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CPC Delivery
I placed an order online with CPCFarnell on Wednesday afternoon, after 5 pm, with normal speed delivery, 3-5 days. It arrived the next morning at about 10 am, by courier. Now that is service. I placed...
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Twin and Earth into Flex
My daughter's house has a room with a vaulted ceiling in one room. It is rather hopelessly lit with a couple of wall lights and a couple of Gu9 lights at one end of a couple of joists near the apex....
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Planned obsolescence
You have to have a kind of grudging admiration for the way that some washing machine parts are designed to last *just* longer than the warranty. Our six year Hotpoint's main bearings are on their way...
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Security advice on buying euro cylinder door locks (online or not)
Good day, I want to upgrade my Euro cylinder door locks to higher-security ones. Unsu rprisingly, these locks are cheaper on eBay than at my local lock shop. But I wondered about the safety...
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Increased sensitivity to High frequencies
Weird phenomena time. Last week I joined the SAGA brigade :) which puts age into perspective for the next bit. Now the wiring is done, I hooked up the door entry system last night which has a 13.8v...
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OT: no go areas
On a trip to a Sheffield hospital the other day I found myself in what appeared to be a 'no go' area. I wonder if the satnav firms could start to show these, with the option to select an alternative...
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Filling in plasterboard hole
Will shortly have 6 inch diameter holes to fill in on ceiling when I remove halogen light fittings. I will have access above and below. My plan is `glue` a piece of plasterboard in the void to cover...
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Internet Enabled Thermostats
We recently bought a Florida house, that we will NOT occupy for 5 summer2017 months. We know that we shoud have the air condtioning running, during our absence, due topotential mold concerns. I now...
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FTP Faffage
Bloke e-mails me and says that he want me to add his spy recordings to my website. I have a 2011 Sony Vaio that has CUTEFTP on it with my Karoo passwords already in its memory. Fired it up three days...
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Wallpaper paste
Just found an unopened packet of wallpaper paste, that must be 20 years old. Does this stuff go 'off' or will it be OK to use? I don't want to mix and use it, then find paper doesn't stick well, given...
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Double Glazing effectiveness meter
ok so I accepted a cold call invitiation as the first ploy of the energy saving call was externally beaded windows and security, then special thermal coating for walls, but then I have a wide bedroom...
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Open Reach.
Since many slag them off on here, a happy result for a change. Broadband was working as normal this morning. Went out for lunch, and noticed an amber LED flashing on the TrueCall unit when I came...
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Running notebook off 5V USB supply
I have an Acer Aspire S7 - is it possible to configure the USB port so that a male USB to male USB cable with one end connected to a 5V USB female will power the notebook?
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Best electrical layout
Hi All, I have an existing feed to an outside area - SWA 20mm outside diameter, pro tected by 20amp trip switch. At the moment this is terminated with a single double socket. I want to add the...
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External or internal solid wood doors
What is the main practical difference between an internal or external solid wood door if the recommended treatment before and after installation appears to be the same? They both need sealing and...
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