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AdeV:
--- Quote from: howsitwork? on January 04, 2017, 05:24:11 PM ---as I'll be spending most of my time in China for a few months" - bloody long way to go for a take away ? :lol: :lol: Don't they deliver down your way?
Looks really nice and very comfy. Where does the biccy barrel live though? :scratch:
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The China thing is a long story.... briefly hinted at elsewhere. I was hoping for a delivery just before Christmas, but UK Immigration put the kybosh on that, so I have to collect instead ;)
The biscuit barrel (or 205l drum, as it's more commonly mistaken for) will find a home, don't you worry! Although with luck, the homebrew beer on tap will reduce biscuit cravings due to unconsciousness :lol:
AdeV:
One of the things I want to do with this office is have an uninterruptable power supply on all of the computers & network gear. I got lucky and bought about £1000's worth of APC UPS on ebay for £50 a couple of years ago. The front panel is missing, but it works just fine, and will run 2 servers, all of the network gubbins, and my desktop computer, for about 4 hours before the battery goes flat.
Anyway, as anyone who's ever owned an APC UPS will know, they use a C14 female connector on the back, and a "special" C14 male to C13 female power lead (C13 = standard 3-pin kettle lead, C14 = the socket version of a kettle lead). Rather than having untidy power leads trailing around to the various points where I want uninterrupted power... I've decided to wire the wall plugs to the UPS. But one day, the UPS will need replacing (or bypassing), so how to do this in a tidy manner?
Answer: Buy a wall plate with a C13 male socket on it. Problem: They don't exist! Well, almost, one company sells such a thing, and it's clearly a 50p C13 socket screwed into a 50p blanking plate, for which they charge the tidy sum of £13. It's also only available in white, and one plug per single-gang faceplate.
I want four sockets on a single 2-gang faceplate.
So... break out CamBam, and before you know it:
These days, they do fancy dancin' "screwless" faceplates... which are just a faceplate, with another one clipped over the top. By being crafty with the machining order, I can cut the holes in both outer plate & inner plate, but only cut the screw holes in the inner plate (see what I did there :dremel:), so I SHOULD end up with a nice satin chrome plate, with 4 C13 plugs showing, and no visible screws holding them in place :thumbup:
Isn't it amazing, the lengths we'll go to to avoid actually finishing a project? :palm: :lol:
Anyway, the upshot of that will be, I'll be able to use standard UPS leads from the unit to the wall, then that will be structured cable to the wall sockets. And if the UPS fails, I just bypass it with standard kettle leads. Hopefully, pictures tomorrow :)
RobWilson:
--- Quote from: AdeV on January 06, 2017, 10:08:15 AM ---Hi Rob,
No need to book a hotel, we can throw a mattress on the pool table :lol: :lol:
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Now how can a bloke refuse an off like that Ade, :lol: around June the 12th is good for me, as I am off work and the wife is away that week. :thumbup:
I am pondering a trip to the Isle of Man, maybe I could combine the two, Booking.com says your pool table is available that week. :lol:
Rob
DMIOM:
--- Quote from: RobWilson on January 06, 2017, 11:30:41 AM ---
--- Quote from: AdeV on January 06, 2017, 10:08:15 AM ---Hi Rob,
No need to book a hotel, we can throw a mattress on the pool table :lol: :lol:
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Now how can a bloke refuse an off like that Ade, :lol: around June the 12th is good for me, as I am off work and the wife is away that week. :thumbup:
I am pondering a trip to the Isle of Man, maybe I could combine the two, Booking.com says your pool table is available that week. :lol:
Rob
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Better still, bring Ade over to IOM with you !
:beer: :beer: :beer:
Dave
AdeV:
Hmmm.... very VERY tempting....
I haven't been to the IOM for years, came over a while back with the race car (we had a race at Jurby)... unforgettable memory: Our "nominated driver" (while we were getting leathered at various pubs on the front in Douglas) decided his ancient Sherpa van was ripe for a drag race with........ a horse tram! The lights went green, he nailed it, and the horse sh*t itself (poor thing). The look on the driver's face (and the horse's for that matter) were priceless....
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