What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

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Husband has always added Redex Grenfell, I dono if Redex is 2stroke?
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diamond lil wrote: Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:53 pm Husband has always added Redex Grenfell, I dono if Redex is 2stroke?
It's a detergent / cleaner

https://youtu.be/oPf0_CNs-t4

I put some in every few months it makes mine run better especially if I've been running on cheaper fuel



Dont try 2 stroke if your vehicle has a DPF ....
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ;)

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Yes I picked that up reading about it but my vehicle doesn't have one which is why I've considered giving it a try.
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I've been plodding away in the background checking my torches and recharging my AA and AAA batteries, and I found a torch with a weird little structure thing inside it, and no way to get the AA battery that was with it inside the strucure. I took a photo of it, so that I could upload it onto here and ask what the dickens was going on. Looking at the picture told me :oops: it's meant for 3 x AAA batteries, not 1 x AA. I still can't tell if it works, my spare AAAs are kind of flat, but currently recharging. Just paying attention to the detail is *so* important.
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Arzosah wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:11 pm I've been plodding away in the background checking my torches and recharging my AA and AAA batteries, and I found a torch with a weird little structure thing inside it, and no way to get the AA battery that was with it inside the strucure. I took a photo of it, so that I could upload it onto here and ask what the dickens was going on. Looking at the picture told me :oops: it's meant for 3 x AAA batteries, not 1 x AA. I still can't tell if it works, my spare AAAs are kind of flat, but currently recharging. Just paying attention to the detail is *so* important.

Something like this?
IMG_20220308_131836_160.jpg
Go easy clipping the batteries in many are made of crappy plastic even the bigger brands

I got another one of these recently like the ability to use AA or D cells

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Energizer-E303 ... th=1&psc=1




Not my video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uchonr6z64E

The newer ones also have a usb outlet on them as well suppose it's be handy In a major emergency
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Andy, it's exactly that, yes. Poking the AAA batteries into each opening is very easy - I guess I'll use it till it breaks, but I'll treat it with care so that it lasts as long as it can.

Jenny - never even heard of 18650 rechargeable cells :lol: maybe this torch will take a single one of those, instead of 3 x AAA? Just found a website called 18650 battery store, and it says they measure 18mm around by 65mm long. In another lifetime, I'll measure the internals of my torch, see if thats appropriate - the torch might well last a lot longer than the internal frame thingy.

Ye gods, there's always something, isn't there :lol: never even heard of 18650!

Thank you both.
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Found a new dealer, :ugeek:

Just had a rubble sack of split and dried wood delivered.

£75. The price hasn't gone up from last year yet.

I'm unable to womble my own wood, split and dry it so I'm happy with the cost. :mrgreen:
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
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pseudonym wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:59 pm Found a new dealer, :ugeek:

Just had a rubble sack of split and dried wood delivered.

£75. The price hasn't gone up from last year yet.

I'm unable to womble my own wood, split and dry it so I'm happy with the cost. :mrgreen:
That’s a good price P.
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jansman wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:18 pm
pseudonym wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:59 pm Found a new dealer, :ugeek:

Just had a rubble sack of split and dried wood delivered.

£75. The price hasn't gone up from last year yet.

I'm unable to womble my own wood, split and dry it so I'm happy with the cost. :mrgreen:
That’s a good price P.

https://thewizardoflogs.co.uk/
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.