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New Tractor Shed
awemawson:
I gave Darren a bit of a nag today and he turned up a little after lunch to start fitting the pedestrian door.
Before that I spent a frustrating couple of hours connecting up the telephone (6 pair) and two Cat5e cables to the wall box I'd previously prepared. The telephone cable being terminated on genuine Krone blocks was no issue - however the Cat5E onto a Chinese 12 way patch panel was a nightmare. Connected it up using it's 'punch down' connections easily enough, but when I came to test it I got very intermittent results. Sometimes good continuity, other times nothing. In desperation I put a pair of standard CAT5e sockets on the cable for testing and had no problems what so ever. Conclusion - this patch panel is pants :bugeye:
Now I've used 11 of these patch panels elsewhere satisfactorily, but this one is definitely for the bin !
marcusthehat:
Ahs be suffering proper agric based based shed envy, only gotten a couple o wile low spec 60' by 30' sheds to make do wit.
but few planning regs to worry aboot :wack:
No 3 Ph yet either!
bugger!
marcusthehat
awemawson:
So yesterday (Friday) Darren came in the afternoon and finished adjusting the pedestrian door, fitted my new swanky 100 W LED outside floodlight (with remote control :ddb: ) and fitted the corner cappings and cappings round the doors.
Mounting the floodlight was slightly problematic and involved making up some brackets so the the weight is taken by internal steel work rather than the flimsy outer cladding - confoundedly odd remote control but I think I now have the hang of it !
awemawson:
Now on departing yesterday he declared the intention of returning this morning (Saturday) to finish off shifting / grading the surrounding earth and forming the grades around the front so we can visualise how the entry ramp will interface with the yard and decide where to put the Aco flood drains in.
To this end I took a series of 'before' pictures this morning for later comparison:
Meanwhile the chap who rents a container from me was desperate to park a newly acquired small tipper lorry so it seems the shed in now in use !
mattinker:
--- Quote from: awemawson on September 16, 2017, 03:27:32 AM ---So yesterday (Friday) Darren came in the afternoon and finished adjusting the pedestrian door, fitted my new swanky 100 W LED outside floodlight (with remote control :ddb: ) and fitted the corner cappings and cappings round the doors.
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100watt LED, your going to need sunglasses with that! I have a 20watt outside above the 4metre high doors to my workshop, plenty of light for outside!! Looking forward to seeing all this in December!
Regards, Matthew
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