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Built-In Oven Replacement
Hi Folks, I'm looking to replace my ageing built-in gas oven with a swish new electric model but am not sure how the dimensions work within the existing carcass. The dimensions of my current oven are...
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OT "No clear benefits from migration"
https://www.westmonster.com/no-clear-benefit-from-low-skilled-eu-migration-government-adviser-confirms1/
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Motor starter switch? 240V 6A
Would you bother / is it necessary to use a motor starter switch with overload protection on a 240V 6.5A single phase motor. Main reason for asking is that i'm struggling to find something suitable.
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Best low tack masking tape?
Votes please for a low tack masking tape that does what it claims (as the last lot I used didn't). Matters to me more than usual as I need to paint an external wall where it joins a neighbour's in a...
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OT if you like Lomborg (IPCC)
New Nobel laureate William Nordhaus says the costs of proposed CO2 cuts aren’t worth it.
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240v countdown timer switch
Simple enough project. I've a motor in a machine, I want to put time (say 3 mins) on a clock, hit a button, and the motor will run for 3 mins. Does anyone know of a single timer switch unit that would...
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OT: what's behind the Irish Border question
The Backstop is only liable to be agreed by a government that decides that it must accept whatever terms the EU offers under economic duress.
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Security cameras
I'm starting to investigate security cameras - the ones that connect to wifi and will email or text if they detect something untoward. Has anyone any recommendations based on personal experience?
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Stinky food processor
The Ozone smell is caused by electric sparks, usually from the brushes of the motor. Brand new brushes will spark until they "bed in". If it still sparks more than minimally after they've bedded in,...
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Infrared socket controller thing interprets one button press on remote as two!
Yes I have got a neurological disease, and it was first discovered when I thought that the remote was reading my one press as two. In fact I was making a very rapid second press, without knowing. The...
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Sublimation ink?
Some ink I bought for my printer is called sublimation ink. I thought the word sublimation meant changing from solid to gas without being liquid inbetween. How does this apply to standard inkjet ink?
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Tripped circuit in CU ?
Last night, just making a cup of tea for bed (so kettle had boiled already) and a flicker of the lights, and the cooker clock going off suggested some sort of problem. First port of call - CU -...
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Ok, now we have the mosquito net... how do i fix it on the door, now?
As the title suggests, I recently found a mosquito net that i wanted to place on the door that leads to the garden but I have no idea how to secure it. Any advices?
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OT Android group reader
Hi all I usually use this group on my phone using the Google group website. I am a ware of some posting deficiencies using this (e.g. responding to specific p osts and inline etc) so was wondering if...
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PANASONIC COMPATIBILITY
I have an ancient Panasonic KX-TA624 wired as three into 8... It used to work with a master digital phone, but thats gone AWOL. So I bought a job lot of KX-T7750s and a KX-T7730 ... But they don't...
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