Todays - What Grinds my gears

[UncleFester]

Take it to bits and fit a bigger AA battery - that will be all that's inside. Then it will last longer, as long as it gets enough charge.

Failing that - shroud the sensor so it only works at close range.
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[Polarbear]

3 years with the cheap and nasty 300/600 mAhr battery they come with is good going. As UncleBFester says, fit a decent rechargable in its place and even in winter you will see an improvement.
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[stinkwheel]

You could probably wire in a lithium battery pack from a disposable vape...
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Ribenapigeon]

How about an angled guard on the sensor so its only triggered when your hand with the key goes near the lock.

[grr666]

Or some insulating tape carefully cut and stuck on the sensor to cut down what it can 'see'. My security lighting is
also a CCTV system and the sensor is somewhat overzealous even on it's lowest sensitivity, this is a very simple fix. Use
white insulating tape on the dome if aesthetics are of concern.
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[hellkat]

You guys are awesome
All chatting a bunch of man-shit like you were in a shed with a brew.

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[stinkwheel]

Of course, you could also just get a battery powered pound shop push light and only turn it on when you want it.

Or if you're into electronics, make a joule thief LED circuit (powers an LED for about 3 weeks on a flat battery) and leave it on all the time.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Ribenapigeon]

Fit the snails with lights?

[Ste]

[recman]

[Ribenapigeon]

Lets hope we never see what Ste uses them for.

[pepperami]

[quote="recman"][quote="Ste"]
https://i.imgur.com/KFC0idc.jpg

I’ve really gone off escargot .
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[Freddyfruitba...]

This is on behalf of 'er indoors, who's just messaged me from a mainline train to London. It's stopped at a station and apparently is now overloaded and can't actually move, and won't do so until enough passengers disembark. Surprisingly enough, not one person has done so. Who'd have thought? Now half an hour and counting. You really couldn't make this up
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[Ste]

She needs to start coughing to make people think they'll catch the plague from her if they stay on the train.

[Ribenapigeon]

Its like some crazy inversion of a hostage situation. I would be negotiating my crimbo costs out of the railway company to the maximum.

[Freddyfruitba...]

Train's moving again apparently, despite no passengers taking one for the team.
She's currently hoping she'll arrive in London in time to get the return train home tonight...
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[Hong Kong Phooey]

[hellkat]

Crikey, that train sounds like a nightmare!
possibly I should take some light entertainment and a battery pack on my jaunt out to Harefield tomorrow


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[hellkat]

Got this annoying beep from the smoke alarm, still hasn't stopped.
Been going about a month now, but luckily most of the time I was in NZ.
So it doesn't seem to have worn itself down in my absence.

Tried taking it off the ceiling, as per the instruction of a lady from the repairs team. Take it off, put a 9v battery in, she says. No, says the cassette when I pull it off, no replacement battery.

Alarm is stlll chirping. Nobody else can cope with it when they come to visit, but I've actually started to become accustomed to it.

You know how when people have a cockatiel and it makes that weird chirping noise now and then. Well, its like that. But more often, and more regular. Like every two minutes, I dunno. I've almost zoned it out.

So ... if I can't fix it, and I can't get back through to the repairs line (1 x 30 minutes waiting on hold before hanging up, and 1 x 48 minutes later the same afternoon...) then fuck it. I'll just pretend I have a cockatiel.
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[MCN]

[MCN]

When you go to a place for something and the kuhnt your are speaking to answers the phone and then puts you on hold.
If the kuhnt on the phone is in such a hurry then let them visit your place too.

Bastirts.
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[stinkwheel]

[MCN]

The post doesn't exit here either.
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

[MCN]