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Still waiting for EDF
Yes despite ringing them as they opened up this Wednesdaymorning and being put on hold for ages while the chap in the Philippines talked to the team in the Uk about an appointment, he had to come back...
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An Insider Explains the Supply-Chain Crisis
An Insider Explains the Supply-Chain Crisis By Tunku Varadarajan, 12/17/21, Wall St. Journal The typical transit time for a container in pre-pandemic days was 71 days, Phil Levy says. That?s how long...
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Painting a rusty iron stove
Any general tips? Presumably I get as much rust off as I can. Rust remover? Do I use primer, if so what sort? Any other tips? Bill
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LG oLED TV
Had one for a few months and generally very pleased. Apart from a fault. FreeView Play mostly doesn't work from the EPG. Either you can't go backwards on the EPG - or if you can get a blank page....
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Making a Simple Hydrogen Generator from Washers
Actually it's HHO lovely bit of real DIY here Brian: It's a clip of a guy using a couple of M3 rods and washers to make a reverse voltaic pile that electrolyses water.
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Brighten the nights with the moon?
If we covered the moon in aluminium foil, how much brighter would our nights be?
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thinking about joining in with the jagging
RARE!!! Antique set of 12 pieces Medical Germany Hypodermic Needles in Box in Antiques, Science & Medicine (Pre-1930), Medicine, Other Medical Antiques | eBay
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Flow sensoring ...
With our combi DHW still playing up, I finally pulled the flow sensor apart. It's a plastic impeller with a ring magnet set into a groove. The one I extracted had an incomplete (I am guessing broken...
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External expansion vessel.
On my Vaillant I am guessing they had some sort of rig in the factory that held the expansion vessel in place as they built the rest of the boiler around it. Much like I imagine they built cars around...
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beware amazon sequel
After much persistant rooting around I finally got a chat with a live Amazon employee. Today I got a full refund from the Chinese supplier. Some lucky charity is going to get a good warm winter coat
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How to attach pvc to pvc tube
In the attached image I want to attach the blue tube to the white disc, its not thick enough to accept screws so must use an adhesive, I will be using it to make a small wind vane . (The disc is from...
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Samsung American fridge-freezer tripping RCD
My daughter's Samsung american fridge-freezer is tripping the RCD in her new house. This is happening after it had been standing in our garage for a few months. It doesn't trip the RCD instantly, the...
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Gas fire closure plate
What is the purpose of the 'relief slot' at the bottom of an open-hearth gas fire? I've recently had my chimney swept and noticed that the backplate had no opening at the bottom. I subsequently read...
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Firefox spell checker
I had an update issue with my recently bought Win10 system and trying to resolve that issue, I mucked Win10 up completely - which has ended with me doing a clean install. One of the things I had was a...
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Surge protection devices and up to date requirements.
I've been asked to run an eye over a proposed shipping container job at a local pond. The electrical supply will be via an underground 16mm 3 core PVC/SWA from a new service cabinet supplied via...
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