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Title: Ggggrrrrrrrr
Post by: Don Kee on May 20, 2014, 07:30:14 am
School boy mistake number 1 this morning....


Bench charged my battery last night (i'm sure a few of you know where this is going now) put it back in the van this morning and........yep, i out the negative wire on the positive terminal and the negative on positive......

Utter utter moron!!!!!
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Post by: Clever Forum Name on May 20, 2014, 07:40:39 am
Shocking story. I don't think anything positive will come out of this. Try not to dwell on the negatives.
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Post by: dazmond on May 20, 2014, 08:01:23 am
School boy mistake number 1 this morning....


Bench charged my battery last night (i'm sure a few of you know where this is going now) put it back in the van this morning and........yep, i out the negative wire on the positive terminal and the negative on positive......

Utter utter moron!!!!!

what happens when you do this?does it fry your controller?does it affect battery and pump or can you just wire them up direct bypassing the controller?
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Post by: andyM on May 20, 2014, 08:02:21 am
Watt?
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Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on May 20, 2014, 01:50:48 pm
I thought you was gonna say drove off with it still plugged in, getting it wrong left me feeling flat.

Simon.
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Post by: bobplum on May 20, 2014, 04:11:01 pm
School boy mistake number 1 this morning....


Bench charged my battery last night (i'm sure a few of you know where this is going now) put it back in the van this morning and........yep, i out the negative wire on the positive terminal and the negative on positive......

Utter utter moron!!!!!

Thank god we have the parachute regiment ;) ;)
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Post by: andyM on May 20, 2014, 04:15:29 pm
School boy mistake number 1 this morning....


Bench charged my battery last night (i'm sure a few of you know where this is going now) put it back in the van this morning and........yep, i out the negative wire on the positive terminal and the negative on positive......

Utter utter moron!!!!!

what happens when you do this?does it fry your controller?does it affect battery and pump or can you just wire them up direct bypassing the controller?

It can make your controller go pop but all you should have to do is replace the fuse.......if you remembered to fit one in the first place!  ;D
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Post by: Frankybadboy on May 20, 2014, 04:24:30 pm
do you now want to tell everyone about school boy error number 2 and 3 today  ;D ;D ;D ;D

ding dong
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Post by: Don Kee on May 20, 2014, 04:35:08 pm
Liking the jokes, i'll be passing many coats on later!!! ;D


So this morning ive hooked up 2 hosereels from one battery....the auto cal on the controller is about as useful as a smack in the face so for the first 2 hours, rather than dead ending, the pump sounds like chitty chitty bang bang (replace the 'ch' with 'sh' if you wish!!)

Managed to sort that, so i figure why stop there!as if the day isn't already winding me up, lets do something else.....

Next house i get water into the doorbell....
You'd think this shouldnt be a problem, or at least if a problem occured the doorbell just wouldn't work....
Oh no!!! This doorbell decided it was on speed, and played a crappy 'ding dong' theme over and over and over and over and over and over....
Take the battery out, dry the inside, fix it back up.....
'Ding dong' over and over and over and over....
Half hour of faffing about, lots of swear words later we decide the doorbell wins...
 
So just picked up a new doorbell ready to be fitted tomorrow

Deep breath, count to 10....

They say it happens in 3's!

P.s

Frank and Bobplum can do one   ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Frankybadboy on May 20, 2014, 04:41:24 pm
School boy mistake number 1 this morning....


Bench charged my battery last night (i'm sure a few of you know where this is going now) put it back in the van this morning and........yep, i out the negative wire on the positive terminal and the negative on positive......

Utter utter moron!!!!!

Thank god we have the parachute regiment ;) ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D be glad we back in the PRO van tomorrow  :o :o :o :o
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Post by: Don Kee on May 20, 2014, 04:44:07 pm
School boy mistake number 1 this morning....


Bench charged my battery last night (i'm sure a few of you know where this is going now) put it back in the van this morning and........yep, i out the negative wire on the positive terminal and the negative on positive......

Utter utter moron!!!!!

Thank god we have the parachute regiment ;) ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D be glad we back in the PRO van tomorrow  :o :o :o :o

Pro van?!?! Where was your van today??!?!! ;) ;) :P :P
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Post by: PoleKing on May 20, 2014, 04:47:30 pm
Liking the jokes, i'll be passing many coats on later!!! ;D


So this morning ive hooked up 2 hosereels from one battery....the auto cal on the controller is about as useful as a smack in the face so for the first 2 hours, rather than dead ending, the pump sounds like chitty chitty bang bang (replace the 'ch' with 'sh' if you wish!!)

Managed to sort that, so i figure why stop there!as if the day isn't already winding me up, lets do something else.....

Next house i get water into the doorbell....
You'd think this shouldnt be a problem, or at least if a problem occured the doorbell just wouldn't work....
Oh no!!! This doorbell decided it was on speed, and played a crappy 'ding dong' theme over and over and over and over and over and over....
Take the battery out, dry the inside, fix it back up.....
'Ding dong' over and over and over and over....
Half hour of faffing about, lots of swear words later we decide the doorbell wins...
 
So just picked up a new doorbell ready to be fitted tomorrow

Deep breath, count to 10....

They say it happens in 3's!

P.s

Frank and Bobplum can do one   ;D ;D ;D ;D

Hope you got a 'friedland' one, they always look more waterproof to me...
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Post by: Frankybadboy on May 20, 2014, 05:03:53 pm
School boy mistake number 1 this morning....


Bench charged my battery last night (i'm sure a few of you know where this is going now) put it back in the van this morning and........yep, i out the negative wire on the positive terminal and the negative on positive......

Utter utter moron!!!!!

Thank god we have the parachute regiment ;) ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D be glad we back in the PRO van tomorrow  :o :o :o :o

Pro van?!?! Where was your van today??!?!! ;) ;) :P :P
Getting it safe so you don't break it :)))))
Title: Re: Ggggrrrrrrrr
Post by: J.D on May 20, 2014, 05:07:25 pm
I clean the windows for a customer who has a Friedland bell and the name friedland is actually branded on the bell. For years i referred to her as Mrs. Friedland, as i thought that was her name! She didn't correct me ever, she said it really used to make her laugh and she hadn't the heart to tell me!  :-[
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Post by: bobplum on May 20, 2014, 05:23:28 pm
do you now want to tell everyone about school boy error number 2 and 3 today  ;D ;D ;D ;D

ding dong

this is what friends are for ;D
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Post by: C o z y on May 20, 2014, 06:00:14 pm
Shocking story. I don't think anything positive will come out of this. Try not to dwell on the negatives.


Get ya coat.  >:(

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1400605195_images (5).jpg)

 ;)
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Post by: DaveG on May 20, 2014, 06:05:51 pm
I clean the windows for a customer who has a Friedland bell and the name friedland is actually branded on the bell. For years i referred to her as Mrs. Friedland, as i thought that was her name! She didn't correct me ever, she said it really used to make her laugh and she hadn't the heart to tell me!  :-[

 ;D ;D
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Post by: Tom White on May 20, 2014, 06:06:41 pm
School boy mistake number 1 this morning....


Bench charged my battery last night (i'm sure a few of you know where this is going now) put it back in the van this morning and........yep, i out the negative wire on the positive terminal and the negative on positive......

Utter utter moron!!!!!

I've done that too.  I prefer working without a flow controller now.  Bin it.
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Post by: Don Kee on May 20, 2014, 06:08:18 pm
Liking the jokes, i'll be passing many coats on later!!! ;D


So this morning ive hooked up 2 hosereels from one battery....the auto cal on the controller is about as useful as a smack in the face so for the first 2 hours, rather than dead ending, the pump sounds like chitty chitty bang bang (replace the 'ch' with 'sh' if you wish!!)

Managed to sort that, so i figure why stop there!as if the day isn't already winding me up, lets do something else.....

Next house i get water into the doorbell....
You'd think this shouldnt be a problem, or at least if a problem occured the doorbell just wouldn't work....
Oh no!!! This doorbell decided it was on speed, and played a crappy 'ding dong' theme over and over and over and over and over and over....
Take the battery out, dry the inside, fix it back up.....
'Ding dong' over and over and over and over....
Half hour of faffing about, lots of swear words later we decide the doorbell wins...
 
So just picked up a new doorbell ready to be fitted tomorrow

Deep breath, count to 10....

They say it happens in 3's!

P.s

Frank and Bobplum can do one   ;D ;D ;D ;D

Hope you got a 'friedland' one, they always look more waterproof to me...

I didnt to be honest mate

I brought i wicks one as the original was wicks and so it should be (in theory) more likely to pair up wirelessly with the chime box
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Post by: Frankybadboy on May 20, 2014, 09:37:43 pm
I can see this going ti-ts up tomorrow big time.



should I drop you off there and come back and collect you when Ive done 4 or 5 houses ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: bobplum on May 21, 2014, 07:07:12 am
I can see this going ti-ts up tomorrow big time.



should I drop you off there and come back and collect you when Ive done 4 or 5 houses ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



do you think the ice cream gave him a brain freeze :o :o ;D
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Post by: Don Kee on May 21, 2014, 07:16:38 am
I can see this going ti-ts up tomorrow big time.



should I drop you off there and come back and collect you when Ive done 4 or 5 houses ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



do you think the ice cream gave him a brain freeze :o :o ;D

The brain freeze happened a long time before the ice cream my friend! ;D
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Post by: Frankybadboy on May 21, 2014, 07:44:13 am
I can see this going ti-ts up tomorrow big time.



should I drop you off there and come back and collect you when Ive done 4 or 5 houses ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



do you think the ice cream gave him a brain freeze :o :o ;D

The brain freeze happened a long time before the ice cream my friend! ;D
you finally admitted it  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ggggrrrrrrrr
Post by: Ian Sheppard on May 21, 2014, 01:54:51 pm
Liking the jokes, i'll be passing many coats on later!!! ;D


So this morning ive hooked up 2 hosereels from one battery....the auto cal on the controller is about as useful as a smack in the face so for the first 2 hours, rather than dead ending, the pump sounds like chitty chitty bang bang (replace the 'ch' with 'sh' if you wish!!)

Managed to sort that, so i figure why stop there!as if the day isn't already winding me up, lets do something else.....

Next house i get water into the doorbell....
You'd think this shouldnt be a problem, or at least if a problem occured the doorbell just wouldn't work....
Oh no!!! This doorbell decided it was on speed, and played a crappy 'ding dong' theme over and over and over and over and over and over....
Take the battery out, dry the inside, fix it back up.....
'Ding dong' over and over and over and over....
Half hour of faffing about, lots of swear words later we decide the doorbell wins...
 
So just picked up a new doorbell ready to be fitted tomorrow

Deep breath, count to 10....

They say it happens in 3's!

P.s

Frank and Bobplum can do one   ;D ;D ;D ;D

Just thought I pick up on the Cal, The control and pump may struggle if you running two lines and poles. This is because of the pressure difference between the two poles. Water pressure will want to follow the easiest route so in general will flow to the lower pole 1st meaning less pressure for the higher pole.
This leaves the pump struggling to provide enough water and pressure in some cases. The control is trying to manage two different pressure settings at the same time which may mean you pump drops in out of DE as pressure changes between the two lines
The control can manage this short term, I would suggest Calibration is done with both poles extended to the same max height you expect to be working at.
In an ideal world one pump/control per pole is much more efficient as the pumps are not working as hard and draw less current.
The controller has a number of features protecting it from a miss wire. Fitting the fuse as here will help protect the controller as the fuse blows and not the reverse protection diode, correct the polarity replace the fuse and away you go.