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Powerline adaptors.
I do hope you are nowhere near a radio ham or short wave listener, its open season on these blights to receiving am from the far distant places. In theory, they are illegal, but they have tried to get...
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Wire saw - how effective at cutting steel cable + recommendations
On a cycle trip earlier this week and one of the group made the classic mistake of padlocking the bike with a flexible cable lock without checking that the key matched the lock. A bit of frantic...
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How good/bad is powerline networking, especislly with more than two devices?
I am investigating my options for getting the LAN to work as well as poosible around our property. We are having quite a lot of changes done at the moment (new shower room, balcony, etc.) and so some...
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18th Amendment wiring regs.
I understand that the only changes to the latest 17th amendment CUs is the addition of SPDs, however I believe there are exceptions to the rule depending on the type of property and the number of...
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OT: Why is there a 2 week time limit on an MOT retest?
Why is there a 2 week time limit on an MOT retest?
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Junior hacksaw blades
Is there more than one standard (dimension wise) for junior hacksaw blades? I have 5 off junior hacksaws from different manufactures. They are not the bent metal type but a tiny bit more up-market...
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4 years ago
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Voltage for USA question
I will be hopefully visiting America later this year. I have some electrical items. The `infamous netbook`, the mains supply transformer states 100 to 240 volts. The other an electric shaver with no...
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Securing walkway roof to brickwork
I am planning a single pitch roof fitted between two existing cavity walls (house/old garage) and am contemplating fixing to the walls rather than using vertical supports from foundation pads. The...
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4 years ago
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Air pressure braking of trains, etc.
What is the difference in meaning between parked and parked up? Listen and listen up? Active and proactive? (I knew about active and reactive) Antennae and antennas? Are these crass Americans taken up...
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Spinning rust
I've just stripped out the actual disc from a HDD that had expired, just in case of the unlikely event that it was recovered from the skip and someone managed to extract personal info from it. It will...
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OT: The EU will have to come clean on housing
Er, it was the Tories all along! Saol fada agus breac-shláinte chugat. Unless of course you are a Brexit voting moron or child molester Britain has enough housing – it’s just that a series of...
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Bosch tumble dryer: delay after switching on
It's a condenser model, about 10 years old. The fault is that when the rotating switch is turned from the off position to any of the programs ("very dry", "cupboard dry" etc.), which normally causes...
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OT: DIY, PPI claim?
Hi all, When the whole PPI thing came out we got a small 'refund' from a PPI Co (without having to do anything).
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Caple Washington kitchen mixer
Cold tap has started to drip. Taking the cover off, I can see the brass mechanism and that it can move a bit. That seems to be the issue. Got in touch with Caple - they don't have any spare valves. It...
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prime scam
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:22:07 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote: You seem to have this d-i-y newsgroup confused with Twatter? Cheers, T i m
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