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Re: fart cans
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:10:33 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote: Momentarily turn off the ignition, or at least, that's how it used to work. DAMHIKT!
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Heat loss/resistance in CH system
I'm about to relocate a couple of radiators, and plan to loop some 10mm plastic pipe behind the skirting boards into the 15mm main run. Is there a calculation/formula that determines what losses are...
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repairing cracks
Hi folks, can you repair smallish cracks an holes with cement and sbr and no aggregate. This is just on a rough surface, which l then brush over with a what l call a bond coat of the same ingredient...
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Re: Sometimes I love Mumsnet
Are you sure that its not just equal opportunity Darwin awards? On an allied subject, why have we seemingly gone from the words about how to clean things like toasters to a tiny row of pictures...
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Windows thread in UKLM
Burt?s flailing here. Badly gotten to.
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Three phase earth bonding
Suppose I have a variety of equipment which is variously powered from one of the phases of a three phase supply. I'm concered about the potential difference between two boxes on different phases. The...
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Re: RIPA Them and Us; conceiving of a D-I-Y system?
An interesting concept, but surely then they would have access to the system we used to create them which would be as good as having them. In the end I think I'd not go paranoid over that particular...
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Supercapacitors
I've never used a supercap before, though I have had one kicking about here for a long time, a 5v 1 Farad. I have an old code entry lock, which I am looking to install, which runs on 5v and needs a...
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RCBO marking.
Just fitted a couple of RCBOs to an older split load CU on the non RCD protected side. And was curious about how the terminals are labelled. The output terminals (load) are marked Load N and Load 2....
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Venting subfloor up the chimney?
I'm thinking 2 birds one stone here..... I've been told I need better underfloor ventilation (there's no ventilation at the back of the house, just the front). We are doing some refurbishments so it's...
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Question about telephone wiring
I've recently installed a trueCall Call Blocker, and have had some problems with it not ringing when it should. Turned out a wired phone wasn't ringing when I plugged that in to test things. Virgin...
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Catalytic Converters - smell
Was talking about catalytic converters the other day following another theft and someone commented about the rotten egg smell you sometime got from cars and someone would say - it is because the car...
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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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