Tell Me Something............Anything!

[Mikeandvan]

I'm not saying this to make light of your concerns Mike, but I'm not going to let worries about something that may or may not happen affect the here and now for me. That won't change a thing.

Lets all just enjoy life while we can still live it - importantly we can still enjoy our music, well not you Mike, what with the poorly Sugden Getting that fettled should have your attention rather than any sabre-rattling by that shitbag Putin.

'Shall I get my amp fixed, or run to the hills'?

[Macca]

'Shall I get my amp fixed, or run to the hills'?

You've got no proper hills down south.

[Pigmy Pony]

'Shall I get my amp fixed, or run to the hills'?

Well if you run to the hills in Yorkshire you might come across the Sugden factory, which could be handy

[Mikeandvan]

Just got a dehumidifier, used it for a few days now, it fills up overnight!! Amazing things though, how the hell do they work?

[Pigmy Pony]

Well my guess (which has next to no scientific basis) is that air is drawn into the unit, where it comes into contact with a cold (refrigerated) surface and the moisture in that air condenses and drops into a container.

They are great for rooms which might be prone to dampness (maybe basement flats and rooms which are occupied much of the time and with inadequate ventilation.) They can be bought quite cheaply, the more expensive ones generally run quieter and with a bigger capacity.

[Mikeandvan]

Well my guess (which has next to no scientific basis) is that air is drawn into the unit, where it comes into contact with a cold (refrigerated) surface and the moisture in that air condenses and drops into a container.

They are great for rooms which might be prone to dampness (maybe basement flats and rooms which are occupied much of the time and with inadequate ventilation.) They can be bought quite cheaply, the more expensive ones generally run quieter and with a bigger capacity.

Sounds obvious now you've explained it, I paid £200 for mine, its brilliant, last night filled up again, there's no mold on the walls of my flat, but obviously there is a lot of dampness present. Probably because of its weird lay out and shite extraction (almost non existent) system

[Pigmy Pony]

£200 is certainly not at the cheap end, should be a good 'un. But even if it was a bit noisy it doesn't have to be a problem - just run it during the night with doors closed (they should be closed anyway).

For several years we had one in the bathroom which we ran whenever we had a shower. Zero condensation on the mirrors, it worked perfectly. But electrical safety deems mains-powered devices unsafe in bathrooms, so eventually we had a good quality extractor fitted. Wasn't cheap, and still isn't as effective as the old dehumidifier.

[Pigmy Pony]

One other thing Mike (apologies if you already know this), as warm air holds moisture better than cold air - which is why visibility on a cold winter's day is better than in summer - the dehumidifier will work better in a warm room than a cold unheated one.

[Macca]

Sounds obvious now you've explained it, I paid £200 for mine, its brilliant, last night filled up again, there's no mold on the walls of my flat, but obviously there is a lot of dampness present. Probably because of its weird lay out and shite extraction (almost non existent) system

I got a big one for my kitchen, took a lot of water out of it first couple of weeks, these days not so much. I think it dried out the whole place. So you might find the same.

[Barry]

I mentioned the other day that we had a power cut, which was only restored in the small hours of the morning. When I came downstairs to make breakfast, I noticed that my (venerable, nay ancient) PC, which whilst 'shut down' is still plugged into the mains, had 'woken up'. I thought little of it and shut it down again.

Yesterday evening I fired it up and after a long time found the PC had become a time machine: the calendar displayed the date to be 7 September 2003 and the time was about an hour ahead of the correct time! Even worse, it would not connect me to this august Forum: displaying a notice that Firefox regarded AoS to not be sufficiently secure, and a possible pathway for virus or data theft.

Now when it come to "all things computer" I'm a complete numpty - but I wasn't going to give up. I fiddled around with the Google settings for the calander and clock, and manage to correct them. A message from Firefox then popped up inviting me to update to the latest version. I followed the instructions, and mirabile dictu everything is now back to normal.

But, there were two more messages to tell me that Microsoft no longer support Vista, and Firefox updated will no longer work with Vista. Methinks it's time to ditch it all and buy a modern laptop. (The trouble is I have a lot of Word files and hundreds of images which I would like to transfer, but don't know how, or if, it can be done.)