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Postby ChrisB » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:42 am

aminorjourney wrote:I've got some radios - 2 way jobbies :)

They have a range of about 2km but our last road outing with them wasn't a success! :)

Nikki.


Yeah I have to admit I do wonder how much interferance we'll get of the DC motors on them :oops: :?

Might be worth bunging them in the bags just incase , I'll have mine anyway.

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Postby aminorjourney » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:34 am

I'll bring ours if I can find em :)

Of course, we now have a nice yellow flashing light for the Prius - proper support vehicle style! :)
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Postby ChrisB » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:56 am

aminorjourney wrote:Of course, we now have a nice yellow flashing light for the Prius - proper support vehicle style! :)


How embarrassing :oops: :lol: :lol:

(ChrisB makes note to get away first) :lol:

Does this mean the Banana isnt coming ?? :cry:

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Postby booboo » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:07 pm

Good luck to everyone for tomorrow.

I hope to meet a few of you at Brighton later in the afternoon.
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Postby ChrisB » Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:14 pm

Right only just remembered to put the van on charge :oops:

Forced a EQ charge on it for tonight which should balance everything up nicely and also means a longer charge time and possibley warmer batts, but then its going to be a fair few hours before I'll be using it :roll:

Gennys loaded and a few Ext Leads , some test meters and minor tools

Lets hope we dont need any of them 8)

Right just need to set my alarm for silly o'clock ready for JC's pickup.

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Postby ChrisB » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:34 am

Yawn , why do we do this to ourselves :roll:

ChrisB wrote:Right only just remembered to put the van on charge :oops:


mmmmm Still charging currently :? looks like I might have boo boo'd the amount of time required to carry out a charge + the EQ ??

Cant be far off mind you as its sat at 100%

Depending on how things go and if I get time, I'll try and give a few updates here on my phone but posting by phone is never easy :roll:

Good luck one and all

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Postby ChrisB » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:26 pm

Right we are now at the halfway point.
So far everyones still going strong.
Some are currently having a re-charge while we are having nibbles.

Only one small issue was robs charge lead for his Blingo melted the 16a plug and the nutral burnt out.

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Postby ChrisB » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:43 pm

whey hey we have arrived 8)

been here for a good hour getting topped up.

its been a lovely day and i think so far without any major hiccups.

pics will follow over the next few days i suspect .

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Postby booboo » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:38 pm

It was nice to meet a few more people and match faces to names from the forum :mrgreen: .

Glorious weather, and lots of interest from people walking by - the day seems to have been success. Well done to those that managed the full London to Brighton.

Must admit, I didnt see any evidence of solar panel companies or Brighton "sunnyday" sponsors etc. Did they wimp out or just leave very early ? :wink:
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Postby qdos » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:19 pm

That was great fun ! I thoroughly enjoyed it Thanks to John for setting it up once again and I will definately be along for the next.

Met lots of people both in the club and non menbers along with plenty of public too. Fortunately I had some spare magazines to had and was able to let some of the very interested public have some copies which went down a treat! not least of which were the couple at the base of Ditchling Becon who have invited us to use the safety of their lane for recharging and a mustering point for the assualt on the hill. They were thrilled to see us and delighted with the copy of Plugged In.

We even got at least 2 folk join up to the BVS

More of the same please ! :D


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