Tuesday 20th November - What small DFW things will you do today??!

allydowd

Hi guys. For the first time in two weeks I am planning on spending most of the evening on the sofa. Today I have:

~Done a 7 hour shift. Not a great day.:(

~Went shopping on the way home. Bought filler for the holes in the bathroom wall in Poundland; third of the price of Homebase.

~Wrapped up warm on sofa. Still no gas, should be on tomorrow.

~Bought Mattesson's sausage half price in Poundland.

~Liberated old bin and 30 cardboard boxes through Freecycle. Advertised curtain rail on same.

~Closed curtains as soon as light faded.

~Dylon dye arrived for sprucing up curtains.

~Got bottle of wine house-warming present from one colleague and £10 M&S voucher from another.

~Buy knobs(!) on eBay to get lowest price and Nectar points.

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carrielovesfanta

allydowd wrote: »

When you turned the ignition on before starting the car, did the lights come on in the instrument panel?

If you turn the ignition on and no lights come on at the instrument panel means that there is no power coming from the battery. It could be a dead battery or often a bad ignition switch could cause this.

Turn the headlights on, if they work, means the battery has power, so the problem could be with the ignition switch or wiring between the ignition switch and battery.

If no lights coming on in the dash the battery could be completely dead or there is no connection between the battery and the vehicle electrical system. You can try to jump start your car; if it's a dead battery, jump starting can help.

Ally - there were no lights at all, not even the handbrake light etc. It's not the battery because after a few tries and jiggling the key about/pulling in/out it started fine and all the lights came on. I'm thinking loose wire connecting the ignition barrel to the elelctrics in the car. There is def a loose wire on in the indicator stick too because sometimes the ticker comes on very fast for no reason (but the light doesn't, just the tick noise)

allydowd

carrielovesfanta wrote: »

Ally - there were no lights at all, not even the handbrake light etc. It's not the battery because after a few tries and jiggling the key about/pulling in/out it started fine and all the lights came on.

There is def a loose wire on in the indicator stick too because sometimes the ticker comes on very fast for no reason (but the light doesn't, just the tick noise)

Two problems:

FAILURE TO START: So the problem could be with the ignition switch or wiring between the ignition switch and battery. Could just be moisture with all this weather we're having.

INDICATOR TOO FAST: With the indicator the connection to the bulbs should have a earth and this some times gets eroded with the damp/wet connections. Bulbs flash too fast if they are drawing more current than they should. The most likely thing is that your socket is corroded to the point that you have a short. This may get worse in wet weather for example, causing the bulb to stop working altogether. What's probably happening is that the electricity is getting past the bulb instead of going through it. Electricity will always take the path of least resistance. This makes it so that it is using more electricity than usual, which makes the flasher go faster.

SOLUTIONS:
~You could try putting cooking salt or cat litter in a handkerchief and sealing it with a rubber band. Tie on a piece of string and hang off your indicator stick for an instant moisture trap.
~If you can get at the corroded part you could scrub the rust-coloured gunk off with a nail file or emery board to restore the connection.
~If you need to buy a replacement indicator unit these can be costly. Try an online breakers' yard like BY.

La_escocesa

Hi guys :hello:

• I checked banking - all a-ok
• Checked that mystery shopping cheque is on its way :j
• Signed up to be a course tutor for my professional body - £5 per paper marked - first one to start this week :T
• Enquired about some jobs coming up at work - more details next week apparently
• Reminded guy at work that I want to start yoga classes there :cool: - just one more guy to get approval from
• Took packed lunch
• Night in tonight - tidying round
• Listing duvet and mattress for sale
• Packing up sis's bday pressie for posting tomorrow - still time to send 2nd class that way

Catch up on t'other side - have a good evening everyone

rising_from_the_ashes

allydowd wrote: »

~Went shopping on the way home. Bought filler for the holes in the bathroom wall in Poundland; third of the price of Homebase.

~Wrapped up warm on sofa. Still no gas, should be on tomorrow.

~Bought Mattesson's sausage half price in Poundland.

~Got bottle of wine house-warming present from one colleague and £10 M&S voucher from another.

I am so missing £land (nearest one is around 25 miles away - usually go once a month & get a load of stuff .....) - I keep needing things that I know I can get there but when I look online they're 3 / 4 times the price:mad:

Hope you enjoy your night snuggled on the sofa & :j:T to the colleagues and gifts.

headoutthesand

Good evening folks

Today I:-

Checked banking
Made PAD
Made HM soup in slow cooker overnight so took some in for lunch today
Called car insurance company to ask for prepaid envelope to send documents
Answer queries on FB about things I'm selling
Bought Xmas presents with staff discount in asda (20% today only)
Dig out mortgage protection paperwork as financial advisor want to review it
Worked xtra hours to claim flexi back

Pernicious

ziggy2407 wrote: »

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Pernicious

Evening all,

Thanks for starting us off DNMS.

A late post from me as my lunch break got eaten up by important things, & this evening seems to have run away with me as well! I'm in a good mood though as I passed my TKD grading yesterday, very MSE as it would be another £30 to do it again! My last minute revision clearly paid off :j We also have new neighbours & so far so good! Fingers crossed it stays that way.

Today I have/will:-

• Made use of free water & milk at work
• Food from stores
• Did my first mystery shop on my lunch break
• Dinner from meal plan - HM spag bol, used a big pack of mince & have frozen half of it, cheapo & healthy ready meal for another day now!
• Charged phone at work
• Heating off - not needed it at all today :j
• Daily clicks etc on Sw@gbucks
• Log calories using free app
• Check online banking
• Surveys
• Declutter & flylady
• Completed my mystery shopping assignment, & checked for new ones
• Used x2 10p off a litre of petrol vouchers from items we would have bought anyway, saving nearly £10
• Enter some comps
• Thinking about what to get people for Xmas & how best to stick to my budget for DH...Need to email some family members who have asked what they can get him, if I know he's getting what he wants from them too I won't feel the need to spend so much on him!
• Need to update grocery challenge still...
• Washing on eco setting using less than the recommended dose of washing liquid
• Hang up to dry

Have a great, MSE day everyone x