slightly undersize and 2 is well oversize. So I have opted to buy an adapter to convert between UK bottles and US regulators hoping that the 20PSI is optimised for the burners 8KW each. So my gripe. When a vendor is selling into the UK. WTF can they not making their stuff UK compliant? __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

14-05-17, 01:39 PM	#4462
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Motorbikes Took the front off the SV to sort the intermittent indicator. Sorted it,cleaned contacts etc put it back together. Tested fine. Parked in the garage and the indicator didn't work. Wasted hour.

14-05-17, 02:04 PM	#4463
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? OMG. I'm a retard. I haven't checked for a fault with the lamp.

14-05-17, 09:15 PM	#4465
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? It does Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

15-05-17, 10:11 AM	#4466
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Weekly BT Infinity junk mail through the letterbox. I can only get <512K ADSL (aluminium cable 6 miles from exchange) and no Infinity. So why do they keep annoying me telling me to go Infinity when their infrastructure will not deliver. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

17-05-17, 07:44 PM	#4468
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? My gripe is my broadband is down. Anyone else having trouble with Virgin Media? Sent from my Xperia using Tapatalk __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

17-05-17, 07:55 PM	#4469
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? No

17-05-17, 08:13 PM	#4470
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Ok for some. Big outage down here and probably won't be fixed until tomorrow. Sent from my Xperia using Tapatalk __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

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