doctorchee

On 12/5/2012 at 8:20 PM, Leckyman said:

Nice little write up.

I had a TDR 250 for a good few years here, mostly spent in bits in my garage. But when it did go, it went well.

I miss it.

Hi 

i know this tread is long overdue, but i just happened to see it. 

do you still own your TDR250? is it for sales? 

i am actually looking for a yamaha 2 stroke twin engine. RD350, TZR250 etc. 

i am planning to do a 2 stroke cafe racer. 

thanks. 

Moved to hobbies.

Sorry about it. I didn't know there is a hobbies sections.

thanks for moving it.

Hi All Expat or Local Friends

I am looking for some friends to ride bike or drive car together.

I am from Singapore age 38 and stay in Sathorn area. I have a small personal garage as well mainly for hobby purpose. (sometimes do have customer lol) I stay in Thailand for about 8 years already. I can speak Thai as well.

I love to ride bikes and drive car. but not really have a good friend to do so. this make the hobby getting cold. so I hope I can meet up some new friends here to continue the hobby in more enjoyable way. All expat or local Thai is welcome.

I love to be in action rather than park the vehicle and show them in a café drinking coffee. I hope you get what I mean. However, I am not professional. I just like to have fun with the machine.

my ride is below:

Car:

1) bmw E36 with M52 2.8L engine doing manual conversion now and will turbo it in the near future. love to go track and drag

2) Fiat 600, building 1 now with SR20DET. 1st car that I will DIY from sratch. topless design and hope to achieve 400hp with 800kg only.

Bike:

1) Yamaha Filano 100% stock (lol 1st vehicle in life remain untouch). use for daily transportation

2) looking to build 1 Street Fighter stunt bike now. looking at Kawasaki ZX6 or Yamaha R6. but preferred to have friends for this sport first before building 1. Would like to continue to learn wheelies, stoppies etc

3) Dirt bike. would be interesting if there is some friends as well.

I hope there is someone out there having the same hobby and frequency looking for friends as well. I have attached a photo of my young days (20years ago). this is who I am and I want to repeat history again. anyone that feels the same, please please call me. lets go riding or driving in action!

Please contact me.

Regards

Derrick Chee (DC)

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Hey all,

I wanted to change out some 2 wire ungrounded sockets and run new wire and install 3 wire sockets. I have heard people say that Bticino is a good choice. This was my first experience with this brand of product. So far I'm not impressed.

I bought a box of 10 model M9025G from Global house along with the associated boxes and coverplates needed.

Went back to the site and proceeded to do the install of the sockets.

The install complete. All wiring and voltage checks done its time for the real test.

I reached for the first 3 prong plug I had to try the socket. I had great difficulty inserting the plug. After some manipulating the plug it finally inserted. I tried again on the same socket. Same issue. Moved to the others and found out of 5 duplex sockets at least 3 were very difficult to insert the plug. One was so bad I changed it out with another new one.

Since then I have done some looking at the sockets a little closer here at home under a magnifying glass. I took one apart to see what's up.

The sockets I bought are a version called Majic Advance line model M9025G. This is a duplex 250v 16A grounded socket. It appears in many of their brochures. It shows a "child proof" feature that says only an actual plug can be inserted. It is also called a "universal" socket.

From my investigation at home it appears that the child proofing feature is most to blame for the plugs not inserting easily. I tested various plugs both 2 and 3 prong. Of the remaining sockets I have (5) 3 were not easy to insert a plug. You have to jiggle and play around to get the plug in.

After disassembly I can see the child proof device is a plastic module that is spring loaded and should open when any proper plug is pushed into the socket but if only one side is pushed such as if a kid were to try to push a screwdriver blade into the socket the device is designed to essentially lock the socket preventing the device from opening. A proper plug will push equally on both sides of the device allowing the sliding internal mechanism to open and allow the plug into the socket.

It would seem this device is not foolproof enough and does not open every time a plug is push in. At least on the ones I bought.

So with all of this said and done. I will be building a house soon and buying numerous sockets.

Does anyone out there, especially Crossy or Elkangrito have any input into what is the best choice for sockets?

All input to this question is valuable

Thanks

Hi

i work in a thailand based office (own by Germany) that sell electrical switches. quality and very beautiful. however, price is higher also..

world wide web jung.de or www.jungasia.com

avaiable in Thailand.

let me know if you need any information or help or advise in electrical. i work in this field for about ten years already..

lastly, i don't own this company or do i have any commission.

oh i from Singapore. boss send me here to work.

good luck.

Regards

Derrick Chee

089 7888 660

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