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PCB value?
Does a faulty Glow Worm 30cxi PCB have any residual value? Or does it go in the (electronics) recycling bin?
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cabling for broadband - please bring me up to date
Home move on the horizon to an area with cable/fibre broadband (not sure wh ich!). New house needs refurbishment & I need to plan & specify trunking & cabling for an up-to-date broadband/TV/telephone...
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10 years ago
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LCD install - Plasterboard/space/bricks - which fixing ?
LCD install - Plasterboard/space/bricks - which fixing ? Not sure which is best fixing for this ? I have plasterboard walls , then a 2" space then brickwork I cant rely on basic plasterboard fixings...
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10 years ago
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OT Newsserver
I fancied an additional user name with eternal-september. It would seem that I can only have one user name per email address with them. I don't fancy pissing around with Yahoo etc. Still using OE in...
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10 years ago
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OOH I WANT one!
Never mind an angle grinder.. A hand-held laser for use in the dismantling of metallic infrastructures during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities has been developed by TWI of the UK.
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10 years ago
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OT: Any printer recommendations?
My wife needs a new printer for her computer. Her ageing Canon Pixma iP4000 has finally given up printing colour - and would need a new print-head, which costs more than most new printers! I've read...
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10 years ago
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Rusty rims
Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre? I have leaking rims I was told is due to fitters using the wrong type of lubricant in the good old days. (It's a 12 year old Mondeo.) Apparently, all I...
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10 years ago
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embargo electrical fixings
"On the picture: a home-made electric plug (Cuba), found at Architecture of Necessity." Is Cuba the First Large-Scale Maker Society?
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10 years ago
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Bloody fly
For over 24 hours I have had a fly buzzing me. Where on earth do they get the energy to keep flying up and down the lounge, into the kitchen, then the dining room and back?
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10 years ago
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OT Colour test challenge
I scored 23. X-Rite's online color challenge and hue test is a free tetrachromatic test that allows you to test your color accuracy and color vision.
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10 years ago
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elec. supply to new central heating boiler/pump
Regarding the elect. supply to a new gas central heating system... Is it ok to run a T&E from a dedicated mcb in the CU to supply both the boiler and the pump? What should the termination be on the...
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10 years ago
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Wall tile adhesive as floor tile adhesive
I've got 5l of Unibond wall tile adhesive and only 4 or 5 wall tiles left to lay. On the other hand, I've got zero litres of floor tile adhesive and 80 *floor* tiles to lay. You can understand my...
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10 years ago
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OT driving and watching a video on dashboard
OT The scenario...the car in front of me had either a large smartphone or tablet mounted in a holder attached to the center of the device was on and playing a video. The screen was even tilted in the...
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10 years ago
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TOT: Strange sums in spreadsheet
I have a spreadsheet where most of the columns are in number format with 2 after the decimal point. Without thinking I put the dates in the first column in the format 05/10/13. The numbers in that...
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10 years ago
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Fireproof charger box
I always unhappy about having battery chargers running. I'd like to make a fireproof box for all the chargers, and ideally a smoke or heat detector that turns off the power to the box if anything goes...
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10 years ago
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