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Should my brother be prosecuted?
Double 13 amp socket in his kitchen. One side has coffee maker plugged in. The other has a three-way adapter with kettle and toaster plugged in. I suppose it is unlikely all all these devices would be...
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Another foam disaster
"Louise Steyn9 months ago Dont laugh Tanya! But I once wanted to fix my cracking dashboard in my old jaloppy. I took this same foam stuff and went crazy! It took my son like 2 days to clear the...
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Capping a brick wall
My daughter's house has a rather nice walled garden - but the wall has no capping and some of the bricks are spalling. The wall is a brick length thick - with the top of the wall laid with bricks...
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Rant: Ledhut order fulfilment process is a shanbles
Looks like my newsserver allows it too. Why on earth haven't the spammers noticed this ability? P.S. I just buggered up my BOINC. It thought all the tasks were overdue and aborted them all, oh well,...
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TB 68.2.0
Kinda proves your dig at TNP to be your usual trolling, but you are too up yourself to see that.
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DIY medicine
... no, not proctology with the Aldi borescope Woman spots breast cancer while playing with thermal camera at Scots tourist spot A woman discovered she has breast cancer after spotting an unusual heat...
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Do SDS drills lose their oomph as they get older?
The hammer action of SDS drills is driven with a crankshaft so No. Ordinary electric drills have a "chatter plate" which does wear out.
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Water Harvesting Level Sensor
Hi all A colleague of mine is trying to troubleshoot a problem with a water reclamation system at his GF's. He is thinking that the level sensor might be shot in the water tank and therefore the...
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Boot light keeps blowing fuse
BMW 7 Series 3 years old. Has tw lights in the boot. One under the parcel shelf and one in the lid. No sign of water ingress. Very strange. Any bright ideas out there (excuse the pun)
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Engineer beats traffic lights ...
Traffic lights worldwide set to change after Swedish engineer saw red over getting a ticket 21 Oct 2019 at 11:03 5-6 minutes Mats Järlström's fight shows you never cross an engineer Yellow traffic...
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What is the purpose of Auto/Man Danfoss valve in airing cupboard?
I have a feeling mine is playing up. Suddenly, but only sometimes, the downstairs radiators in all rooms are cold, while upstairs they are hot. The lever was set all the way to auto. When I moved it...
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Heat pump SEER rating
Why can't I find a heat pump with a good SEER rating? The USA has a law stating 13 minimum. Yet here in the UK, I looked at Panasonic and they're all 7 to 11!
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Did anyone else know that it is Boiler Switch On Week?
In article <1og28tb.f203jnojt3lwN% Roger Hayter wrote: Just how well TRVs work depends on lots of things. If they are really bad in one particular room, chances are there's a big differential in...
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Shower mixer hose outlet bent out of shape.
The bit where you screw the shower hose onto the shower mixer is damaged and leaks water. I have had some success with lots of ptfe tape but it doesn't seem to last. Is this a job for epoxy putty or...
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automotive relays
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