Faldo's DIY General thread

[maurice_brown]

I thought thats where I was heading towards alright.
When I put my hand to the radio the reception improves.

[LionelRitchie]

Download TuneIn radio on phone and play via Bluetooth over car radio. Stopgap measure for you

[Fagan_ODowd]

@maurice_brown

I thought thats where I was heading towards alright.
When I put my hand to the radio the reception improves.

It’s like an old Ferguson television

[EatSomeLotus]

@habanerocat

You’ll need to check the earths to all the electrical items. The main earth return wire from the battery bolts onto the frame of the car. Then all the electrical items earth onto the frame. So you’d have to check the earth back from all the other electrical items, starting with the biggest, like the alternator, starter, lights, everything really. And the radio obviously.

Could turn into a quagmire. Is there anything else electrical on the car half dodgy or intermittent? Is there anything else on the car that you can isolate (pulling fuses) to isolate the problem.

[EatSomeLotus]

@maurice_brown

there was a gps system in the vehicle once upon a time that’s since been deactivated, dunno if it’s relatedu

Electronic products emit radio-frequency interference. It’s typically low, but it still can be strong enough to interfere with nearby receivers, such as a radio. It could possibly be the GPS. In my car, when I’m charging my phone the FM radio reception goes to pot.

[maurice_brown]

We had a Pye you had to slap

[maurice_brown]

@EatSomeLotus

It could possibly be the GPS. In my car, when I’m charging my phone the FM radio reception goes to pot.

Gps has been deactivated but I reckon there’s something still interfering. My phone charging does the same.

[EatSomeLotus]

I’m still laughing at the reply you got above from @habanerocat. He wants you to dismantle your car entirely. You’d be as well off to convert the car from a manual to an automatic so you can drive around with one hand near the radio at all times.

[maurice_brown]

He’s on the right track though I think, got me chatting a fella here locally that can trace it.

[EatSomeLotus]

The electrical interference is doing you a favour, mate. Irish radio is shit.

[maurice_brown]

It’s better than me singing to meself

[EatSomeLotus]

You singing to yourself is still an order of magnitude better than listening to Joe Duffy or Dua Lipa.

[habanerocat]

Oh you of little faith.

[LionelRitchie]

Been on a 3 week DIY binge that has seen 2 bathrooms and the driveway being done. No foreign holidays this summer but, with the 3 projects coming close to fruition, there’s a serious sense of satisfaction and bit of pride of place from it all.

Anyway, one final job before I call it quits for the Summer, has anyone ever spraypainted their.log burning stove/fireplace yoke? Do’s and Dont’s?

[Ambrose_McNulty]

“Don’t” spray the glass.

[LionelRitchie]

Thanks chief, noted!

[habanerocat]

There’s such a thing as stove paint.
Have a good read of the tin first I suppose.

[LionelRitchie]

Yeah, was wondering if that paint had been successful for anyone else. Last thing I want is to be looking at a failed project bang centre of the sitting room all winter. Bit like the last wife in that regard!

[habanerocat]

That’s true alright

The last one I painted was with a Smokey black watery paint. But a quick google tells me they’re enamel based now which says shiny to me.

So I don’t know.

[Raylan]

What did you paint her with?