Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[beanflying]

Not going to taste very nice after that 

Mmm your worried about 'taste' and you are using Coffee Bags 

[McBryce]

Not going to taste very nice after that 

Mmm your worried about 'taste' and you are using Coffee Bags 

My thoughts exactly: "Not going to taste very nice" was already decided with the coffeebag!

McBryce.

[bd139]

It’s a compromise that. I’ve got beans here and grind them with an electric grinder usually. Obviously no power so this is emergency (camping) coffee 

Can’t tell the flipping different anyway 

[beanflying]

No Excuse allowed ! eBay auction: #274577830040 The Burrs in most of these even do ok for Espresso in particular the real deal Japanese ones.
 

[bd139]

Pah. Using a standard hand blender.

[capt bullshot]

Slightly considering that. It will be suffering from the SMD capacitor plague most likely and require some trace repairs which could be difficult to work out. Possibly worth it if it’s not too buggered. Doubt there’s anything else wrong with it.

Worn out relays perhaps

Worn out relay usually result in SPC failure in that TDS series.

[beanflying]

Pah. Using a standard hand blender.

Grind Consistency is important and you can actually taste it 

[bd139]

Pah. Using a standard hand blender.

Grind Consistency is important and you can actually taste it 

Yeah which is why I usually buy pre ground. Ticked the wrong box on Amazon last time so stuck with beans 

[beanflying]

While I understand Charbucks and Costa were Coffee in the UK, Real and Good coffee is still out there. Find a local roaster and learn their name

[med6753]

Pah. Using a standard hand blender.

Grind Consistency is important and you can actually taste it 

Yeah which is why I usually buy pre ground. Ticked the wrong box on Amazon last time so stuck with beans 

It's good that Bean jumped in your shorts. Good coffee does not come in tea bags. Throw that crap in the Thames.  But I'll give you a free pass due to circumstances...this time. 

Did you determine why you lost power? Aren't all your utilities underground?   

[AVGresponding]

Fucks sake. Power cut. Apparently there’s been an “emergency isolation event”. Was just about to stick a sausage roll in the oven 

tsk, I'd have thought you'd have an OOPS (or UPS if you prefer).

You can pick them up pretty cheap from the likes of CDL etc, though my 1500VA APC was free... right place and right time and all that.

1.5kVA is enough to run all your lights and a domestic sized microwave oven.

[capt bullshot]

Interesting colour coding ...

[PA0PBZ]

Interesting colour coding ...

Yeah, why is there a red clip on the red wire unlike all the others?
Very confusing!

[McBryce]

Interesting colour coding ...

That shouldn't be a problem, you just have to remember that... The black clip is on the orange wire, because the black wire has a purple clip. The yellow clip is on the green wire, because the yellow wire has a black clip. The purple clip is on the white wire, because the purple wire has a yellow clip... 

McBryce.

[nfmax]

Was just about to stick a sausage roll in the oven 

Is this some new euphemism I wasn't previously aware of?

[beanflying]

Was just about to stick a sausage roll in the oven 

Is this some new euphemism I wasn't previously aware of?

Even I didn't go there 

[nfmax]

Pah. Using a standard hand blender.

Grind Consistency is important and you can actually taste it 

Yeah which is why I usually buy pre ground. Ticked the wrong box on Amazon last time so stuck with beans 

Once I was round at the OH's of an evening, and we went to make our after-dinner coffee, only to discover that beans had been bought instead of ready ground (note careful phrasing...) No grinder available. We put the beans in a freezer bag, put the bag between two sheets of plywood, then practised our Morris Dancing on top of the ensemble. It mostly worked - sometimes you just have to take whatever you can get.

[Ice-Tea]

Slightly considering that. It will be suffering from the SMD capacitor plague most likely and require some trace repairs which could be difficult to work out. Possibly worth it if it’s not too buggered. Doubt there’s anything else wrong with it.

Worn out relays perhaps

Worn out relay usually result in SPC failure in that TDS series.

Yep. I didn't mean it would be the cause of the errors he's seeing, just that it might fall under the "something else is wrong" category

[Specmaster]

I hope nobody has any of these installed anywhere.

[Ice-Tea]

Was just about to stick a sausage roll in the oven 

Is this some new euphemism I wasn't previously aware of?

Even I didn't go there 

But you thought about it...

[Cerebus]

Indeed.  20ºC is where the habitable zone starts.

Dropped back to 18.5C as the Seabreeze has come in here at 6.30pm the tough decision is to get a jacket on and ...

Big girl's blouses the lot of you! 

[mnementh]

Was just about to stick a sausage roll in the oven 

Is this some new euphemism I wasn't previously aware of?

Even I didn't go there 

Arrrrrouuu...? 

mnem

[Robert763]

@saskia
"The parcel was released by customs."

[bd139]

Pah. Using a standard hand blender.

Grind Consistency is important and you can actually taste it 

Yeah which is why I usually buy pre ground. Ticked the wrong box on Amazon last time so stuck with beans 

It's good that Bean jumped in your shorts. Good coffee does not come in tea bags. Throw that crap in the Thames.  But I'll give you a free pass due to circumstances...this time. 

Did you determine why you lost power? Aren't all your utilities underground?   

Convenient coffee comes in bags and it’s better than instant (yuck)

Yes utilities are underground. Think it was related to some roadworks up the road.

Fucks sake. Power cut. Apparently there’s been an “emergency isolation event”. Was just about to stick a sausage roll in the oven 

tsk, I'd have thought you'd have an OOPS (or UPS if you prefer).

You can pick them up pretty cheap from the likes of CDL etc, though my 1500VA APC was free... right place and right time and all that.

1.5kVA is enough to run all your lights and a domestic sized microwave oven.

No UPS. I quite enjoy a good power cut. Reminds me of how dependent we are on society to function and how little you can rely on it at some times. I’m good for about a week with no power. Have three charged  Anker power banks and a large charger that runs on petrol outside.

Was just about to stick a sausage roll in the oven 

Is this some new euphemism I wasn't previously aware of?

It is now 

Actually it was the discovery that they sell 8 packs of Greggs sausage rolls in Iceland now 

[med6753]

Indeed.  20ºC is where the habitable zone starts.

Dropped back to 18.5C as the Seabreeze has come in here at 6.30pm the tough decision is to get a jacket on and ...

Big girl's blouses the lot of you! 

Wut?