On a recent tour around Iceland we inadvertently found an answer to that. We accidently put petrol intio the diesel tank. It took 2 hours before it was all pumped and drained .......

Are you measuring instantaneous MPG?

I would suggest a slightly different approach. Consider using one solar panel and two batteries (in parallel). Solar only works with a bright sky, and a grey sky sometimes coincides with exactly when

Something comes to mind about joining different metals - if the ball is actually aluminium, and the adjoining frame is steel, then some people would call that a 'battery', and such things corrode when

Ever felt like 'cannon fodder'?

A despicable business practice if true, and something I would want to vote with my feet about by choosing the next purchase more cynically.

Hi Brian. The 2610/20 is self contained and is very simple to manage, operate, fairly small and sits on a crowded dashboard, so it is a much more attractive item than a netbook. I have doubts also abo

I discover that Garmin have some time ago decided to cease providing map updates to units such as street pilot 2620 and 2610. A polite comment would be that am aggrieved by this...... Our unit works w

I would be interested to know how this can be true, given that there is no disinfection in the manufacturing process? Bottled water is generally marketed as 'pure' and unsullied, fresh from source etc

fwiw I used to work for a major water company, but my opinion is my own and has nothing to do with them..... The 90 litre tank in our MH is usually filled from a clean supply such our home mains, whic

Andy Clarke wrote: I simply emailed their contact us address pointing out what seemed to me to be a typo in their web page - the 50 pounds was probably intended top be 5 pounds, which in my experience

Neill King (MH-List) wrote:

[...] A large amount of malware over the recent years no longer comes from mischievous amateurs, eager to have fun. Organised crime spends money getting *quality* malware created with the intention of

I know it is 1st April, however, it does seem to be true. You will need red-green specs to see it though. As it happens I kept a pair for 30 years, just in case it would be useful...... alan cocks

Google Street View is now online over most of the UK A few months ago we used Sheffield street view to identify a 24 hour car park which looked ok for a night or two . Very useful indeed. We could eve

Hey, great! Thanks for the feedback Darren alan dazcaz wrote:

dazcaz wrote: Darren you may already have considered the possibility of GNU/Linux such as Ubuntu - even on your Acer? Like MAC software, GNU/Linux comes also from the Unix stable and is secure. Contac

ErnB .. wrote: Hymer cs 494 original as 3.0ton, 2.0L coachbuilt (Fiat Ducato): We had initial trouble with the gearbox, which seemed like manufacturing poor quality, and the aircon fan connector faile

James Cheney wrote: For walking I will expect to use google maps on my (recently bought) tmobile android based Pulse, which has gps awareness and internet access for google. I am amazed at what the cu

ErnB .. wrote: Unusually and most remarkably it looks as if it is based on 'free' as in 'freedom'. That is, not only free of cost, but free of the proprietary restraints that are so common in software