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CPC deliveries
Over last couple of months, I've seen a notable change in the delivery times for CPC orders. Used to be that ordering up to around 5-6pm, the order was about 95% likely to turn up next working day,...
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Turning off water - boiler implication
Going on holiday in December. Will leave heating in holiday mode with a low setting of 15 degrees. To avoid any water leakage issues - not frost realated - such as washing machine hose bursting or a...
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Sanity check - single core unsheathed in conduit, ref methods...
Just a quick sanity check - would be grateful if anyone is able to concur as the result is borderline... Ignoring voltdrop considerations and looking only at cable sizing for current - I have been...
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OT Nuclear power providing 6x more electricity than wind.
Thought I would just throw that out there considering it's getting colder now and there are still many nuke sites down for various reasons... No surprise though. Philip
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Odd Boiler Problem
This is a Baxi Megaflow boiler running a pressurised hot water system. This morning, when I turned the heating on, the timer/programmer started switching off and then back on every few seconds. Even...
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OT Anybody remember these?
Shoe-fitting fluoroscope - Wikipedia
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type of lume on e.g. Westclox Big Ben clocks?
Does anyone know what kind of lume Westclox used on their alarm clocks, e.g. the Big Ben and Baby Ben? Radium? Harry
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Skirting board woes
Just been refitting some skirting boards after a re-plastering job I decided to glue them back, and went through the Toolstation site to find a suitable adhesive. I was aware that the walls weren't...
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Venting air from wet side of a CH pressure vessel
A central heating system inevitably has some air in it which works its way to high points in radiators or pipework and can then be vented using a manual or automatic vent. But what if that high point...
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OT Another shoot 'em up night video
Hard to see how effective this is. قصف طائرات هليكوبتر اباتشي الامريكيه على مواقع داعش في مناطق اطراف موصل 15/8/2014 وتم تصويره...
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Fan speed control
Any one used one of these to control a fan? It looks like it should work but there is little info about controlling induction motors. lightupuk.co.uk
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Costs for external redecoration
Hi, I live on as estate which includes a dozen blocks, each of 9 flats (3 stories high). We are due to have the outside redecorated and some of you may recall that I posted a year ago asking about the...
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Gridwatch France
isn't registering anything ATM. Assuming France hasn't disappeared off the face of the earth, is this related to TNP's absence from this NG over the last few days? I do hope he's OK.
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Striping wall paper from plasterboard
I need to strip wallpaper from plasterboard walls. Standard wallpaper, not vinyl, an inpreinted sort of vertical strip pattern., direct to the plasterboard, no skim. No option really, this is the old...
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Door not unlocking on urmet 1130 handset.
When flat buzzer is pressed , buzzer rings in flat , we lift handset , switch on base unit extends . We can hear person outside speak but they are unable to hear us . We then de-press button on base...
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