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Ladder safety
I tend to pile up some spare paving slabs behind the feet of the ladder. I've got one of those, but it's not proved as useful as I hoped. I have the situation shown in the pic on ebay where it needs...
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Replacement of finish for external doorframe -
I have a west facing front door. Both frame and door are made of elm. The door paintwork has not suffered from the sun, but the side of the frame facing south has lost all its paint - it all went in...
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10 years ago
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CH Controller Battery
Mother's CH is controlled by a Potterton EP2000. For some time she has been complaining about the boiler locking out, etc. (and it does, and I know what to do to get that resolved). Today I had a...
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10 years ago
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CPC Makita deal.
Looks pretty good with free postage. But Ni-Cads? Hope they haven't been lying in a store for years.
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10 years ago
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[OT] Oh god it's started
9 yr old daughter yabbering to friend (I'm busy working at home, school holiday has started for them) Just noticed SipGate VOIP (our default number) auto-crediting £10 (I get an email). £14 in calls...
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10 years ago
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removing unwanted hot glue.
..after you have let your hot glue gun drip where it oughtn't.. soak in isproplyl alcohol (I used industrial surgical spirit, methanol ethanol and isopropyl) glue stays there, but loses its grip and...
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IP Camera wireless issue
I'm struggling to set up an IP camera, a Maginon IP1.... It has both wired LAN socket and wireless. Using the wired I have managed to configure it, set it to enable the wireless, set it up with a...
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10 years ago
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OT:Any (Linux) UPS experts ?
Stuck at the last stage of setting up my server, and that is getting the (Eaton NV400) UPS configured. Server is running Debian Wheezy. I have installed and configured NUT, and so far everything...
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10 years ago
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Stuff it - this is ridiculous
"The Heat is On" playing in the background. I've held out against turning the CH back on from its 'frost protection' mode but this morning it was 5.9C at 07:00 outside. So the heating is back on for...
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10 years ago
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Lost Battery Power
Radio only.
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10 years ago
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High Loop Impedance reading
A washing machine engineer has refused to work on my faulty washing machine because he carried out an earth fault loop impedance test and found a high reading, I believe it was 3 ohms. He requires the...
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10 years ago
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Increasing the range of an RFID door access control
I got a cheap door access controller from Hong Kong. The keyfob has to be placed within 1.5 inches of the keypad for it to be picked up. Is it possible to make it sensitive enough so that approaching...
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10 years ago
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Bathroom floor grout
Ok, There is one area of the bathroom grout(one tile) that has cracked. I don't want to lift it at the moment, as SWIMBO is thinking that she would like it all changed! The tile moves slightly when I...
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10 years ago
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old gate hinge refurb options?
Lovely old heavy wooden pedestrian gate- huge old hinges worn so gate dropped at latch side... Hinges must have getting on for 1/2 inch play in them -sideways iyswim. Getting new ones as nice will be...
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10 years ago
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Core drilling technique
Don't get me started on fecking rubble walls. Too many of them around, for my liking. I was really referring to the relative ease of use of the core drill on something decent and modern.
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