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DC generator works OK as a Motor, but does not generate?
DC generators depend on "residual magnetism" in the field coil to "boot them up" The field coils are an electromagnet driven from the armature. But on initial start up they depend on the bit of...
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LPG gas bottles and heating.
We have electric heating (E7) which I supliment with convector heaters during the day/night when the heating is not on if necessary and frankly it does what I want happily . It cost me £1429 for the...
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Potatoes storage - OT but maybe not
Store them in your cauldron?
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OT:Vancouver Wnidow Display from 1959 (features tools)
it works, the above link should show a Vancouver window display from 1959. Leaving aside the grumpy looking kid in the middle, if the picture magnifies o.k, it shows the sort of items sold in the sort...
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Hoping to de-modernise flat heating system.
The previous occupants of my newly acquired electric only flat had the night storage heaters removed. They were replaced with these fairly insubstantial panel heaters from Aldi. "EasyHome Panel...
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OT Think be fore you give (RNLI)
Chief executive Mark Dowie warned last week that it is 'facing some major challenges' after making a loss of £6.3million. But demand for the RNLI's services is at record levels.
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OT: from Twitter today
1) Verhofstadt comes clean: at the LibDem Conference today he admitted that the EU is building an empire. No surprise there then. 2) Gilets Jaunes protests approach a year of protests. Tear gas and...
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Tradesmen - arrogance or ignorance
Recently had a kitchen extension and fit, More recently a bathroom. Both lots of tradesmen did a decent job but did not refer to the instructions with the fittings I had chosen. With the bathroom the...
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Stop/ start - fail
Doesn?t your hybrid have a ?hold? function- almost like and automatic handbrake? When you stop, it comes on. Put your foot on the accel. and it releases. You have to select to use it each journey but...
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OT One of the reasons we need renewable energy/
Fires raged at the plant in Abqaiq, Bugayg, and the arab country's second largest oilfield in Khurais this morning after mounting tensions between Riyadh and Tehran boiled over.
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Car seat adjustments
There are a lot of drivers around who don't know that the seat is adjustable for height!
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What size DVDs will my CDROM cope with?
It is HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH245NSDO. I have 700MB ones, but these are not large enough to make a Boot-able recovery disc with Acronis. so what are the larges capacity DVDs that this drive will work with...
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Looking for info on this timeswitch
's no model number as far as I can see in its cramped location. I don't have a clue what all the buttons switches and dials do. Any info would be much appreciated. Timeswitch â Postimages...
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OT: The English Language
"60% off George Foreman" is a headline which greeted me this morning. I wonder if George knows that he is being sold so cheaply, or that there is a Shylock cut of him available? It joins the "Car...
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Error message on my MC250
Hi, we inherited this MC 250 when we moved in and I basically worked out how it operated. Now though, it's showing error 1. It is also 3/4 full of water where it hasn't before. I've emptied the tank...
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