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What type of switch do I need?
I will shortly be starting to install the old fashioned foil strip alarm for some porch windows, it will work off a 9 volt battery. So basically the foil stays live until the circuit is broken....
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OT: ATTN: Rod Speed - water/snow gauge?
WTF is this gauge doing in the outback? 1.4 metres of water? Snow? http://petersphotos.com/temp/measure.jpg
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Philips HD9220 Air Fryer "cleaning"
Hi all, I have an Philips HD9220 Air Fryer that I have had good cooking from, but the air filter on the back of it seems soggy with fat. I have looked at U Tube hoping to see a video on how to remove...
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What's the point of this
I see that Maplin have a 5000watt mains inverter on offer for £350 instead of £600 What possible use is it? How many people have got 12v batteries capable of delivering 500 amps for more than a few...
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OT-ish DIY-friendly cars
It's getting to be time for a new motor. What I'd really like is something with the performance of a Farrari, the fuel economy of a moped and the load space of a Transit. And if they pay me to take it...
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OT: tool id
A friend walks her newly-rescued collie along a track that has agricultural fields either side. The dog's mission is to retrieve everything it finds in the drainage channels running parallel to the...
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Built-in oven woes
I want to be a good landlord and I want my tenants to be happy, but equally so I don't want to have to spend money and change things if it's not completely necessary. I only have the one property that...
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Plug-in timeswitch
Following the failure of an elderly device I am looking for a replacement plug-in timer. I have a double socket outlet in a kitchen cabinet to which I connect washing machine and dishwasher through...
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Kitchen Timer puzzle
Three quite recently bought different timers when they count up and get to twenty minutes they start all over again counting only up to twenty minutes. Whereas older timers don't do this, they count...
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Random orbital sanders - which one?
... and for that matter, detail sanders. I'm using a belt sander on the floor of a small room (1), and it's doing the job. But it won't go up to the edges at the board ends. It looks like a random...
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Efficiency of in sink water heaters
ISTR some one cleverer than me, not hard, recently laying out the maths of energy required to heat water. Could someone point me in the direction of that post please. I'm curious to debunk some...
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Which o-ring?
I've discovered a damaged o-ring in my dishwasher (IKEA WHirlpool DWH B10). It's part 761 4 in the diagram highlighted, but I can find anywhere what it's full part number is so I can actually buy one!...
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Strong wood glue
We have a writing bureau with a drop down lid that should be supported by 2 arms. My wife (first rule always blames someone else) opened the lid without pulling out the supports. As a result the drop...
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How not to do a basement extension
Part quote: "Mr Goldswain, 40, and Miss Hale, 39, were extending the property in Finchley in November 2012, a year after buying it. But the builders failed to support the structure correctly and two...
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bad joke
So if Lidl opened up in the plains in, say Arizona, would it be known as the Lidl House on the Prairy? Hides behind sofa. Brian
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