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OT: Sugar
You'd think the insidious dangers of sugar had just been discovered. John Yudkin was warning about them in his book :- 'Pure, White and Deadly' in 1972 And in the US, Robert Lustig in his books :-...
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CH pump efficiency & savings
Saw an article in a trade rag about how much you could save by installing a new all-singing CH pump. So I thought I'd check the figures ... YAPH: Blog: Pumping The Figures
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Oscilloscope
Looking for a very basic oscilloscope on e-bay, I see lots of Hantek devices. Are these any good/bad/indifferent?
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where to locate laser lense in samsung printer
I want to try and clean this lense before I go and buy a new cartridge as I am getting some white vertical streaks when printing, google tends to suggest something needs cleaning. Any ideas where it...
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Ball park guesstimate?
Just been to look at a house coming up for auction soon. It's in need of total refurb, with nothing _too_ scary... except... One front corner of the outside walls is making a bid for freedom. Looks...
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Wall hung toilets again - sanity check on floor loading
The wall hung wc is going to be mounted on a metal frame, with legs that go down to the ground. They are going to be resting on some 18mm chipboard fl ooring, about half way between two joists. The...
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outdoor cfl floodlights?
Hello, A few weeks ago I was asking about the CPC LED outdoor lamps and I was put off by the comments that they were too blue and other comments posted here. I wondered if anyone had experience of CFL...
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Box Sinkers
I need to move/add a number of sockets, as a number of them will involve ca bles passing through the wall I would like to get away with disturbing the plaster as little as possible. I am considering...
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aldi portable generator no spark (2023 Update)
hi am looking for some advice , trying to get generator started but there i s no spark at plug, all leads seem to be fine , only thing i noticed that m ight be wrong is the capacitor , capacitor seems...
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TV builders all in it together?
Could it be that the house programmes on TV are actually fixed/sponsored by the building trade. My new neighbours have ripped the entire inside of their Victorian terraced house back to the bricks and...
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Gutter Compatability
Are all "Square-Line guttering fittings interchangeable?
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Condesning (NOT combi) Boiler recomendations
Morning all, I fear that the time is approaching when a new boiler is needed (vented pumped system). The condensate from the current boiler has (for a while now it seems) been not running down the...
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s video cable
Can anyone tell be how long a s-video cable from an old analogue video cam can be? I have some old cameras which I want to try as security cams using s-video to a usb2 converter ( about 6 quid from...
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forward voltage
Am I right in thinking no low voltage semiconductor device can work ( even a DC-DC step up oscillator) if the voltage available is less than the semiconductor forward voltage (0.7 for silicon0.3 for...
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Extending the floor of a trailer
In a long term project, I have an 8x4 foot trailer, with a plywood floor that I can stand on. Underneath the floor are steel joists. I wish to be able to extend the floor by having another piece of...
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