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OT Anyone else done their Christmas shopping?
All done and dusted here. And to keep it slightly on topic I bought my Dad an angle grinder to replace the one I broke.
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HW cylinder star question
Whilst our CH is on the blink we've been using our immersion heater, a very rarely used item in our mains pressure HW tank. The overheat stay tripped out last night and when I looked at the...
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Is there any way of comparing light output from different breeds of lamp?
The open areas of our works are floodlit. Originally incandescent, then tungsten and now metal halide. We use 150w, 250w & 400w mh lamps. All on 9m stands and operated by dusk/dawn sensors. Some of...
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Frying Pans
Only slightly DIY I will be doing the frying myself but not making one. What do people here recommend as far a decent frying pans go? For use with a Halogen hob and needs to stand getting hot enough...
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OT: Premier inn booking trick
Quite often when I try to book a single Saturday night at a premier inn -even weeks ahead, they have no rooms but add a second night )Friday or Sunday) and miraculously they usually then have space. I...
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Gridwatch
What's the lowest and highest contributions from wind over the last month or so? Bill
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Aldi - 18V Li-ion Drill and Driver Kit
From Sunday: or At 100quid it looks an ok deal for 18V Li-ion with two batteries between them. Shop for Baby, DIY, Kitchen, Cycling, Sports, Tvs, Home & Garden online. TinyURL.com - shorten that long...
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Heater fan replacement
My daughter has a decorative fan heater/fake fire (a Dimplex machine). Most of the big black box is just for the decorative fake fire and it seems to have a pretty conventional 2 or 3kw fan heater...
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12" chicago sliding mitre saw dust collection part 2
Well, I purchased a Nuvac input hose to connect the outlet chute from the saw to the vacuum cleaner. By a stroke of luck, I found that the Nuvac hose internal connections were designed to mate with...
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poppies
Seems the Tower of London poppies are to be destroyed after all.....by handing them over to Yodel for delivery!
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Mains Christmas Light Regulations
I wonder, are there electical regulations applying to installing Christmas Tree lights outdoors. No problem with low voltage ones with a transformer, but the heavy duty connectable light strings run...
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Car parts FYI
Needed a nearside mirror for the Kangoo van. Called a few local scrappies with no joy. Tried these people Very impressed, part on order within 15 mins at a good price.
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UMAX
I recently came across (while looking for something else) a product called UMAX, which is an additive for the water in a central heating system that i s said to "change the way water boils, making the...
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Bosch dishwasher filling problem
My mother's old Bosch is playing up. On a normal wash it just doesn't seem to take on board enough water. If you chuck extra water in it seems to work fine but otherwise you can hear the pump running...
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connecting mains outdoors
Any suggestions for connecting mains outdoors and ensuring it is waterproof? I have purchased a new flood light and it come with a cable about 9 inches in length and I need to connect it to the...
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