23.11.2023 [2] Buzzrack e-Scorpion 1 e-bike rack.

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2nd post today.

 12.45. My car, tow hook mounted, cycle rack has arrived. The young driver was pleasant and carried the heavy box over to the door. Before taking a confirmation of delivery picture and departing into the rain. 

 The Buzzrack e-Scorpion 1 was well packed. Ensuring an immediate sense of confidence in my purchase. I quickly unboxed the rack and experimented with its adjustment. 

 It seems very sturdy at the expense of some considerable weight. [13.5kg] It is designed specifically for a single, large and heavy, long wheelbase e-bike weighing a maximum of 30kg. A two e-bike model [e-Scorpion 2] is also available and able to carry double the load.

 A handle and wheels are provided. To make light work of moving the folded rack about on smooth surfaces. Lifting it into a car boot with a high threshold might tax a small woman. Though the comfortable handle will help. The rack will also be required to be lifted onto the tow hook ball of course. Though it is supposed to be immediately stable once lowered into place on the ball. I bought the matching steel ramp to aid loading the heavy Moustache e-bike onto the rack. The ramp is telescopic in three sections for compactness.

 The inclement weather does not readily lend itself to a photography session. So I will keep an eye out for a break between showers.  

 The two light units are separated for delivery. These are mounted on a generous length of cable terminated in a 13pin plug. I need a 7 pin plug for my shiny new tow hook on the Morris Minor. 

 Though readily available, the 13-7 pin adapters are considered a poor, long term choice. Clips are provided to dress the cable neatly. I won't bother adding them. Until I know how I'll proceed on the 7-pin plug problem.

https://youtu.be/tUeoT3JWnLs?si=BALbhC5Dv9cxlhEY

 A brief pause in the rain under a heavy overcast was just a teaser. As soon as I had the rack safely on the car it started raining hard! Not a great image but you get the general idea. I will even try to get it straight on the car next time. More to follow once the weather allows normal outdoor service as usual.

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 I used the last log so reloaded the ring rack from the older greenhouse stack. Being sited indoors, near the stove [at a safe distance] ensures the logs get a last chance to dry before being used. Prior to that they live in the greenhouse. Where they dry over the summer heat to around 5%. Then slowly reabsorb moisture as the seasons change to cooler and wetter weather. I recently found 20% moisture content in the greenhouse stack when tested with the Morsø tester. 

 The vast stack at the timber merchants is in a huge, open-ended shed but showed around 26% moisture content. 5% would be considered very low. Leading to rapid burning. This low reading would be at a time when the stove would not normally be lit. Winter air humidity will automatically produce a more normal moisture content in under cover storage. Provided there is free air movement. Knocking two split logs together should produce a clear, ringing sound. Wet wood just sounds dull when knocked together.

 Stacking in the open out of doors would raise the moisture content dramatically. Though it is suggested that freshly cut, "green" wood spends at least a year [or two] exposed to the weather on dry ground. This helps to wash the natural oils out of the timber. It then needs to be stacked under ventilated cover to ensure it dries for burning. 

 Wet wood burns slowly and coats the stove and chimney with smelly, inflammable tar. As the fire has to evaporate the moisture content before it can burn properly. This moisture mixes with oils in the wood and condenses out onto available surfaces. Most chimney fires are caused by burning wet wood. The smoke from dry wood should be invisible as it exits the chimney.

 Dinner was chicken, mushrooms and two fried eggs.

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