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corroded copper wire in a G4 lamp assembly
This is the inside of a kid's hanging night-light that shines planets & stars over the room. It started acting flakey & I figured out that there was a bad connection behind the G4 holder itself, so I...
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Economy of 10 year old combi over new condensing boiler
In other words is it economically viable to replace my combi?
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Opening the power switch bit of a Dyson DC04
I have a Dyson DC04STDUK with a tear in the outer insulation of the flex near where it enters. Photo here: I want to open up the area around the power switch so I can pull the flex through (it's quite...
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Standalone PIR for LED floodlight
A couple of fairly simple questions: - will a standalone PIR like the one at switch a 10W LED floodlight like the one at - would such a PIR switch two of the floodlights connected in parallel?
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Rear view mirror
Bloody rear view mirror fell off on car yesterday. What's the best way to get it fixed back in place? I fixed one some years ago with superglue, but this one is heavier so think it needs a 'proper'...
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Out in the sticks broadband
Bit a problem for many, but one bloke who reckons we're all in it together ! Nestled around the remnants of a medieval stone cross, the hamlet of Dean in the heart of the Cotswolds can hardly be said...
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Testing the Pikey speed record
I have an old computer (HHD removed) and a fucked electric heater to get rid of. If I leave these outside my house when will they be gone? My CCTV says that it is 21:28 and that I have just put them...
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Has anyninee ever...
..installed a ball valve that when used for its intended purpose - isolating pipework - didn't immediately leak thereafter?
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Emergency Services Helicopters
A dreadful bodge of power over nature. Heh. Yes, "Mostly", being somehow sadly very appropriate here. If they were just a bit better than 'mostly', they wouldn't be flying over cities with a continual...
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Youtube recorder software?..
Does NE 1 know of a decent recorder for the above please thats preferably freeware for a charity project I'm lumbered with?.. Cheers..
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Cheap/Best place for cupboard cacases..
I know - cheap & best don't always go together, but I'm after some basic kitchen cupboard type carcases - this is to fit-out a utility room so it's not a posh shiny kitchen, just needs to be...
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That really is Christmas sorted
Got the gf to phone my mother to find out who wanted what presents, I then gave her the money to buy the gifts. Sorted.
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Expanding foam & mice
Hi Is expanding foam enough to stop mice? I'm trying to eliminate all possible entry points. Thanks Alec
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If a helicopter landed on my roof…
If a helicopter landed on my roof? I would either expect the roof to collapse straight away or to stay up. In the case of the Glasgow pub, the roof stayed up for several seconds after the impact, and...
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Fixing an old telephone
I've been passed an old phone - one of these: - that mostly works but doesn't ring. It has a BT plug on it so I presume someone's had it working, though that's not necessarily the case of course. Any...
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