RAL

RAL	Hex	Colour
1000	#BEBD7F	Green beige
1001	#C2B078	Beige
1002	#C6A664	Sand yellow
1003	#E5BE01	Signal yellow
1004	#CDA434	Golden yellow
1005	#A98307	Honey yellow
1006	#E4A010	Maize yellow
1007	#DC9D00	Daffodil yellow
1011	#8A6642	Brown beige
1012	#C7B446	Lemon yellow
1013	#EAE6CA	Oyster white
1014	#E1CC4F	Ivory
1015	#E6D690	Light ivory
1016	#EDFF21	Sulphur yellow
1017	#F5D033	Saffron yellow
1018	#F8F32B	Zinc yellow
1019	#9E9764	Grey beige
1020	#999950	Olive yellow
1021	#F3DA0B	Rape yellow
1023	#FAD201	Traffic yellow
1024	#AEA04B	Ochre yellow
1026	#FFFF00	Luminous yellow
1027	#9D9101	Curry
1028	#F4A900	Melon yellow
1032	#D6AE01	Broom yellow
1033	#F3A505	Dahlia yellow
1034	#EFA94A	Pastel yellow
1035	#6A5D4D	Pearl beige
1036	#705335	Pearl gold
1037	#F39F18	Sun yellow
2000	#ED760E	Yellow orange
2001	#C93C20	Red orange
2002	#CB2821	Vermilion
2003	#FF7514	Pastel orange
2004	#F44611	Pure orange
2005	#FF2301	Luminous orange
2007	#FFA420	Luminous bright orange
2008	#F75E25	Bright red orange
2009	#F54021	Traffic orange
2010	#D84B20	Signal orange
2011	#EC7C26	Deep orange
2012	#E55137	Salmon range
2013	#C35831	Pearl orange
3000	#AF2B1E	Flame red
3001	#A52019	Signal red
3002	#A2231D	Carmine red
3003	#9B111E	Ruby red
3004	#75151E	Purple red
3005	#5E2129	Wine red
3007	#412227	Black red
3009	#642424	Oxide red
3011	#781F19	Brown red
3012	#C1876B	Beige red
3013	#A12312	Tomato red
3014	#D36E70	Antique pink
3015	#EA899A	Light pink
3016	#B32821	Coral red
3017	#E63244	Rose
3018	#D53032	Strawberry red
3020	#CC0605	Traffic red
3022	#D95030	Salmon pink
3024	#F80000	Luminous red
3026	#FE0000	Luminous bright red
3027	#C51D34	Raspberry red
3028	#CB3234	Pure red
3031	#B32428	Orient red
3032	#721422	Pearl ruby red
3033	#B44C43	Pearl pink
4001	#6D3F5B	Red lilac
4002	#922B3E	Red violet
4003	#DE4C8A	Heather violet
4004	#641C34	Claret violet
4005	#6C4675	Blue lilac
4006	#A03472	Traffic purple
4007	#4A192C	Purple violet
4008	#924E7D	Signal violet
4009	#A18594	Pastel violet
4010	#CF3476	Telemagenta
4011	#8673A1	Pearl violet
4012	#6C6874	Pearl black berry
5000	#354D73	Violet blue
5001	#1F3438	Green blue
5002	#20214F	Ultramarine blue
5003	#1D1E33	Saphire blue
5004	#18171C	Black blue
5005	#1E2460	Signal blue
5007	#3E5F8A	Brillant blue
5008	#26252D	Grey blue
5009	#025669	Azure blue
5010	#0E294B	Gentian blue
5011	#231A24	Steel blue
5012	#3B83BD	Light blue
5013	#1E213D	Cobalt blue
5014	#606E8C	Pigeon blue
5015	#2271B3	Sky blue
5017	#063971	Traffic blue
5018	#3F888F	Turquoise blue
5019	#1B5583	Capri blue
5020	#1D334A	Ocean blue
5021	#256D7B	Water blue
5022	#252850	Night blue
5023	#49678D	Distant blue
5024	#5D9B9B	Pastel blue
5025	#2A6478	Pearl gentian blue
5026	#102C54	Pearl night blue
6000	#316650	Patina green
6001	#287233	Emerald green
6002	#2D572C	Leaf green
6003	#424632	Olive green
6004	#1F3A3D	Blue green
6005	#2F4538	Moss green
6006	#3E3B32	Grey olive
6007	#343B29	Bottle green
6008	#39352A	Brown green
6009	#31372B	Fir green
6010	#35682D	Grass green
6011	#587246	Reseda green
6012	#343E40	Black green
6013	#6C7156	Reed green
6014	#47402E	Yellow olive
6015	#3B3C36	Black olive
6016	#1E5945	Turquoise green
6017	#4C9141	May green
6018	#57A639	Yellow green
6019	#BDECB6	Pastel green
6020	#2E3A23	Chrome green
6021	#89AC76	Pale green
6022	#25221B	Olive drab
6024	#308446	Traffic green
6025	#3D642D	Fern green
6026	#015D52	Opal green
6027	#84C3BE	Light green
6028	#2C5545	Pine green
6029	#20603D	Mint green
6032	#317F43	Signal green
6033	#497E76	Mint turquoise
6034	#7FB5B5	Pastel turquoise
6035	#1C542D	Pearl green
6036	#193737	Pearl opal green
6037	#008F39	Pure green
6038	#00BB2D	Luminous green
7000	#78858B	Squirrel grey
7001	#8A9597	Silver grey
7002	#7E7B52	Olive grey
7003	#6C7059	Moss grey
7004	#969992	Signal grey
7005	#646B63	Mouse grey
7006	#6D6552	Beige grey
7008	#6A5F31	Khaki grey
7009	#4D5645	Green grey
7010	#4C514A	Tarpaulin grey
7011	#434B4D	Iron grey
7012	#4E5754	Basalt grey
7013	#464531	Brown grey
7015	#434750	Slate grey
7016	#293133	Anthracite grey
7021	#23282B	Black grey
7022	#332F2C	Umbra grey
7023	#686C5E	Concrete grey
7024	#474A51	Graphite grey
7026	#2F353B	Granite grey
7030	#8B8C7A	Stone grey
7031	#474B4E	Blue grey
7032	#B8B799	Pebble grey
7033	#7D8471	Cement grey
7034	#8F8B66	Yellow grey
7035	#D7D7D7	Light grey
7036	#7F7679	Platinum grey
7037	#7D7F7D	Dusty grey
7038	#B5B8B1	Agate grey
7039	#6C6960	Quartz grey
7040	#9DA1AA	Window grey
7042	#8D948D	Traffic grey A
7043	#4E5452	Traffic grey B
7044	#CAC4B0	Silk grey
7045	#909090	Telegrey 1
7046	#82898F	Telegrey 2
7047	#D0D0D0	Telegrey 4
7048	#898176	Pearl mouse grey
8000	#826C34	Green brown
8001	#955F20	Ochre brown
8002	#6C3B2A	Signal brown
8003	#734222	Clay brown
8004	#8E402A	Copper brown
8007	#59351F	Fawn brown
8008	#6F4F28	Olive brown
8011	#5B3A29	Nut brown
8012	#592321	Red brown
8014	#382C1E	Sepia brown
8015	#633A34	Chestnut brown
8016	#4C2F27	Mahogany brown
8017	#45322E	Chocolate brown
8019	#403A3A	Grey brown
8022	#212121	Black brown
8023	#A65E2E	Orange brown
8024	#79553D	Beige brown
8025	#755C48	Pale brown
8028	#4E3B31	Terra brown
8029	#763C28	Pearl copper
9001	#FDF4E3	Cream
9002	#E7EBDA	Grey white
9003	#F4F4F4	Signal white
9004	#282828	Signal black
9005	#0A0A0A	Jet black
9006	#A5A5A5	White aluminium
9007	#8F8F8F	Grey aluminium
9010	#FFFFFF	Pure white
9011	#1C1C1C	Graphite black
9016	#F6F6F6	Traffic white
9017	#1E1E1E	Traffic black
9018	#D7D7D7	Papyrus white
9022	#9C9C9C	Pearl light grey
9023	#828282	Pearl dark grey

Smoking with an egg

This is how I do it

Adding wood to a regular barby like a Weber is easy, adding it to an egg is a pain especially when using the platesetter so I dreamt this up.

I used a machine screw with 3 nuts, a circular piece of steel which is a bit dished, a stainless steel jug and a grid from a potato ricer. The bottom plate from the egg with the holes is made from a soft cast iron which is easily drilled. Anyone that needs detailed instructions probably shouldn't go too near fire. 

;-)

Fill the jug with chips, top up with water and put the grid on. The grid's not essential but prevents hot charcoal going into the chips if you dump it from a chimney starter.

It takes 30 minutes or so to boil off the water and start the smoking by which time the egg should have come up to temperature and the food loaded.

Dampening the wood is a waste of time with a Weber; the wood won't smoke whilst it's wet so you just delay the inevitable, it doesn't make the chips smoulder for longer either, the trick for that is to pack them in metal foil and punch some holes in it. However, with the egg, the water prevents wasting the chips before they're needed.

This is the first one in the world.

Chrome search going to Turkey

Part 1

I like Chrome, it's fast, it's free, it's a shame that it doesn't use sRGB colourspace but I digress
I like the highlight/ right click/ search facility but a few days ago it started using google.com.tr
Various people have had trouble with this since 2010 or so and there is much twaddle all over the web as to what causes it

Forget clearing the cache, resetting your language, HTTP/SSL, Proxy settings and all the other tripe, this is how to fix it and if it doesn't, you can have your money back


Go into Settings (previously called Options I think, may change in the future....), find the Manage search engines button and click it

The rogue entry is at the top, carefully recreated by YouknowwhatShop

Do this

N.B. the third box should contain this, no spaces:

{google:baseURL}search?q=%s&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:bookmarkBarPinned}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:instantExtendedEnabledParameter}{google:omniboxStartMarginParameter}ie={inputEncoding}

Chrome should now use your Google of choice for searching, like this

That may be enough but best to set the default location

Open a Google page, search for something and scroll to the bottom of the screen

Allow Google to know your location

Then this will appear at the bottom of the page

Tada

Except that the right click image search was no longer available

Part 2

I tried all sorts of alchemy, nothing worked so I used the cleanup tool, that found nothing however the final option was a reset, which I had already tried unsuccessfully but this time bingo

Oh yeah, that's my new bedtime reading

Part 2

24 hours after the 'fix' and Turkey's back, virus scan shows nothing, so I've reset the location, it's alright again but for how long?
To be continued

Apple pasties

Four manky looking Bramleys weighed in at 1036g

The plan:
Xg apples after peeling and coring
X/2g sugar
X/4g raisins
Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice....
Rough puff pastry

683g apples in the end so
350g sugar
175g raisins
500g pastry - a lump from the freezer, just about enough

Blitz the spices and sugar and place in a big bowl
Alligator the raisins
Place in the big bowl and rub around with fingers to separate the lumps

Core, peel and dump the bad bits from the apples
Slice about 10mm thick, place into big jug with a couple of slices of lemon and top up with boiling water
Put plate on top and leave for about 10 minutes then drain
Alligator the apples, this cleans the Alligator a bit so do it second

Add to big bowl and stir
It seemed a bit too wet

so I strained it

Butter the moulds, load and add tops

I tried tops smaller than the pies so that the steam would escape and the fruit would caremalise

plus some variations

Make holes for steam to escape and milk or egg wash

10minutes at Mk7 then 35 at Mk5½

The JH special weighed 268g raw

and 237g cooked
Some of the strained liquid ended up in a marinade for belly pork, the rest is going into ice cream

Mrs Doughnut thinks it's far too sweet but I don't
Next time I'd try 250g raisins, no sugar and reduce the cooking a bit

Central heating woes

The history

Some of the radiators were taking ages to heat up and the boiler was cycling every couple of minutes so something's up.
Sludge?
I put in some desludger, waited a couple of days but nothing much had changed
Low flow?
Whipped out the pump and found this, a rather blocked impeller

so I went and bought a new one.

Ok so KTM doesn't make CH pumps and it really looks like this

Still no real improvement so I ran it for a bit and then did a thorough flush, or so I thought.

Ran the pump at full speed with no heat, one radiator at a time, drained from the bottom of the system with the header tank still connected. A few hours later

and this muck had been removed. Not a lot bearing in mind the age but I think that a lot of sludge has also been removed.

Here's a closeup of the magnetic stuff

Now all of the radiators get heat at the same time so the headers are flushed but it's still cycling too much with the boiler stat set low and the pump running full speed.

To be continued.

Boiler stat max

Pump speed max

35s on

60s off

Water outlet temp 56°C eventually

Time to check the thermostat and overheat switch

I then tested the cutoff temperature using 

a thermocouple and a mug of hot water:

• Boiler stat min, turned off over 68°C
• Boiler stat max, turned off over 87°C

No figures available but it seems about right as the overheat protector would trip at about 95°C.

You don't need a meter, the gas valve goes clunk.

Top tip: tie a bit of string around the phial circlip before removing it. The phial takes a bit of a pull as it was installed with thermal conductive paste. It'll go back with Copaslip.

Made a half arsed attempt at testing the overheat protector with a fag lighter, it got pretty hot but stayed open circuit; I presume this is normal otherwise the boiler wouldn't light.

It's still in bits and I'm going down the pub.

To be continued.

Burner pressure was over 4½" w.g. The manual says 4.2" max for 30,000 Btu/h. The calculated load was 29,000 so it was reset to 100mm.

Reassembling the phial and circlip was a pain with the limited access and lack of a third hand but it's in.

On test:

Pump speed 6 out of 7

Boiler stat  turn off temp

1                    44

2                    56

3                    64

4                    69  On for 1m 25s, off for 35s

5                    72

Pump speed  Boiler ∆T  °C

6                   20

5                   got bored

4                   20

3                   15

2                   24

1                   27

So that's telling me very little except that I'm not waiting long enough for it to stabilise between changes so I am going to set both at 3 and go down the pub

To be continued

Flush results TDS ppm

Tap water      400

Boiler water   660 - bugger, ideal is <1.1 *400=440 but like a berk I forget to take a sample of the water before the inhibitor was added so dunno what effect that had

ph 8.2

I seem to remember from the dim distant past that checking boiler and radiator ∆T is a laborious job best done when it's cold outside and the boiler is running at capacity so I'm going to settle on pump and boiler stat at 4 then see what's happening on Christmas day.

Old tech

New tech

It's a barby radio thermometer with two probes. Use a Terry clip to fix the probe to the pipe then clip over a short length of pipe insulation.

Flue gas temp is 130°C at an ambient of 17°C, boiler stat on 4. Typical range is 120-200ºC for a non-condensing boiler.

To be continued

Croatia 2016

Another September, another pilgrimage to Croatia to celebrate Mrs Doughnut's birthday.
Birdstrike in Budapest so our flight out was delayed by three hours, marvellous©Slinger.
We were staying in an apartment in an area that we'd been before; up the hill from the port/ bus station/ railway station, just past the nick and opposite the convent. We finally arrived there at about 11pm. Dumped the gear, headed for Toc, formerly known as the Black Cat, it was shut so we went to a small bar close by with a posh sign 
and found a table outside for drinkies. Then it started to rain so we headed home via a small grocery shop.
First night's dinner

Ožujsko ain't the best at the best of times but out of cans it's 'orrible unless you're very thirsty

View from the window 

to be continued.....