Poor design TV aerial system

[Dustydog]

No terrestrial TV last two weeks away😥

Did a structured continuity test from the aerial via the amplifier back to the cable TV end. Dead between the amplifier and TV🤬.The cable disappears into a hole in the ceiling and comes out of another hole 6 feet away. Solution. Install a new cable. Impossible to pull the old one out.
After removing two panels and the microwave, eureka. Found the problem . A cable joiner behind the microwave had come apart! Must be all the years of vibration. A quick clean up and retighten, all working again.

Why on earth Bailey didn’t use a single section is beyond me. How would you know the join was behind the micro wave. Very poor design again 🙉

 

[otherclive]

Must have been those Shropshire potholes that started the failure. Nice work finding it. 👍

 

[borderbilly]

I would have wrapped it in insulation tape

 

[Dustydog]

I would have wrapped it in insulation tape

More weight!😁

 

[Beachball]

At least you found the problem and sorted it

 

[Buckman]

Bailey are doing you a favour by getting the grey matter moving so you should be thanking them for their wonderful design. LOL. 🤣 🤣

 

[Dustydog]

Bailey are doing you a favour by getting the grey matter moving so you should be thanking them for their wonderful design. LOL. 🤣 🤣

There really is something wrong the way caravans are still designed to be failures.

The Prof mentioned this point yesterday.

Every time we go away something breaks , I honestly can’t remember when we had a breakdown free holiday. Last week the grill started playing up. More dirt / rust in the gas pipes.

A tap with my mini hammer fixed it. But I expect by the end of the season I will have to remove and strip down and clean the grill for the fourth time in 17 years🙀.

 

[Andy Norfolk]

I often think people who design things should be made to use them and maintain them. I used to work in facilities management and had hundreds of arguments (debates) with architects during fit outs who would propose something that looked lovely but was virtually impossible to clean or maintain. Generally they stared into space as if I was talking a foreign language.

 

[Buckman]

I often think people who design things should be made to use them and maintain them. I used to work in facilities management and had hundreds of arguments (debates) with architects during fit outs who would propose something that looked lovely but was virtually impossible to clean or maintain. Generally they stared into space as if I was talking a foreign language.

Didn't the Jag XJ have a seal between the gearbox and engine costing less than £1, but thousands to remove the engine to access the seal? That is very poor design with no forward thinking. I think the Discovery had a similar issue?

 

[Sam Vimes]

Yes every time we go away something breaks. This time Mrs V's wrist.