Even VW are going downhill - mine has had a number of electrical faults:
ABS box,
Cruise control switch,
Weird blankouts of the odometer display,
Diesel pipes seem to get an airlock if parked facing uphill for 2-3 weeks (EasyStart to the rescue),
Interior light dodgey.
Having said that, I like driving it - it drives "my way" - firm, not under powered, mentally efficient, extremely confident steering. It is a shame that the rot seems to be setting in around the edges.
In message , Andrew Gabriel writes
And the regulators really answer to no-one.
No DIY content, it's not a TV newsgroup and it's a rehash of another programme?
Yes it was just the limts but they have been static for nearly two decades now.
The volts may drop year on year as additional load is added (new premises etc) until there is a complaint or someone checks. Then you get moved onto a higher voltage tap. Eventually the taps come close to running out and another transformer / additional or upgraded HV feed is brought in.
There were mass recalls in the early 90's on a wide range of Sony sets for faulty mains switches that arced and smoked away when the sets were switched off for the night. It was a Japanese produced component, even on the UK manufactured sets.
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Much of posting here relates to fixing domestic products, which is the subject of the programme. If you're unable to see the connection, you're a prat.
The Other Mike scribbled...
What are you doing making posts in an thread with no relevance to this group?
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Fishing for trolls?
Jim K
Oh FFS lighten up
Get back to your hut
You need a space for the Gazunder.
G.Harman
On 15/07/2014 11:35, Andrew wrote: ...
Initially, but the long term aim is that the voltages will be changed to the nominal voltages as equipment is replaced / upgraded.
Whose equipment?
I don't intend to replace any of mine.
Owain
Andrew laid this down on his screen :
That is likely a very local thing, because nothing much should have changed in the UK with the supply voltage. Ours is always between 238 and 243v, except for a brief period when we got 230v and I persueded them to re-adjust the tapping. Your 187v was well below the allowed spec and should have been reported.
Eventually either the stuff dies or its owner does.
Rod Speed presented the following explanation :
A reasonable excuse in my mind, is the technical improvement in such items over the years. I would not welcome still using an 8080 processor these days, I have always kept my PC reasonably up to date since the
8080 days, but always held a few years behind the latest.on 7/15/2014, charles supposed :
Which I have never read. Japanese TV's were better built, more up to date and lasted much longer, as I found.
I mentioned it to the local electrical retailer, who also does Part P work, and his response was 'so what, did anything stop working ?'.
Electricity distribution equipment, which is what sets your supply voltage.
Fridge/freezer compressors (particularly more recent ones), and fluorescent lamps, typically.
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