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Ultimatevacman I have checked on postage rates, and since your 'coming clean', I assume money will be in short supply for you, so if you 'private message' a postal address to me, I'll bag them up and post them to you at my expense in the next few days. All best Dave T

Quality I have a Bosch PAS 900 'heavy Duty' (2" hose) wet/dry canister type cleaner. I picked it up 'nearly new', and it has done (and survived) some remarkably heavy work including 'loft filth' (the sooty, sandy gunk which accumulates in lofts in the industrial North) and 'drywall dust'. It...

Ecosystem I agree fully, NYCWriter. The problem is the costs involved in returning the water to a place and condition suitable for re-use by bill-paying humans... ;-) All best Dave T

Blade/cutter Looks like the smaller type of Flymo, with the (nearly useless) plastic cutters. If it IS a metal blade model, it may cut some grass. ;-) I agree with the replies re: undersized motor and belt drive. If you avoid wet (including dew) grass, you may get some life out of it. Treat it...

Socketman I don't wish to hijack this (resurrected) thread, but I have many old and (in some cases) odd-ball connectors (including 'professional / military types'). If this is a field of particular interest to you, perhaps we should utilise the 'messaging' facility on this wonderful site to...

Pets and Vacuum Cleaners The main reason for most pets avoiding Vacuum cleaners is the very loud high frequency (beyond the human range) sounds they produce. We can only hear the whine from the fan, there is also commutator noise and armature magnetostriction, which is at about 3-5 times the...

Re-using water We ALL need to do this.... My parents and their neighbours started doing the same in the 'Big Heat' of 1976, and never stopped... Nowadays, water is no longer a 'throwaway' commodity. All best Dave T

'Down to Last' Very useful feature..... I use it frequently.. I have an older, slower machine... It gets upset by too many pictures.... ;) All best Dave T

Spin dryer Wouldn't be without one..... Halves drying time in the Winter... Especially if you (like me) have an older, slower spinning, washer. All best Dave T

Carpet powders- a fix for modern living Evil machine-destroying stuff foisted upon a gullible public by clever marketing men, a 'quick-fix' patch for another problem with our modern lifestyle (here in the U.K. anyway), along with 'Febreeze', etc. The source of the problem is lack of ventilation...

Big Vacuum Cleaner The biggest vacuum cleaner (as opposed to dust extraction system) I ever saw was in the Central Stores of the local steelworks. It had two very large motors sat atop it, the drum (canister) was a little larger than a 50 gallon oil drum, and the hose was at least 3 inch...

Parts postage I'll check up on the cost of postage, Joe. I am also considering them 'spoken for' now (attention other members ;-) ). Best regards Dave T

Bakelite Nice in-line switch!! I still have several of the old light socket adaptors, also old plugs and sockets (30 amp 2-pin, 15amp 3-pin, 5amp 2-pin and 3-pin) which may be of interest to restorers or stage/television set/prop procurers..... All best Dave T

Dustin I think the 'standard' size for a 'static' trailer on a U.S. RV park is 70'X14'... These are smaller, probably about 50'X10', but otherwise much the same. The main difference is that here you are usually kept awake at night by the near-constant rain drumming on the roof... ;-) All best...

Cold only / Hot & Cold fill I'm not sure, but I think that some of the 'efficiency' attributed to cold-fill-only washers, is that they may use slightly shorter cycles, due to the 'soak time' available while the water heats, plus the compilers of the data will probably assume all-electric...

Tools Yes, I still have them, no-one has expressed any desire to collect them. It should be stressed that they are in a similar condition to the machine..... Tatty, used, but not split/broken. All best Dave T

'Coming Clean' Well done, Joe, on 'coming clean'.. There is probably much fun to be had in the 'Junior Area', which is closed to the rest of us. I'm sure that everyone connected with the site appreciates the compliment you gave them by wanting to join immediately. :) With deep respect Dave T

Electric strimmer problem I agree with Dustin.... This is the usual failure mode for Electric strimmers. Either the bearings themselves wear out, or the bosses in the plastic casework which hold them become elliptical. Either way, armature meets field, and much heat is evolved. R.I.P...

Livingston I have an old Livingston 2-manual which is only 24" front to rear. I would imagine that most consoles would be designed to fit through a standard doorway. All best Dave T

Stoke on Trent I have just been rather surprised to see that my thread has been 'resurrected'. :-O I have (since RichardC collected the other stuff) found a couple of Dyson attachments lying around. These being a crevice tool, a small elliptical brush with an angled swivel, and an adaptor...