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External Hard Drive Power Supply
Hi - Tenuously on-topic, but hopefully someone can help. I use an external 5v/12v power supply to temporarily run hard drives during repair and tinkering. The Chinese rubbish they sell on eBay (eg...
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"Speed frame" but in plastic?
I've been asked to make a "blackout" for the window of a baby that wakes up at the first trace of morning sunlight. (They have blackout lined curtains, but they are looking for darkroom type...
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PAT testing - keeping us safe
Some time ago I was fannying about with some LED strips and a transformer, i'd pretty much forgotten about it and shoved the lot in a cupboard. More recently the missus had LED lights in the shop...
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OT: Recession Coming?
Gentlemen, Not just the recent announcements of job losses in the steel industry, but I've noticed a significant number of companies from diverse areas of the economy shedding jobs to an extent I...
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Powering a foreign wall clock
Friend has acquired an illuminated wall clock. Came with an 12v 1000mA wall wart adaptor. It's hung on a stud wall and the wallwart wire drapes down untidily to a socket below. Other side of the stud...
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Angle Grinder disks
Am I likely to be able to cut a 8" square wall tile with one of these? Is it at all practical to cut into a tile that is already attached to the wall? Could I easily cut a 6mm wide 1/2" deep grove...
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Does half heating equal half electricity usage ?
Our Panasonic microwave is about a year and half old. Its ability to heat things has dropped off by about 50%. We wonder since we now have to have it on for twice as long, does this in fact mean it...
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Single oven 50cm wide - does it exist? (2023 Update)
Very short on space and planning a kitchen. I could really do with a built-in single oven 50cm wide. I've tried looking online but can't see anything. There are cookers 50cm wide but I want a single...
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How easy is it to get an incoming gas supply moved?
We have a bungalow with an attached 1-car garage. The room adjacent to the long wall of the garage is a utility lobby, a bit like a hallway. We would like to put a door through from this lobby into...
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Can you paint onto glass
I'd like to do a simple (well in my head it's simple) job of painting some white paint (not whitewash) onto glass can this be done?
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Getting long lasting appliances
This deserves its own thread... First appreciate the bathtub curve. This gives rise to 2 things 1. don't buy new, get used appliances, and you'll have longer average appliance life, so long as you can...
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Daily Mail
Somebody recently posted that they read the Daily Mail because they wanted factual reporting Perhaps they might like this report oit_kit/...
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OT More Vulcan pix
Photographer Andy Rouse had the best seat in the house when he was lucky enough to photograph the iconic Avro Vulcan bomber XH558 flying over Beachy Head, East Sussex
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Mystery cladding process
Beyond DIY I know, but just in case anyone has any insight here. The picture I've placed here is detail from two Georgian, grade II listed buildings, in different parts of hampshire Both cladding...
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Bosch brick blades in sabre saw.
Having to remove some 40 year old shrubs from the ground, I found that using a Bosch Brick blade to cut through the roots in the stony clay soil worked successfully and it didn't lose its edge as a...
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