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Wall lights up and working
Well, I finally got all the lights working, but... The Där fittings, although attractive, have some issues. (These are the lights: <>)Firstly, they aren't quite symmetrical - the right-hand lamp of...
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Bang, flash, what a failure (mode)
This one raised an eyebrow... The time before last when I used my mains powered multimaster, there was a bang and a blue flash from the back of it as a capacitor in its mains inlet filter decided to...
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All new gas appliances to be banned in UK.
they are poisoning the users I suppose. Once again Lam a trendsetter. No gas in our house! Using gas for heating and cooking should be banned by 2050, the Government said yesterday. Low-carbon...
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Falling or fallen trees?
I've a good mind to phone this guy up and say, "If you can come round in the next two seconds, there's an oak tree falling into my garden." Find the latest stuff for sale on Gumtree. See used items...
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Burglar alarms and stable doors again
Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.
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Scales that can't make up their mind
Not really a DIY question (unless it turns out that there is in fact a DIY fix), so apologies. I have a bathroom scale with an LED display (branded Weight Watchers but I don't know the actual maker)...
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The Great British Sewing Bee
SWMBO would like to know hat make and model of machine they use in this programme. Aanyone know ? Ive tried picking up details from the programme but after a few minutes I lose the will to live.
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Acorn extractor fan
I have purchased a replacement fan unit for an Acorn hob extractor fan. Only thing is the wiring colours are different from the old one. Can anyone please let if they have have the conversion ?
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Cutting hole for sink
The jigsaw will be OK. Assuming a laminate worktop, you'll get the best cut with a downcut blade. Alternatively, you can cut from the bottom side with a regular blade but the blades don't always stay...
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40mm pushfit
OK thanks all - I assumed wrong. The pipe is actually solvent-weld type but is fine with compression joints. It's just the "38mm" pushfit elbow that doesn't fit.
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Old Acorn fan wiring
Can anyone please identify the colour coding on an old Acorn extractor hood fan motor as the do not match those on a replacement
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Bluetooth & landline telephone help please
Have you followed the pairing instructions and call transfer instructions as shown in <>?Cheers Dave R http://www.atltelecom.com/download/29 http://www.atltelecom.com/download/29...
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HDMI audio.
Hi all, Earlier I was asked if I could provide a / TV for someone in their bedroom and they wanted their TalkTalk Youview box in there as well. So we made a small hole though the wall and ran an...
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Soldering iron flex. Sources of silicone cable
Difficult to answer that one without incriminating myself!
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Pull text from Gmail
I have a bunch of Gmail emails from a certain person and would like to import all the text into one text file, sorted in date order. The idea is to get something that I can edit to pull together a...
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