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Re: SSR.

Postby Icefever » Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:31 am

mashy wrote:I would change the fitting on the tank.
It gotta be easier :D


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A 2.25" boss would be very big stuck on the side...and as some one said the element would be a lot higher up the boiler...I've found an element (China) it's winging itself here... eta end of month....hence the need for a SSR.
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Re: SSR.

Postby Magnu420 » Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:58 pm

Icefever wrote:
mashy wrote:I would change the fitting on the tank.
It gotta be easier :D


Image If only.


A 2.25" boss would be very big stuck on the side...and as some one said the element would be a lot higher up the boiler...I've found an element (China) it's winging itself here... eta end of month....hence the need for a SSR.


i wouldnt count your chickens for a delivery for end of month,the chinks will be celebrating their lunar new year and its a two weeks of a job,by the time its all over
and get back to normal you be looking at the middle of march or later
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Re: SSR.

Postby Easydrinker » Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:38 pm

I banged an order into a Chinese supplier that I use frequently,on the 12th,knowing that they are "on holiday" 16th-26th.
They usually ship next day.
They are starting early this year,it has not been dispatched yet!

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Re: SSR.

Postby Icefever » Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:51 pm

Doh...fingers crossed...now't we can do about it. This is the problem when we can't buy what we want in the UK. ::)
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Re: SSR.

Postby Icefever » Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:15 am

I needed a 2w Potentiometer, so I ordered a pack of 5 from China on the 8th, they came this morning....how's that. First time I've bought from China..I don't think it'll be the last..Image

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Re: SSR.

Postby Mash » Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:35 am

I have always been impressed buying from China - they are also good when stuff goes wrong.
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Re: SSR.

Postby Sunshine » Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:32 pm

oh well, this can go in both ways: when I tried to import a very simple thing (something for decoration) from China, in the time before StillDragon, we ordered sample orders from various producers.

In the end, only one sample was like I ordered and the order itself was 30% damaged. It was a really simple item, but they just did not do well. Fortunately it was not much money for the samples, but the order itself was significant and the time until we got at least some money back was half a year....

Small items, where money loss do not hurt may be a good idea sometimes, but bigger things, even more, when warranty is important, are too risky for me.

StillDragon is made in China, this is no sectret. But there are things, that we don't do any more, like for example Tri-clamps could be bought cheaper from some factories, but we buy them only from one and they are not the cheapest on the market. Why? The cheaper ones broke and did not hold on long time. This is something, I don't want to see on a still with alocohol vapours in action. Sometimes only cheap is not all...
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Re: SSR.

Postby Icefever » Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:33 am

The 2nd parcel to arrive yesterday was the SSR..

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It comes complete with the heatsink..

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All I have to do now is find a box and start on a controller. ::)
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Re: SSR.

Postby black grouse » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:45 pm

Really crap pics but hopefully you understand.....

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Looks to me like thats how its wired, be best to check with a fluke tho :)
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