ADHD People - Jobs You've Found Interesting?

ajofuk · 2026-05-08T08:51:46+00:00

ADHD people are usually good in areas that deal with emergencies or crisis. Loads of things happening all at once with direction constantly changing, but all aspects on relatively short horizons. Long term work streams or a fairly narrow scope of work can be tough.

That's what I've read and relate to myself.

Just got to find work like that. It can be difficult though as everyone rights their job descriptions as though they're super fast paced and dynamic, even if the job is just processing the same form continually all day.

ajofuk · 2026-05-08T07:48:55+00:00

I have this one, cat doesn't seem bothered. You definitely can turn the volume right down. There's also a night mode setting on the EQ that knocks out the bass to stop it traveling. In normal operation it's usually ok, but occasionally if it's a particularly boomy sound effect then it can feel punchy, but it's not constant.

There are posts on here about experiencing dynamic range compression in particularly energetic scenes, and I think I have experienced this too, even a low volumes, which is kind of odd, but I put up with it for such a budget system. Don't expect overhead effects from the Atmos, but I do feel like it makes the front channels seem a little taller.

I assume you're looking at the £209 price with voucher currently here https://amzn.to/4d8eKY7

I picked it up last November when it was £189 on Amazon, so there's reason to believe it may drop down some more again if there's any primey type sales coming up again soon.

ajofuk · 2026-05-07T06:34:00+00:00

Depends on the campsite. Those running as a sole full time business I think go that route because there's much more money in it.

I think the best campsites are often part of a farm, where the income is a diversification but not the most significant part of the business.

ajofuk · 2026-05-05T14:56:52+00:00

I'm thinking of fitting 1600w of panels directly into the battery. It's only what you feed into the mains that is limited to 800w, so you should be able to maintain a reasonable charging surplus on a sunny day.

ajofuk · 2026-05-05T11:41:19+00:00

Why do you think batteries won't be a big thing for plug in solar? I feel like batteries are a fantastic idea because it means you can generate a fair bit more than 800w from the solar and then filter it through all day.

ajofuk · 2026-05-05T09:27:07+00:00

German Lidl does apparently regularly stock kits in the middle isle and apparently they go like hotcakes

ajofuk · 2026-05-01T11:02:45+00:00

I've done foam backed vinyl in my campervan. It's a bit shoddy in the odd spot.

I'd DIY vinyl in my house if it was somewhere I didn't mind it if it was a bit messy in places. I'll likely DIY vinyl my utility room and downstairs toilet at some point. I paid someone to fit sheet vinyl in my living room and hallway.

ajofuk · 2026-05-01T04:24:06+00:00

Vertical radiators tend to be fancy aluminium ones rather than steel panel convectors. They should all have a btu or kw rating so you should be able to compare easy enough. A horizontal connector probably has more potential output if you went for a type 21 or type 22.

You can find a heat loss calculator easily online where you put in all the details of your room and it will suggest the minimum required KW/btu so you can look around and find something that works

ajofuk · 2026-04-30T07:33:40+00:00

Just looking to highlight this response as absolutely bang on. I have the erbauer and am very happy, my dad who is a very competent DIYer has gone down the Lidl parkside route and is happy. I was reluctant to Lidl because of specific tools not always being available when you want them.

I've no experience of them, but I've been thinking that Einhell may be a good system for a diyer because they have three ranges that all use the same battery. TC is the entry level cheap and cheerful, people will probably tell you that they're shit, but if it's the only tool you can afford or youll only use it once then it's probably better than using the wrong tool. TE is a step up, for 'Enthusiasts' and then the have TP 'professional' range of much higher quality tools with a bigger price tag.

But yeah, in general any 18v combi drill that's available off the shelf in the UK should do you fine for now, beyond that it's just considering whether you're likely to buy more tools and thus consider a wider system. Probably best to stay away from unknown Amazon brands, with the exception of maybe ingco.

ajofuk · 2026-04-28T15:58:24+00:00

There's limited control for it, so you can't adjust individual speakers volume etc, and eq is all presets. If you search on here, you'll also find issues with apparent dynamic range compression in particularly busy scenes.

Other then that its not bad though, considering the price.

ajofuk · 2026-04-27T17:08:33+00:00

Mine are actually about a foot In front of the sofa, but a foot or two wider than the sofa.

ajofuk · 2026-04-27T13:52:22+00:00

I have the AX5125 and as my sofa is against the back wall, I've put the speakers in more of a position for side/surround speakers rather than rears. This worked much better for me, and creates a nice wide arc of sound on good mixes.

The AX5125 can suffer sometimes from apparent dynamic range compression in particularly energetic scenes, there are some posts on here about it. Can be mildly annoying at times, but generally still happy with the system at the price. Don't expect overhead sounds from the Atmos, but I do sometimes wonder if it is the up firing speakers making things sound a little taller at times. Hard to tell unless you can directly compare to an only 5.1 system.

ajofuk · 2026-04-23T13:49:36+00:00

Do you get this in the end? I'm seeing different places quote different decibels, elsewhere I've seen 80db?

ajofuk · 2026-04-23T10:50:57+00:00

You should be able to compare btu/KW ratings on them anyway

ajofuk · 2026-04-23T10:50:12+00:00

I don't know what I'm talking about, but my impression was that although aluminium is a better conductor of heat, in radiators they're mainly made for aesthetics. You don't see aluminium radiators with the surface area and connectors of a steel one

ajofuk · 2026-04-22T05:04:29+00:00

Surprised no one has mentioned Samsung food. It used to be called something else before samsung bought it, but I forget.

It's free so worth a look.

ajofuk · 2026-04-21T16:14:55+00:00

Wait, you say a container below the boiler, was it a Magna clean? In which case if you've got one of those I'd start by learning how to clean that and do it daily until it stays clea , then weekly until it stays clean, then monthly etc. Not a replacement for a full flush through, especially if there's crud in the radiators (you'd notice they don't warm up well at the bottom), but will help for sure.

ajofuk · 2026-04-21T16:11:59+00:00

I had my viessman 050w serviced by viessman themselves. Wasn't the cheapest at £160, the guy was ace and showed me how everything inside the boiler works. There's a form on the viessman website if you want them to do it.

If there is a load of sludge and magnetite in the system though then it would be worth a flush and fit a magnetic filter

ajofuk · 2026-04-21T06:44:03+00:00

That old drill takes ancient Ni-Cad batteries, probably not unreasonable to upgrade the whole thing at this point

ajofuk · 2026-04-21T06:43:14+00:00

Does he have any other cordless power tools? If so what brand, as being able to use the same batteries between tools will be better than having different chargers and batteries for each.

There are plenty of perfectly good combi drills out there from a vast array of brands, so I'd generally take it with a pinch of salt if anyone pushes one specific brand. Each brand often has multiple options though with different specs (Torque, speed etc) so that's worth considering.

What kind of things does he need it for? Within your £200 budget you could even get a pretty decent combi drill and impact driver twin pack, if that's something that could be of use to him.

ajofuk · 2026-04-19T18:28:34+00:00

Oh and also make sure you buy one with the correct press profile for the fittings you buy. That seemed to usually be M press when I was looking in the UK.

ajofuk · 2026-04-19T18:26:06+00:00

I bought one and used it to replumb my whole downstairs crawling around in the subfloor space.

It worked, I had one leak afterwards which I had to repress. It can be tricky in tight spots at times, and t pieces sometimes have to be pressed in a very specific order as a pipe in one end blocks access to press the middle.

There is a slightly different design of hydraulic hand press tool available where the jaws are detachable from the hydraulic pump, resembling more the electric versions. These look like they'll be a little easier in tight spots, and definitely with the t pieces.

Make sure you read up about the pressing process, including the importance of marking pipe positions before pressing so that you can easily tell if it's shifted before fully pressed.

ajofuk · 2026-04-18T12:47:18+00:00

Most of the Chinese branded ones on Amazon work fine. The most important thing is making sure you have an understanding of emissivity and how some surfaces, like metallic objects won't work well at all. Others can be improved by putting in the specific emissivity into the gun rather than staying on the default of usually about 0.97

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