Water boiling, when you have an inverter (5 Viewers)

[VXman]

Ah ok. I don't drink tea, use an expresso machine for coffee and roast vegetables so no need to boil water.

Its pretty much the same - an espresso machine virtually boils water.

Really?
Good grief! What a faff. I really CBA'd with that.

No faff putting spare/extra water in a flask. only takes 10 seconds.

Life is too short for 900w kettles. We bought this one. Holds just 1L, (perfect) It's 2000w, boils fast, It has a wide base so is very stable for those brews made on the floor at 70mph on the motorway.

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Is that while you have cruise control engaged?

Storing Warm water is OK for washing up, but the water for my Yorkshire Gold needs to be freshly drawn and boiled just the once.

Just pour it into your 2000W kettle - the tea will arrive even quicker then.

 

[Barriesimpson]

And more importantly.... Taken the key out of the ignition.

Also.

 

[bigtwin]

I posted:

use of an infrared temperature gun can identify any developing issues.

You responded with a litany of fabricated statements, for example:

But as you seem to suggest that you "regularly scan all YOUR vehicle's wiring with an "infrared temperature gun"

No, nowhere have I suggested that that I regularly scan ALL of my vehicle’s wiring. I refer you to my original quote repeated above for you.

it is hardly expedient of you imply or suggest it's a commonplace event

Again, there is nothing in my quoted text that supports that assertion.

It is & was @bigtwin that raised the idea and effectively implying that everybody should be doing it as a matter of course

What! Now you’re fabricating even more nonsense; where is there even the remotest suggestion of this?

I was the one arguing that it is extremely rare and NOT common practice for people to "regularly scan all their vehicle's wiring with an 'infrared temperature gun' in case of developing issues" as per @bigtwin 's posts.

Again, this is a complete fabrication.

I replied to the context & phrasing of your original post

You have taken what I said completely out of context and have fabricated statements to suit your desire to have an argument.

Read the posts properly,

As I said earlier, this is good advice. Please take it.

As I have outlined above, your accusations are completely baseless and since you seem to be determined to create an argument I will not engage further with you.

Ian

 

[Mzracer]

Agreed.


Which bit is the best thing that you’ve ever done: being an electrical fitter or being an EX (retired?) electrical fitter?

Ian

Doing the CEGB apprenticeship and then getting out after about 8 years on the tools, I still use the apprentice tools every week.

I took a complete career change and went into composite manufacturing.

 

[SpeedyDux]

We have one of these in the MH. It boils the right amount to make 2 mugs of tea or coffee. I hope ours lasts because it has been discontinued.

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/13661/lakeland-05l-travel-kettle-and-accessories-set

If we have to use the gas hob instead of 230v electric, we also have a cheap whistling kettle on board.

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[bigtwin]

Doing the CEGB apprenticeship

It provides a great foundation.

and then getting out after about 8 years on the tools

I did the same after only about three years.

I took a complete career change and went into composite manufacturing.

My change was really an extension of my Instrument Tech training whereby I went into System Failure Analysis in support of Nuclear Licensing.

Ian

 

[Mzracer]

We have one of these in the MH. It boils the right amount to make 2 mugs of tea or coffee. I hope ours lasts because it has been discontinued.

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/13661/lakeland-05l-travel-kettle-and-accessories-set

If we have to use the gas hob instead of 230v electric, we also have a cheap whistling kettle on board.

Whistling kettle for us, not quite sure what the obsession with trying to run everything off of electricity is?

We are touring around Normandy for a week on various aires and laugh our selves to sleep off folk running to get plugged in as soon as they arrive.

We don't even need to plug into EHU and have just a small inverter and a solar panel on the roof charging a couple of dirty big AGM batteries.

Everyone to their own I guess.

 

[Mzracer]

It provides a great foundation.

I did the same after only about three years.

My change was really an extension of my Instrument Tech training whereby I went into System Failure Analysis in support of Nuclear Licensing.

Ian

I liked the EMD side of things with the combination of mechanical and electrical.

I cannot remember what that low resistance measuring equipment was called but it had a fairly large rechargeable battery and each probe had two spikes on them, one set of spikes ran a current through the joint being tested and the other spikes measured the voltage drop across the tested joint.

 

[bigtwin]

I cannot remember what that low resistance measuring equipment was called

It’s an age thing.

Ian

 

[Richard n Ann]

Can we get back off topic please? The (friendly) argument is much more entertaining

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[Lenny HB]

Whistling kettle for us, not quite sure what the obsession with trying to run everything off of electricity is?

Because we can, not much point in fitting thousands of pounds worth of electrics if you are not going to use it.

We are touring around Normandy for a week on various aires and laugh to sleep off folk running to get plugged in as soon as they arrive.

Did about 130 nights away last year don't think I plugged into EHU once.

 

[Mzracer]

Because we can, not much point in fitting thousands of pounds worth of electrics if you are not going to use it.

True, I guess my thinking is that I can buy an awful lot of LPG for that money.

Good on you though.

 

[Mzracer]

Can we get back off topic please? The (friendly) argument is much more entertaining

Nothing like a good bitch fest !!

I can contribute to that, my suggestion is steer the conversation towards EV's !!

 

[Bobbejaan]

( TO @bigtwin ) ..... But as you seem to suggest that you "regularly scan all YOUR vehicle's wiring with an "infrared temperature gun" in case of developing issues" ..... It would appear to me that you are perhaps the ONLY (or perhaps one of the very few) of the more than 100,000 Members of MotorhomeFun who MAY do so, so it is hardly expedient of you imply or suggest it's a commonplace event, and you appear to be the exception rather than the rule.

bigtwin 's most recent reply to THAT post (Above Post quoted in FULL as opposed to bigtwin 's modified/cut-down version)

Did I ; where?

Ian

HERE, in reply to my post >>>

PS ... In over 50 odd years, I have NEVER met another motorhome or campervan owner yet that regularly scans all their vehicle's wiring with an "infrared temperature gun" in case of developing issues as per your post.

YOUR reply ===

We haven’t met.

Ian

That certainly puts the lie to your claims that you never said or implied any such thing amongst your (perhaps mis-typed) posts.

However, as a final point ... Both Jim and myself (and perhaps other members too) are STILL waiting with baited breath for your answers to Jim 's questions >>>

So, given that most of us are not electricians, or electrical hobbyists. Why should we temperature scan our wiring? Where should we scan? There is a lot of it, how do we get to it all? When should we scan. How often should we scan? What are we actually looking for? What heat is normal, what should we be worried about. Do we turn everything on, use it, and then take the temperature?

 

[Barriesimpson]

bigtwin 's most recent reply to THAT post (Above Post quoted in FULL as opposed to bigtwin 's modified/cut-down version)


HERE, in reply to my post >>>



YOUR reply ===


That certainly puts the lie to your claims that you never said or implied any such thing amongst your (perhaps mis-typed) posts.

However, as a final point ... Both Jim and myself (and perhaps other members too) are STILL waiting with baited breath for your answers to Jim 's questions >>>

If there's no smoke, there's no fire.

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[Bobbejaan]

See your keypad is still playing up!

It appears clear from your heavily modified quote of my ACTUAL post that it may be your eyes that are playing up rather than my keyboard. (For the record = NOT keypad)

 

[bigtwin]

If there's no smoke, there's no fire.

If there’s no smoke (being released from your electrics), all is good in the world.

Ian

 

[Lenny HB]

True, I guess my thinking is that I can buy an awful lot of LPG for that money.

Good on you though.

Think of all the fun you are missing out on installing the electrics.

 

[Folkranger]

I just pour water in and normally get it right to within a couple teaspoons.

My hero

 

[Barriesimpson]

If there’s no smoke (being released from your electrics), all is good in the world.

Ian

Exactly.

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[Jim]

Both @Jim and myself (and perhaps other members too) are STILL waiting with baited breath for your answers to @Jim 's questions >>>

I’m NOT waiting with bated breather at all. So it’s just you. Italics bold and underlined

 

[Bobbejaan]

I’m NOT waiting with bated breather at all. So it’s just you. Italics bold and underlined

My apologies then, Jim ..... As you were the person who was so keen to ask me those questions when you wrongly thought I had posted bigtwin 's misleading posts, I assumed you would be just as keen to get your below questions answered by bigtwin himself once you realised you should have directed them to bigtwin .

So, given that most of us are not electricians, or electrical hobbyists. Why should we temperature scan our wiring? Where should we scan? There is a lot of it, how do we get to it all? When should we scan. How often should we scan? What are we actually looking for? What heat is normal, what should we be worried about. Do we turn everything on, use it, and then take the temperature?

 

[Mzracer]

Think of all the fun you are missing out on installing the electrics.

Done more than my fair share of that over the years, try to steer clear, it is actually the only thing that I am trained to do (electrical fitter)

 

[Googlebot]

So does anyone apart from 2 of us check stuff with a thermometer? :-(

I did think of upgrading to an infrared camera?

 

[Bobbejaan]

Motorhomers are definitely gonna need a bigger "infrared temperature gun" when these start to hit the domestic market.

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[eddie]

It appears clear from your heavily modified quote of my ACTUAL post that it may be your eyes that are playing up rather than my keyboard. (For the record = NOT keypad)

So why all the italics, bold, capitals then?

I assumed a dodgy keyboard, didn’t think you did it oN Purpose

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

True, I guess my thinking is that I can buy an awful lot of LPG for that money.

Good on you though.

Assuming you can find a convenient LPG outlet.

 

[Lenny HB]

Assuming you can find a convenient LPG outlet.

Never had a problem, Morrisons & both the BP garages near us have not long ago put in new LPG pumps.

 

[Mzracer]

Assuming you can find a convenient LPG outlet.

Just running on 11kg bottles at the moment from Flogas and the two of them last ages.

We had a twin Gaslow setup on a previous MH but so far have not fitted that again, thought about a single gaslow and a single Flogas.

 

[Bobbejaan]

So why all the italics, bold, capitals then?

I assumed a dodgy keyboard, didn’t think you did it oN Purpose

The use of italics is normal and commonplace to indicate "directly quoted text or speech" and I believe that most reasonable English-language readers would understand that and hopefully accept it without resorting to trick or sarcastic post-responses.

My use (perhaps sometimes over-use) of bolding and/or underlining is sometimes considered to be wise or necessary to emphasize specific key words or phrases that sometimes appear to have either been missed, misread, or overlooked by readers or responders (often from earlier posts) ... It is not an overly rare technique, such as for example, to correct Jim 's confusion & conflation of bigtwin 's posts or statements with my own ..... Also for a further example, you will note that Jim used exactly the same technique in his post & questions here (= https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/foru...when-you-have-an-inverter.309182/post-6296989) which should have been aimed at bigtwin instead of myself.

I openly accept and admit that my 'wordsmithing style' can be sometimes be considered over-emphatic or o.t.t. to others, and if that is so to some forum members here, I apologise .... But it is a somewhat unorthodox style that I've developed over the decades and which has served me well in getting my points across in debates and/or cases.

That's my excuse for my wordsmithing style ..... What's your excuse for your overly sarcastic "dodgy keyboard" BS and post-response here >>>

See your keypad is still playing up!

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