Mystery Items No. 4

[Mike4]

I think No. 5 is a special plastic moulding designed for use in on-line quizzes, to flummox people trying to guess what it is.

Do I win?

[servodude]

I’ve got a feeling that 5 is a hook used for hanging curtains from a pole.

Why it would be blue and not a more neutral colour I have no idea.

It has nothing to do with curtain poles or anything-else curtainy. It is not normally seen so the colour doesn't matter.


Julian F. G. W.

plumbing part?
- something inside a cistern perhaps

[AleisterCrowley]

No 5 looks as though it slides on to a trackway somehow, and perhaps latches. Is it part of a washing machine - to guide the outlet hose or similar?

[jfgw]

I think No. 5 is a special plastic moulding designed for use in on-line quizzes, to flummox people trying to guess what it is.

Do I win?

Now, you've given me an idea for the next quiz...

plumbing part?
- something inside a cistern perhaps

Can you elaborate?

No 5 looks as though it slides on to a trackway somehow, and perhaps latches. Is it part of a washing machine - to guide the outlet hose or similar?

It clips into a receptacle rather than a trackway. I have seen similar things on washing machines to hold the hoses during transit. These are often integral with the transit fittings and are removed. Suitably positioned ones would be a good idea on integrated appliances as space can be tight and crossed hoses can prevent the machine from going back far enough.

Julian F. G. W.

[servodude]

servodude wrote:
plumbing part?
- something inside a cistern perhaps

Can you elaborate?

- the widget thingamajig that clips on to that whatchamacallit so that the bottom/side entry float/fill valve is kept where it needs to be
- sort of

-sd

[Mike4]

servodude wrote:
plumbing part?
- something inside a cistern perhaps

Can you elaborate?

- the widget thingamajig that clips on to that whatchamacallit so that the bottom/side entry float/fill valve is kept where it needs to be
- sort of

-sd

I was gonna say that....

[jfgw]

- the widget thingamajig that clips on to that whatchamacallit so that the bottom/side entry float/fill valve is kept where it needs to be
- sort of

"Inlet valve clip" uses only three words.

With a concealed cistern where the only access is by taking off the flush plate and working gynocologically, the inlet valve is held in place by a clip, of which there are a large number of incompatible designs. Any repair which cannot be undertaken from inside the cistern requires removal of tiles and making a hole in the false wall.


Julian F. G. W.

[GoSeigen]

How about posting these one at a time?

Fair point. What do other people think?

Ten at a time is no bother to me at all: it's so easy to open the OP in a new window and flip between the two. Uncle's getting lazy in his old age!

GS

[servodude]

it's so easy to open the OP in a new window and flip between the two.

Doh! Now why didn't I think of that!

-sd

[jfgw]

it's so easy to open the OP in a new window and flip between the two.

Doh! Now why didn't I think of that!

-sd

Or you can do what I do and use two monitors.

It seemed to go quickly this time. Maybe I am running out of difficult items (or "junk" if you do not appreciate the value and usefulness of said items ).

Would five items at a time be better?


Julian F. G. W.

[staffordian]

it's so easy to open the OP in a new window and flip between the two.

Doh! Now why didn't I think of that!

-sd

Or you can do what I do and use two monitors.

It seemed to go quickly this time. Maybe I am running out of difficult items (or "junk" if you do not appreciate the value and usefulness of said items ).

Would five items at a time be better?


Julian F. G. W.

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[jfgw]

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Other opinions welcome.

I could do one at a time if I think I have something very obscure. A lot of items get identified quickly, however.

It is easier to find five items than it is to find ten.


Julian F. G. W.