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E/PRACT1
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| Filename: | E/PRACT1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 069C bytes |
| Load address: | 31204556 |
| Exec address: | D6C6156 |
File contents
Some time ago I saved myself `35.00 by reparing my Aqualisa shower mixer in my bathroom. I happened to mention it to Gus when he took over as editor of EUG and he asked me to write about it. He said that he would give me a drawing program so that I could draw a diagram on my Electron. It hasn't come yet so I am just going to write the text and hope that anyone who is interested can understand what I did. The mixer began to leak very badly around the area of the knob which controls the flow. This happened even when the shower was turned off. I took it apart and found that the front assembly was held in by four screws about 1 1/2 inches long. Two of these screws had pieces of copper sheath on their ends which were the remains of the thread into which they should go to hold the front onto the main body of the mixer. I telephoned Aqualisa and was told that a replacement body was needed costing as I said `35.00 plus vat. I wasn't going to pay that so I looked at the unit again and noticed that there were four screws at the back in the same place as the ones on the front.I realised that the copper sheath was put into the middle of the body to act as a mutual thread for two screws and by removing this copper sheath from each of the four holes I could put one long screw into each hole so reparing the unit. I bought four screws M5 10 cm. long from a local hardware store, used one to knock the copper sheaths out of each of the four holes and reassembled unit using the new screws. Total cost was about `1.50 and the shower works fine. Val Black THANKS VAL. SORRY ABOUT DIAGRAM.
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It has| 00000130 6e 27 74 20 63 6f 6d 65 20 79 65 74 20 0d 73 6f |n't come yet .so| 00000140 20 10 49 20 10 61 6d 20 10 6a 75 73 74 20 10 67 | .I .am .just .g| 00000150 6f 69 6e 67 20 10 74 6f 20 10 77 72 69 74 65 20 |oing .to .write | 00000160 10 74 68 65 20 10 74 65 78 74 20 10 61 6e 64 20 |.the .text .and | 00000170 68 6f 70 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 |hope that anyone| 00000180 20 77 68 6f 20 69 73 20 0d 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 | who is .interes| 00000190 74 65 64 20 63 61 6e 20 75 6e 64 65 72 73 74 61 |ted can understa| 000001a0 6e 64 20 77 68 61 74 20 49 20 64 69 64 2e 0d 0d |nd what I did...| 000001b0 54 68 65 20 10 6d 69 78 65 72 20 10 62 65 67 61 |The .mixer .bega| 000001c0 6e 20 10 74 6f 20 10 6c 65 61 6b 20 10 76 65 72 |n .to .leak .ver| 000001d0 79 20 62 61 64 6c 79 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 |y badly around t| 000001e0 68 65 20 61 72 65 61 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6b |he area of the k| 000001f0 6e 6f 62 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 0d 63 6f 6e 74 72 |nob which .contr| 00000200 6f 6c 73 20 10 74 68 65 20 10 66 6c 6f 77 2e 20 |ols .the .flow. | 00000210 54 68 69 73 20 68 61 70 70 65 6e 65 64 20 65 76 |This happened ev| 00000220 65 6e 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 6f 77 |en when the show| 00000230 65 72 20 77 61 73 20 74 75 72 6e 65 64 20 6f 66 |er was turned of| 00000240 66 2e 20 49 20 0d 74 6f 6f 6b 20 10 69 74 20 10 |f. I .took .it .| 00000250 61 70 61 72 74 20 10 61 6e 64 20 10 66 6f 75 6e |apart .and .foun| 00000260 64 20 10 74 68 61 74 20 10 74 68 65 20 66 72 6f |d .that .the fro| 00000270 6e 74 20 61 73 73 65 6d 62 6c 79 20 77 61 73 20 |nt assembly was | 00000280 68 65 6c 64 20 69 6e 20 62 79 20 66 6f 75 72 20 |held in by four | 00000290 0d 73 63 72 65 77 73 20 10 61 62 6f 75 74 20 31 |.screws .about 1| 000002a0 20 31 2f 32 20 69 6e 63 68 65 73 20 6c 6f 6e 67 | 1/2 inches long| 000002b0 2e 20 54 77 6f 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 73 |. Two of these s| 000002c0 63 72 65 77 73 20 68 61 64 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 |crews had pieces| 000002d0 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 70 70 65 72 20 0d 73 68 65 61 | of copper .shea| 000002e0 74 68 20 10 6f 6e 20 10 74 68 65 69 72 20 10 65 |th .on .their .e| 000002f0 6e 64 73 20 10 77 68 69 63 68 20 10 77 65 72 65 |nds .which .were| 00000300 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 | the remains of | 00000310 74 68 65 20 74 68 72 65 61 64 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 |the thread into | 00000320 77 68 69 63 68 20 0d 74 68 65 79 20 73 68 6f 75 |which .they shou| 00000330 6c 64 20 10 67 6f 20 74 6f 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 74 |ld .go to hold t| 00000340 68 65 20 66 72 6f 6e 74 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 |he front onto th| 00000350 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 62 6f 64 79 20 6f 66 20 74 |e main body of t| 00000360 68 65 20 6d 69 78 65 72 2e 0d 0d 49 20 10 74 65 |he mixer...I .te| 00000370 6c 65 70 68 6f 6e 65 64 20 10 41 71 75 61 6c 69 |lephoned .Aquali| 00000380 73 61 20 10 61 6e 64 20 10 77 61 73 20 74 6f 6c |sa .and .was tol| 00000390 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 72 65 70 6c 61 63 65 |d that a replace| 000003a0 6d 65 6e 74 20 62 6f 64 79 20 77 61 73 20 6e 65 |ment body was ne| 000003b0 65 64 65 64 20 0d 63 6f 73 74 69 6e 67 20 61 73 |eded .costing as| 000003c0 20 49 20 73 61 69 64 20 60 33 35 2e 30 30 20 70 | I said `35.00 p| 000003d0 6c 75 73 20 76 61 74 2e 0d 0d 49 20 10 77 61 73 |lus vat...I .was| 000003e0 6e 27 74 20 10 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 10 74 6f 20 10 |n't .going .to .| 000003f0 70 61 79 20 10 74 68 61 74 20 73 6f 20 49 20 6c |pay .that so I l| 00000400 6f 6f 6b 65 64 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 75 6e 69 |ooked at the uni| 00000410 74 20 61 67 61 69 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 69 |t again and noti| 00000420 63 65 64 20 10 0d 74 68 61 74 20 10 74 68 65 72 |ced ..that .ther| 00000430 65 20 77 65 72 65 20 66 6f 75 72 20 73 63 72 65 |e were four scre| 00000440 77 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 63 6b 20 69 |ws at the back i| 00000450 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 |n the same place| 00000460 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 | as the ones on | 00000470 10 0d 74 68 65 20 10 66 72 6f 6e 74 2e 10 10 49 |..the .front...I| 00000480 20 72 65 61 6c 69 73 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 | realised that t| 00000490 68 65 20 63 6f 70 70 65 72 20 73 68 65 61 74 68 |he copper sheath| 000004a0 20 77 61 73 20 70 75 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 | was put into th| 000004b0 65 20 6d 69 64 64 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 0d 74 68 65 |e middle of .the| 000004c0 20 10 62 6f 64 79 20 10 74 6f 20 10 61 63 74 20 | .body .to .act | 000004d0 61 73 20 61 20 6d 75 74 75 61 6c 20 74 68 72 65 |as a mutual thre| 000004e0 61 64 20 66 6f 72 20 74 77 6f 20 73 63 72 65 77 |ad for two screw| 000004f0 73 20 61 6e 64 20 62 79 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 69 6e |s and by removin| 00000500 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 0d 63 6f 70 70 65 72 20 10 |g this .copper .| 00000510 73 68 65 61 74 68 20 10 10 66 72 6f 6d 20 10 65 |sheath ..from .e| 00000520 61 63 68 20 10 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 75 72 |ach .of the four| 00000530 20 68 6f 6c 65 73 20 49 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 70 | holes I could p| 00000540 75 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 73 63 72 65 |ut one long scre| 00000550 77 20 0d 69 6e 74 6f 20 65 61 63 68 20 68 6f 6c |w .into each hol| 00000560 65 20 73 6f 20 10 72 65 70 61 72 69 6e 67 20 74 |e so .reparing t| 00000570 68 65 20 75 6e 69 74 2e 0d 0d 49 20 62 6f 75 67 |he unit...I boug| 00000580 68 74 20 66 6f 75 72 20 73 63 72 65 77 73 20 4d |ht four screws M| 00000590 35 20 31 30 20 63 6d 2e 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 66 72 |5 10 cm. long fr| 000005a0 6f 6d 20 61 20 6c 6f 63 61 6c 20 68 61 72 64 77 |om a local hardw| 000005b0 61 72 65 20 73 74 6f 72 65 2c 20 75 73 65 64 20 |are store, used | 000005c0 6f 6e 65 20 0d 74 6f 20 10 10 6b 6e 6f 63 6b 20 |one .to ..knock | 000005d0 10 10 74 68 65 20 10 10 63 6f 70 70 65 72 20 10 |..the ..copper .| 000005e0 73 68 65 61 74 68 73 20 10 6f 75 74 20 10 6f 66 |sheaths .out .of| 000005f0 20 10 65 61 63 68 20 10 6f 66 20 10 74 68 65 20 | .each .of .the | 00000600 66 6f 75 72 20 68 6f 6c 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 0d |four holes and .| 00000610 72 65 61 73 73 65 6d 62 6c 65 64 20 75 6e 69 74 |reassembled unit| 00000620 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 73 | using the new s| 00000630 63 72 65 77 73 2e 20 54 6f 74 61 6c 20 63 6f 73 |crews. Total cos| 00000640 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 60 31 2e 35 |t was about `1.5| 00000650 30 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 0d 73 68 6f 77 65 |0 and the .showe| 00000660 72 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 66 69 6e 65 2e 0d 0d 56 |r works fine...V| 00000670 61 6c 20 42 6c 61 63 6b 0d 0d 54 48 41 4e 4b 53 |al Black..THANKS| 00000680 20 56 41 4c 2e 20 53 4f 52 52 59 20 41 42 4f 55 | VAL. SORRY ABOU| 00000690 54 20 44 49 41 47 52 41 4d 2e 20 0d |T DIAGRAM. .| 0000069c
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