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Fan oven motor
Turned my oven on tonight and the fan just hummed and didn?t spin. Turned it off and spun it with a stick poked through the slots and it ran fine after that. I?m guessing it?s on its way out but was...
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age
figure 4. if the link works National and subnational mid-year population estimates for the UK and its constituent countries by administrative area, age and sex.
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Christchurch gable end collapse
no-one was passing underneath at the time. The movement of the small tree on the right and the dust indicates a strong wind blowing right to left. It seems to me that there were no restraining straps...
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Gable collapse
it be normal for the rafters to be tied into the brickwork to resist the gable potentially being ?blown out?? Tim The gable end of a house in Christchurch, Dorset, collapses as a man walks along the...
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Kitchen End Panels & Tiling
Hi all, Just finishing off our DIY kitchen install and trying to decide the best order to fit the end panels and do the tiling. We're tiling all the splashbacks between the worktops and the wall...
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OT: Manual or automatic gearbox? and XC60 opinion...
I'm looking for a car, XC60 2.0 D4 if anyone has any opinions on those. I've never owned an automatic and never wanted one but I test drove one yesterday and while i'm not going to be buying that...
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Cable car emergency brake disabled?
One official told Italian TV channel Rai 3 that the suspects had admitted disactivating the emergency brake following "malfunctions in the cable car", which repair workers had been unable to fix,...
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Re: New heating system
New Daikin Altherma EDLQ05+07CAV3 low temperature monobloc heating system up and running. Looks as though it will push my total electricity bill up to £1.74 daily.
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Ultrasonic cleaners - recommendations?
I've been tempted for a long time but haven't taken the plunge, so a few questions to those who have: what do you use yours for? Are the cheaper ones any good? Any recommendations?
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Fusion power - just around the corner.
results from a UK experiment could help clear a hurdle to achieving commercial power based on nuclear fusion, experts say. The researchers believe they now have a better way to remove the excess heat...
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OT: Lithium ion battery developments
I came across this article: 's a good roundup of all the different lithium ion chemistries and how things have been improving of late, and how that impacts applications such as phones and EVs. Theo
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OT: HSBC phishing site
From a suspect text, a pretty good mirror, obvious from the URL of course: guess a man in the middle attack. https://online-device-security-fcsc.com/hsbc/
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I bought a new vernier caliper off Amazon.
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the scale is too small.
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cut gas pipe
Serious explosion bellied caused by cut gas pipe. How ? Presumably it was in error but what would you be doing for that to happen?
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Keeping cupboards doors open and closed . . .
I'm trying my hand at building a frame to go in the back of a van-car (Peugeot Partner) to create some storage and sleeping space. I've screwed together a frame: top of the frame will be finished with...
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