One hour & 45 minutes (& $1630) after calling the plumber I have a working hot water system. The previous unit could handle 16 litres per minute, this one does 26. Temp is regulated to no more than 50°C and there's no pilot light, the gas ignites via 240 volts on demand. I'm going for a shower now.
Plumber has arrived, is changing the unit over right now. I haven't showered or shaved for two days and it's hetting a bit smelly around me.
Great. Just what I didn't need to happen. My instantaneous gas hot water system has died, pissing water out everywhere. Plumber said it'll be around $1600 to fix it. It lasted about 15 or 16 years since it went in to teplace an older one. The cost then was $960.
Mac user group draws its annual raffle tomorrow at 3 pm. First prize, top-spec 12.9-in iPad Pro with Apple Pencil; 2nd prize is a $500 Apple Store card; 3rd prize is a 64 GB Apple TV 4 & 4th prize was donated by a member whose deceased husband never got to use it: a TEAC turntable/CD player/mp3 encoder.
I could use a big iPad.
We have the technology in the Men's Shed to do steelwork like this. So it makes sourcing Christmas gifts somewhat easier. I made this planter-pot wall/post mount myself. It's all cold twisted/curled & riveted with a single spot weld at the back. It's made from mild steel that's 15mm wide & 3mm thick. The equipment also guillotines the steel strips & punches out the rivet holes.
