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Right you electrical wizards 

Looking at buying a swim spa to install down the back of section behind the shed - electrical requirements are hardwired 1x 32amp and 2 x 10 amp 

When we did shed power we did think of small spa and ran extra / also have a caravan circuit and plug down there but our sparky who installed is incommunicado 

Shed board has 63amp rated main switch if that means anything 

Any ideas why a swim spa needs 3 hardwired inputs ? Is the average home switchboard that then runs 60+ metres to a shed board then another 20m gonna cope with the draw ? 

There is an Abbot spg here in chch at the tank drive /paintball place - was for sale only 35knzd also had a T55 for about 70k 

Mazda Mx5 cheap as chips and look quite retro and can get custom faces for them 

Like the “engineer” who was certifying heavy truck tow systems that was a muppet and had all his certs recalled 

Modified vehicle is a specialty not for your average engineer 

6 minutes ago, governorsam said:

Not yet, but I know Guzzi rob and Neill Roberts. 

Trades and races as Guzzi cafe - gearbox and diff specialist and  all around GC 

26 minutes ago, governorsam said:

Drunk Sam just brought a 1400 Guzzi.

damaged import. In Wellington.

here we go again...

Has drunk sam met the guzzi guy Vince in chch ? 

https://share.icloud.com/photos/09PQ725g5wjeQh3T7voryboEw

Would love to have a car on lpg but there is none where I live even when the websites say there is a full station …

When I had one on dedicated lpg ran max ignition advance lpg has a higher cetane rating but the flame front is slower - modern duel fuel should do best of both by switching ignition map when fuel switches 

53 minutes ago, yoeddynz said:

when you get near the end of the thread you'll find there's a fall out with some of the others and he moves the thread over to this new forum...

https://brm-forum.org/thread/2/1972-mazda-rx2-doom-needful

Thanks for that link I had missed where he went and was just seeing the odd bit on Insta 

Great story teller 

19 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said:

How rusty?

Asking for a friend......

This rusty both sides - seems like quite an important area 

It’s derby car or spares  material 

Yup have seen the maloo ute Pontiac conversions 

Aussie car prices seem mental at the moment the dream of owning an XA or XB coupe is long gone without lotto money even the XA utes are skyrocketing and can now buy an El Camino or yank coupe cheaper 

Imagine what an AU would be worth in the states ? 
what would be their equivalent ? The crown Vic ? 
We need our own shipping line - export Barra engines and Au s and Morris minors to the USA - stock up on nice yank tanks - home via Japan for rare jdm parts and top up with Mx5 hardtops to pay for the fuel bill 

25 minutes ago, xsspeed said:

and EL GTs

I have seen an EL GT and in a shed under a cover was the best place for it - supermegafugly with tumors and warts 

Made AUs look quite good in comparison 

Hey I have a reg on hold au on my back lawn - is it now worth fixing the rust ? Probably not I keep meaning to strip it for parts for my ute but then if someone gave me $500 it would be not my problem anymore 

No way can you buy a reg and almost wof  au for $500 like I did 3 years ago 

And Mx5 tax has already skyrocketed- I could now get $3500 for the hardtop roof by itself - paid 2800 for the car 6 years ago and hardtops were about $1000 then 

Undo the reg off the bottle when not using it and they seal themselves 

Last about ten minutes full on welding so not cheap unless you buy on special and just use for the odd thing you need better welds than gasless - I burned thru 3 then just got a rental D cos that was pretty much the cost of a years rental 

Plus buy another reel of wire to use with gas and swap polarity on welder 

Yeah nice  -just drop that off at my place thanks 

Already has the heavy duty spring set in the ute … that “ upgrade” linked above for wagons is only rated for 395 kg lol 

Been looking at this stuff too - Eastwood do a set of tube beading dies that does not fit any of their 22mm shaft rollers …only for their motorised 3/4 shaft machines 

looking at the tube only machine on trademe or aliex it seems it wouldn’t be that hard to make a set of tubing dies 

Eastwood also do a “heavy duty “ 8 in throat roller and it’s only $275 

24v system charges at 24 or above but each battery only sees 12v 

do a quick multimeter check will show you what I mean 

Treat each battery as seperate with insulated clips - balanced charging would be nice but not essential 

Nope battery’s in series for 24 volt don’t equalise between themselves 

can charge one or the other while connected to vehicle easy as on solar as long as you don’t muck polarity up - 

matched solar 12v on each battery would be best or switch one between as needed  

charging rates may be different but that’s what the regulator is for