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The specialist tool
One day in 1953 my dad was working as a joiner on a new housing estate being built by the NCB. For some reason there were some special panels to be fitted, the like of which Dad had never seen. The...
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Unfortunate coincidences
I cabled up a hob on Saturday. The missus was tidying up later in the vicinity of the loose cable that runs behind a unit in the corner and is earmarked for boxing in. Everything went off briefly,...
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Fibre. Does the existing phone line stay when the install FTTP?
Considering getting full fibre instead of FTC as I have at the moment. Does the existing phone line stay, or does the new fibre cable include provision for a basic analogue phone?
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New cables into substation
Looking down a hole - as I do - there are some modifications being done to cables at a nearby substation. Some of the old cables are being extended with "twisted three" cables rather than the usual...
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3 years ago
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Insulating around the supply cable
Following the recent thread about cables passing through insulation it has left me with a dilemma regards the supply cable. My supply cable emerges out of the sub-floor and passes through an approx....
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OT - Barber Shop gadget
I recall back in the 1960's seeing my barber "combing" someones head with a device made of glass that clearly had a high voltage in it as there were blue sparks in it. I think the customer had...
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Plastic lugs on kitchen appliances
Typically for small mixers and choppers the "bowl", usually clear plastic, has three lugs which are rotated into plastic/rubber recesses on the body. Obviously the fit has to be tight enough to stop...
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Wind farm
I visited the UK's largest on-shore wind farm this afternoon. Some of the turbines were running and others were not. I assume this was simply a factor of demand. There was one turbine we watched...
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Pipe insulation
Free to collector. Around 60 metre lengths of Tubolit pipe insulation left over from the house re-furb. 6 x28mm, and the rest half each 15mm and 22mm. Mid Herts.
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Lake & Elliot Bottle Jack
Clearing out my Fathers garage I came across a Lake & Elliot S142 6 Ton Hydraulic Bottle Jack. remember using this when I worked on my Triumph Herald and various Cortina's back in mid 70's All parts...
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3 years ago
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vax carpet cleaner [duel ]
used a couple of time last time switched it of cleaned it was going to use today but won,t switch on [HELP]
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3 years ago
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Anyone recognise this laser level?
Just bought this at a car boot for a fiver. Don't yet know whether it works 'cos it needs 4 C-type batteries and I don't have any spare ones. certainly a far eastern import - there are no ID markings...
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3 years ago
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Trying to locate mating barrel plug / socket ... ;-(
I'm looking (unsuccessfully so far) for the mating half to this, 'DC barrel connector'?: 's looks to be about 8mm ID and the pin 2.5mm OD, it's the end of a 42V / 2A Li-Ion battery charger for an...
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3 years ago
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Lidl - Parkside Bench Pillar Drill
I notice that Lidl are offering a new bench pillar drill as of 15/10/2020. Parkside Bench Pillar Drill with Electronic Speed Control £ 149.00 derived from the Bosch PBD-40. (Or dreived from the same...
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Daft dishwasher idea
My Siemens dishwasher threw up a E15 Fault a few nights ago. Thanks to YouTube I found a few videos that pointed me to the Aquastop feature where a small sump triggers a float. I gained access to it...
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