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Tube light jhilmila rahi hai? Starter
Purani tube light jhilmilane lage to aksar starter kharab hota hai, tube nahi. Starter bahut sasta aata hai — switch band karke badal do, tube bach jaati hai.
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Wet cloth over the AC vent on a hot start
Before switching the car AC on, drive with all four windows down for thirty seconds to push out the trapped hot air. The AC then cools a much smaller problem, and it gets cold faster.
Paani
Hear the tank overflow before it starts
Tie the overflow pipe so it discharges onto a steel sheet or an upturned bucket instead of straight down the wall. The clatter tells the whole house the motor needs switching off, and it costs nothing.
Gaadi
Petrol pump: ask for the meter to be zeroed
Watch the display go to zero before filling starts, and ask for a round amount that is not a common preset. Both take three seconds and both remove the two most common ways of being short-changed.
GaadiTilt the scooter when petrol runs out
Fuel light on and the pump is 2km away? Lean the scooter hard to the left for a few seconds, then start. It pushes the last bit of petrol in the tank towards the outlet. Enough for a kilometre or two.
Paisa
Repair the chappal before it splits fully
The mochi charges very little to restitch a sole that is starting to separate, and almost nothing to replace a strap. Once it splits through, the whole pair is gone. Ten minutes now, a new pair saved.
Suraksha
Photograph your documents once
Photograph Aadhaar, PAN, licence, insurance and the house papers, and keep them in DigiLocker or your own cloud account. The day one is lost is not the day you want to be starting this.
That is all 7 of them. बस, इतना ही।