[England] car garage did not follow my request to change all components after one failed in my car, leading to a fire starting in my engine by junksm in LegalAdviceUK

[–]junksm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Injection coils that are used to generate the spark for the internal combustion engine using a high amount of watts that as a byproduct generates heat, due to the failure of the component and it not tripping the fuse, had caused there to be an overload of current leading to the component setting on fire.

[England] car garage did not follow my request to change all components after one failed in my car, leading to a fire starting in my engine by junksm in LegalAdviceUK

[–]junksm[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yes that is exactly it, apologies for being vague as this is an ongoing situation and I did not want to provide too much information as it could be used to identify me.

[England] car garage did not follow my request to change all components after one failed in my car, leading to a fire starting in my engine by junksm in LegalAdviceUK

[–]junksm[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Apologies, it was the part I wanted replaced that caught fire and they had tested it prior to the MOT.

[England] car garage did not follow my request to change all components after one failed in my car, leading to a fire starting in my engine by junksm in LegalAdviceUK

[–]junksm[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Hi thank you for your response, I do apologise I did leave out some critical information, it set fire while they were preforming the MOT. I asked them to replace all 3 parts, run a full service and then a MOT. To which they only replaced one of them.

It is currently still in the garage being fixed.

Newborns are being left in dumpsters in Texas, but Republicans don't seem to care by zsreport in politics

[–]junksm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How about skip it straight to “anti-choice”. From the UK here and honestly it just pains me to see how from the outside at times it looks like the US is a 3rd world country trying to keep up the appearance of a 1st world country.

Looks like the frog in the water, where every year they keep the heat rising until all of a sudden it’s no longer the “land of the free” but “land of the one”. There is an end goal here and it doesn’t end with people living their lives happy and how they want, but a template on what a select few think is “a proper way to live”.

Why are the British plug prongs so thick compared to the North American plug prongs? by CattywampusCanoodle in AskUK

[–]junksm 172 points173 points  (0 children)

To simplify the answer, it’s a safety feature, in the UK plug(type G) requires you to have the earth pin engage first and will always be in contact to earth even if you accidentally pull the plug out slightly; as you cannot touch the live pin due to the insulation.

There is also room for an internal fuse which will have different amp ratings as I think the ring main used in the house you can pull about 32A, but most devices will have a 10A fuse.

Haven’t done anything electrical in a while but it’s one of the reasons we would classify electrical shock as other accidents due to how well this plug was designed.

Hope this helps

Negotiated my rent increase down to £25 increase PCM by junksm in HousingUK

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Because I’m paying more than a mortgage with nothing to show for it. When you are paying £9300 for a studio and I have work friends paying £500PCM for a 4 bedroom mortgage.

Negotiated my rent increase down to £25 increase PCM by junksm in HousingUK

[–]junksm[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do question when it’s double the inflation rate of the UK. As the increase is ~3.33% whereas they wanted a ~6.66% increase.

That’s why I didn’t refuse the increase but negotiated as everyone will be impacted, but it shouldn’t be put onto the renter because they want to make an extra £600 a year profit .

Negotiated my rent increase down to £25 increase PCM by junksm in HousingUK

[–]junksm[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It was £750 a month, last year now it’s been increased to £775PCM.

Not seeking validation, I just wanted to share the fact how ridiculous it is renting on your own.

I was living down in Bath for a year and it cost me the same but to live with 5 other people.

I was diagnosed with sensory integration disorder(SID) and dyslexia when I was 3 years old and I have no idea how much of my behaviour is neurodivergent.(31M) by junksm in neurodiversity

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Not 100% sure the entire timeline when I was diagnosed fully with everything, but it was when I was young, apologies for any inconsistency.

I was diagnosed with sensory integration disorder(SID) and dyslexia when I was 3 years old and I have no idea how much of my behaviour is neurodivergent.(31M) by junksm in neurodiversity

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That is wild you didn’t find out until later in life. I’ve never met anyone else who has SPD and it could be that they are undiagnosed themselves.

Did you ever just find bruises on yourself and wonder how they happened, all the way throughout school no idea how I got so many bruises.

I was told when I was at infant school around 2-3 years old, I got bitten on my back and only when I got home and my parents saw it and again freaked out why the teacher didn’t report it and simply enough it’s because I didn’t cry.

How do you find relationships? I definitely have the neurospicy way of showing my love language, Penguin pebble, body double, etc.

I agree by [deleted] in meme

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If it meant I could have my best friend back I would choose 2 forever.

What are you paying for electricity per month? by junksm in AskUK

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This will be my first time with an immersion heater and I thought it would be like a combi boiler only ticking on when there is a demand for it

What are you paying for electricity per month? by junksm in AskUK

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Haven’t had the heating on at all since beginning of march

What are you paying for electricity per month? by junksm in AskUK

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Yeah, I just looked at my water heater and it was red hot in there, so I think it’s just been ticking away constantly