How I get up on my roof.. (1 Viewer)

[Riverbankannie]

You deserved that KFC!

 

[cyberyacht]

If you'd remembered to take your wheelchair up, you wouldn't have had to come back down again.

 

[Rob Hammond]

Well done that man

 

[Just smiffy]

If you'd remembered to take your wheelchair up, you wouldn't have had to come back down again.

There is a faster short cut to get down but I prefer the long route….

 

[stevewagner]

Just smiffy you are an inspiration to us all!

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[Minxy]

There is a faster short cut to get down but I prefer the long route….

You need a fireman's pole ... or maybe a slide, something like this positioned correctly would plonk you right back in your chair!

Wheeeeeeeeee .....................................

 

[tribalbrit]

Well done Garry. must say though you look older than I remember you.

 

[jumartoo]

Respect

 

[nicholsong]

Some people on here have met me and know how I get around, some ask how do I do things and this shows you how compromise and a little determination gets you there in the end, today I put two 200w panels on the roof, and I don’t mind telling you I am knackerd up and down several times and once up there forget something and had to come down again, it’s a palaver but I got there in the end and got done what I needed. Tomorrow I’ll wire it up…



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Fantastic achievement!

I vote that we get that video playing on a continuous loop in all Benefits Offices in UK.!!!

 

[Gromett]

Very impressed with your determination

But climbing up the scaffold is not half as impressive to my mind as the question of how the feck did you put the scaffold up in the first place

Your video is a great reminder to the rest of us to stop whining and crack on. Thanks for sharing .

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[Lenny HB]

Awsome Garry but how you got 200 watt panels in position is amazing. Even with a 100 watt panel I get someone to help me position it. I suspect your arms and shoulder mussels are much stronger than most of us old farts on here.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

I suspect your arms and shoulder mussels are much stronger than most of us old farts on here

view from the back

 

[Just smiffy]

Fantastic achievement!

I vote that we get that video playing on a continuous loop in all Benefits Offices in UK.!!!

Don’t tell them…. They’ll takeaway me disability allowance…

 

[Lenny HB]

Don’t tell them…. They’ll takeaway me disability allowance…

Well you are fitter that a lot of able body people.

 

[Just smiffy]

Wired it all up today….

I know it doesn’t look pretty Lenny but I’ve got a little tidying to do but it’s all working a treat…

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[Lenny HB]

What's the baco foil for, MC4 connectors are waterproof.

 

[Just smiffy]

That black mastic is a bastard…. It gets fecking everywhere and unbeknown to me I sat in a stray bit and arsed it all over the bloody roof…

 

[Just smiffy]

What's the baco foil for, MC4 connectors are waterproof.

I know… I just like to make sure…

 

[nicholsong]

Don’t tell them…. They’ll takeaway me disability allowance…

No, they should take away the benefits of those who say they will not take a manual job 'because they have a degree in media studies'

BTW did Blair ('education, education and education') ever have a manual job?

 

[Just smiffy]

When I turned it on this afternoon it was pulling 230w on bulk….

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[Lenny HB]

Pretty good for the UK.

 

[Lenny HB]

Just noticed your Victron controller should be mounted vertically so air can pass through the heat sinks.

 

[Just smiffy]

No, they should take away the benefits of those who say they will not take a manual job 'because they have a degree in media studies'

BTW did Blair ('education, education and education') ever have a manual job?

I’ve done more then my 35yrs work for my full pension that I’ll get in 3 years time and once even had an argument with an advisor in a job centre as he kept telling me you don’t want a job as you’ll get more on disability benefits…

Believe it or not I have to be assessed every 5 years for my DLA to make sure I’m still disable… and I know people that are running around that have got it for life with no assessments…

 

[Just smiffy]

Pretty good for the UK.

I thought so too as it was around 5pm, in the sun but a fair way down…

 

[Just smiffy]

Just noticed your Victron controller should be mounted vertically so air can pass through the heat sinks.

Hmm… I’ll keep an eye on it, the most work it’ll do is replenish the batteries from charging my bike batteries and the remoska occasionally…. I think most of the time with my consumption it’ll be on float…

That’s why I posted a picture for advice like this…

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[Folkranger]

I’ve done more then my 35yrs work for my full pension that I’ll get in 3 years time and once even had an argument with an advisor in a job centre as he kept telling me you don’t want a job as you’ll get more on disability benefits…

Believe it or not I have to be assessed every 5 years for my DLA to make sure I’m still disable… and I know people that are running around that have got it for life with no assessments…

I know, My brother was born paraplegic with spina bifida and was often being asked by benefits agency whether he still had it.

 

[TheBig1]

I’ve done more then my 35yrs work for my full pension that I’ll get in 3 years time and once even had an argument with an advisor in a job centre as he kept telling me you don’t want a job as you’ll get more on disability benefits…

Believe it or not I have to be assessed every 5 years for my DLA to make sure I’m still disable… and I know people that are running around that have got it for life with no assessments…

I recall years ago the government of the day brought out a so called benefit integrity program. This was supposedly a random check on all the people getting DLA on an indefinite award. They sent a doctor to our house and before he left he told us that it was an absolute waste of his and our time other than the fact that it had highlighted that I should have been awarded more, and I was not the first he had interviewed that it had happened to. I got a fair few grand in back payments. He said he read my medical notes before the appointment to familiarise himself with my specific issues. The decision maker on the initial award had ignored several parts that took my score well into the top category and it was suspected that this was on orders from up the chain of command. I was considered too young to pension off basically. But three fractures in my spine were never going to resolve and spontaneously repair the spinal chord damage.

Even then I got bored and tried going back to work, which the doctors told me was stupid. And they were right of course. But that decision years ago is still giving me issues now. Then each new government try and change things up, migrating the old disability payments to a new improved version. Each time it screws things up for the genuinely disabled. The reason for this boils down to the miners strikes years ago and the closure of the mines. The government of the day put thousands of ex miners onto disability benefits to hide the terrible unemployment figures. Since then they have tried their hardest to weed the non genuine ones out, but very badly

Yes, you got advised that you will be better off on disability benefits than returning to work. Very few companies were flexible enough to allow for an employee that might need months off each year or two for operations and recovery. So many of us struggled along as self employed and yo-yoed on and off benefits. Then you retire and won't qualify for the full state pension. So the whole idea of people "living it up on disability benefits" is pretty much a conspiracy theory. So then people like Gary get reassessed every 5 years, just in case his legs miraculously grow back. It would be laughable to most people, but those are the facts of being disabled.

Life can be a real bitch sometimes, but the way the media would like people to see disabled people is as greedy parasites that won't work. When in truth, you would do anything to have your health back and be truly productive

 

[Just smiffy]

I recall years ago the government of the day brought out a so called benefit integrity program. This was supposedly a random check on all the people getting DLA on an indefinite award. They sent a doctor to our house and before he left he told us that it was an absolute waste of his and our time other than the fact that it had highlighted that I should have been awarded more, and I was not the first he had interviewed that it had happened to. I got a fair few grand in back payments. He said he read my medical notes before the appointment to familiarise himself with my specific issues. The decision maker on the initial award had ignored several parts that took my score well into the top category and it was suspected that this was on orders from up the chain of command. I was considered too young to pension off basically. But three fractures in my spine were never going to resolve and spontaneously repair the spinal chord damage.

Even then I got bored and tried going back to work, which the doctors told me was stupid. And they were right of course. But that decision years ago is still giving me issues now. Then each new government try and change things up, migrating the old disability payments to a new improved version. Each time it screws things up for the genuinely disabled. The reason for this boils down to the miners strikes years ago and the closure of the mines. The government of the day put thousands of ex miners onto disability benefits to hide the terrible unemployment figures. Since then they have tried their hardest to weed the non genuine ones out, but very badly

Yes, you got advised that you will be better off on disability benefits than returning to work. Very few companies were flexible enough to allow for an employee that might need months off each year or two for operations and recovery. So many of us struggled along as self employed and yo-yoed on and off benefits. Then you retire and won't qualify for the full state pension. So the whole idea of people "living it up on disability benefits" is pretty much a conspiracy theory. So then people like Gary get reassessed every 5 years, just in case his legs miraculously grow back. It would be laughable to most people, but those are the facts of being disabled.

Life can be a real bitch sometimes, but the way the media would like people to see disabled people is as greedy parasites that won't work. When in truth, you would do anything to have your health back and be truly productive

You’re so right…. And between me and you… what they won’t see is for the next week or so I’ll have to take it really easy as my arms, back neck, and hands are fooked and the pain is bad….

 

[Neckender]

Smiffy with 2 fs your amazing as a double amputee I thought my father was amazing as he had his right leg amputated well above the knee in 1958 at the age of 32 and the artificial legs them days were a heavy cumbersome things, but he never let it beat him.
He carried on working for the coal board, kept 6 allotments with 3 green houses and kept our family of 6 with fresh veg althrough the winter he did al his own decorating and diy and when I got married he did all our decorating he even did the same for his grandchildren when they had their own properties, he was an inspiration to us all and once again Garry I take my hat off to you as your an inspiration too.

John.

 

[Gromett]

Wired it all up today….

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I know it doesn’t look pretty Lenny but I’ve got a little tidying to do but it’s all working a treat…

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Not wanting to be picky. But the fuses are there to protect the cables. You really should have one on all the red cables coming off the positive terminal as close to the battery as possible.
It looks like two of the cables are not fused. If one of these shorts it could cause a fire or a big bang. If they were fused it would blow and protect you.

I personally even fuse the interconnect between two batteries but I am possibly going too far on that. But my fear was if a cell in the one battery goes closed circuit it could cause a lot of current to flow from the still good battery heating up the cable a LOT.

Just my thoughts. I hope you don't mind.

PS: Also are the batteries clamped down somehow? If not think about where they would go if you had an accident and rolled over or flipped etc? If they can't get to the driver/passenger seat then not too much of an issue. But if in any accident they could break free and smack you in the back of the head????

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