Recent content by BilliumB

I’ve got a Metrum Pavane L3 - I think it’s great. Haven’t heard anything in a similar league so can’t make any comparisons, but I’d highly recommend you try and have a listen. I always buy stuff second hand, so the cost risk if you don't like stuff is low. Certainly the Pavane's not going...

What’s the impact on insurance? When I was buying a Discovery 3 a few years ago, I nearly got one with a remapped engine until I got the insurance quote of over £500 - the insurance for the unmapped version was only £150. I ended up with an unmapped one! Cheers. Bill

Hi Marco The current protection at the Consumer Unit limits the current flowing in the whole of the downstream circuit connected to it - so if the max current allowed by a CU MCB or RCBO is say 6A, then this is the max current that can flow to the appliance(s) on this circuit. So if the...

While PME systems generally have a very low earth resistance (<1 Ohm), TT systems with a single earth rod are likely to be much higher resistance (say 15 Ohm) and so additional earth spike networks could really make a difference and bring this figure down as Marco has found. I do wonder about...

The plug fuse is in place to protect the cable from the plug to the appliance, which is normally protected by its own internal fuse. If the rating of the mcb or rcbo at the Consumer Unit is lower than the current capacity of the in wall wiring and the cable to the appliance, then there is no...

What have you heard that sounds better than you already have? Cheers. Bill

Hi Andrew If you get chance to turn it up a bit when everyone’s out (inc the neighbours), give it a go, you might be surprised. I’d really seriously consider trying Dirac - you might even be able to run this on the Mac Mini without buying any new kit. I think you can probably run a trial...

Hi Andrew How loud do you tend to play music? Thinking about the Fletcher-Munson effect. Cheers. Bill

Hi Mike Your question spurred me to get my laser tape out to check. It’s actually around 21’ by 16’ - not quite as long as I thought!! The ceiling is approx 9’ high. This ‘Arts & Crafts’ end of the house was built in 1937/8 - I understand they asked the builder for a ‘Devon Fireplace’...

Hi Andrew A really interesting thread and something I wonder about as I’ve not in recent years heard anyone else’s system that is claimed to be really good. In this situation, how do you know what you’re aiming at? My approach has been to read loads including quite a few books (inc by Floyde...

It’s really interesting to look back and try to reflect on what you were thinking at the time.

Was it very complicated to fix? Cheers. Bill

A CTEK charger (I guess depending on the model) can often be set to output a constant voltage (13.6v I think) which can be used to get a very low charge battery going again when the standard charging setting will simply say “no way” - often have to use this on tractors, diggers etc that have...

Thanks Alex Did you consider attaching the screen to the green/yellow cable at the source end only for each cable? Was your approach driven by the regs? Cheers. Bill

Hi Alex Thanks. How do you deal with the yellow/green core and the screen at each end of your LF-329 cables? Are they connected together at both ends, or just the source or sink ends? Cheers. Bill