Friday 8 December 2017

Winter Sets In

Cold and Dark
are the watch words for this morning
Bonus , though
The Xmas tree in the front yard is stellar
simply stellar

Sorry the top tree 
snuck in ( backyard tree )
Bottom photo is the front yard - stellar tree

On the car front , I purchased a portable DC air pump. The advertising claims ' up to 300 PSI '. Great. But it chugs away like the ' little train that could ' .
I used a DC power pack on the premise that if the pump does something bad , at least its the power pack that gets destroyed.
And not the car electrical system
Good plan but after 3 tires ( on a very cold day ) the power pack ran out of juice.
Plan B , the AC pump and air tank , the old reliable , to the rescue.
5 minutes and all done. The AC air pump is 20 yrs old and has been jury rigged w/out a pressure gauge ( kinda keeps going ). The pressurized tank holds up to 8 cu ft at 100 Psi. Both are very bulky but dependable

The portable pump has a gauge in ' bar ' as readings. I'm assuming , it means ' millibars' or 1000 bar is normal pressure. So why advertise 300 PSI ( which is a lie ) when you measure in ' bar '.
Well , its cute , the pump.

BTW , the sun came roaring out and its a great day 


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