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Anyone know what this tool is used for?
The only clues are the guy it came from was an Electrician and Millwright with a multitude of other tickets as well as an entrepreneur.
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Tree Stump Killers
Gentlemen, Has anyone used one of those chemical (or biological) tree stump dissolving preparations to remove a stubborn, semi-rotten, broken-off fence post stump and if so, how long did it take to...
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Wall-mounted toilet frames.
I have been looking at toilet frames. They all seem to bear weight on the floor. This is just what I don't want to do, for several reasons. Does any one know of one designed to take its weight (and...
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B&Q bathroom equipment
I've resolved to "do up" our two bathrooms in 2015. This will not entail "creating a whole new look" - I'll redecorate, possibly re-tile, and I'll replace the rather ancient basins that we have. As a...
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Washing machine with workshop manual.
I think I am going to be forced to buy a new washing machine. Are there any where you can download the equivalent of the workshop manual so I can work out why it may not be working properly? What I...
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Continental Sockets
Staying in a hotel recently - pulling a plug out was in danger of pulling the socket out of the wall. Are they all poor in this respect or are our adaptors perhaps a bit tight?
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Practical Electrical Wiring and Contracting
Everything from "How Electricity Works" to "Repair Work" and "Wiring Industrial Apparatus" - Mr LC Greenwood's splendid 384 page book covers the lot. Some of it may not be completely up to date - it...
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Temperature/pressure relief valves - how do they work?
Our boat calorifier (silly boat name for a hot water cylinder) has a temperature and pressure relief valve. I can understand the pressure relief valve, it's simply a spring loaded thing that opens...
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Slow leak in CH/DHW system
Vaillant Thermocompact VU GB 226E condensing boiler 15 years old, propane; sealed S-plan CH and DHW system (i.e. no header tank). Single story bungalow, CH pipes in the roof space with droppers down...
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advice on remaking a leaking 15mm yorkshire fitting
Hi all we have had a minor plumbing drama here tonight - water dripping from the kitchen ceiling etc. I have traced it to the plumbing to the upstairs washing basin - the 15mm pipe to the hot water...
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Yet another Win7 Issue !!!
A few weeks back you may recall I had issues when I exchanged hard disks between two pretty well identical legally licenced Win7 machines as a diagnostic aid. (Compaq / HP SFF DC7600's) They then...
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Can you use an MCB on DC?
I have an old motorbike which blows a 20A fuse about once a year - no obvious fault, just replace the fuse and it's good for another year. Instead of keeping a stock of spare fuses in my jacket...
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Damn
I've found the shed key, but now my baccy tin of assorted plugtop fuses has gone missing. And I'd just bought some more 3A ones. Old age sucks.
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Another win 7 question...
I am coming to actually be annoyed with the search/start button and the loss of a normal file finder. Just what do i put in the search to just search all folders for a fragment of a file name and have...
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A simple Win7 question.
The question is simple but I'm b*****ed if I can find the answer. The time/date on my laptop (right hand bottom corner) has decided to add the day. It used to be:- 13.05 20/12/2014 now:- 13.05...
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