Thread: Banned???

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

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I got banned for example 'cos I said "It's perfectly safe to file down a 15amp extension lead earth pin and plug into a 10amp powerpoint .... So long as you don't draw more than 10amps ..... which woudl be almost impossible if your running just lighting to pack/unpack the caravan at home". This being common sense was deleted and I was banned. But gibberish bull**** from standards sites screaming ILLEGAL is perfectly fine. Go on ... try posting anything over there that's common sense .... I dare you

seeya,
Shane L.

I've got a really nice old CIG stick welder that has had the earth terminal on the plug filed down so it'll fit a 10 amp outlet. (And no, I didn't do it).

Worked fine at the old place I had that only had 10 amp outlets, but works much better plugged into a 15 amp outlet at the new joint!

Hey.............. only the earth has been played with!

cheers, DL

I've got a clisby compressor I bought new about 20years ago... I didn't file it's earth pin down 'cos I didn't want to stuff my waranty ...................................... Yeah I just replaced it with a 10amp plug so I could swap the original back on if I ever had an issue. 20years later it's had 1/2 dozen oil changes, and the filters cleaned a few dozen times..... and that's it, not even the belt tightened.

bloody good stuff those old aussie made compressors (even the electric motor is made here).

seeya,
Shane L.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Having heard of past Qld councils and or developers, or both combined, any chance the Burnett river might lap at the front doorstep one day?

If so, any chance I could get a permit for a private jetty?

DL

high on a hill, never been flooded. Bob

Originally Posted by bob10

high on a hill, never been flooded. Bob

Couple of years ago we had a big flood, council claimed it was a one in a hundred years event. Two weeks later we had another one. Fastest century I ever saw.

The description of an event as "a hundred year event" doesn't mean there will only be one of them a century.

For an explanation of why that is the case, read one of the following.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100-year_flood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_period
Why do 100 year events happen so often?: Australia's Record Rainfall: Rainfall Events: Design Rainfalls: Water Information: Bureau of Meteorology

You probably knew that.

reports of my banning are greatly exaggerated