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tumble dryer handle problem
takes a strong tug to open te door of this Bosch tumble dryer to the extent that the handle is flexing away from the door and threatening to break. Can the lock mechanism be adjusted to ease the...
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Lighting circuit short
I went to turn on a bedroom ceiling light last night and it didn't come on. Nor did some other ceiling lights. The kitchen lights are on a different circuit, and they could be switched on. The CU is...
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Surgical mask [Wikipedia]
Although the material of which surgical masks are made will filter out some viruses and bacteria by trapping the aerosol suspended in breathed air, they only provide partial protection from airborne...
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Surgical mask
Although the material of which surgical masks are made will filter out some viruses and bacteria by trapping the aerosol suspended in breathed air, they only provide partial protection from airborne...
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fabric and UV decay
I have a part glass roof on the rear extension of my house. it's nice and light but a bit bright and hot midsummer and a bit chilly midwinter so a few years ago I designed some blinds to enhance the...
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Cleaning a desktop computer
I want to take the hassle out if it. I have been looking for adapters for a vacuum cleaner that include one or more gentle brushes (and might fit my Shark or old Sebo). My son-in-law last night said...
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Technical competence of the "Repair Shop"?
Last night an "arctic " thermometer, so how does a thermocouple power a bordon tube gauge? Looked to me much like a capilliary tube standard old style fridge or boiler thermostat system with Bordon...
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Repairable puncture??
A tyre nicely collected part of a hinge causing a narrow cut some 20mm long in a tyre. The cut is a nominal 45 degrees diagonal to the tyre axis but close to the centre. I'm presuming such a long cut...
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Blowing up capacitors
Short-circuit supply voltage 310 volts DC. Short-circuit supply voltage 310 volts DC.
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Running 32 bit applications on Win10/64
It's time to try and get everything running on my Win 10 PRO/32 m/c on my 'new' HP AIO running Win 10 Home/64 When I first got it home I tried to install Lightroom V3 from the CD rom but Win10...
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More q re heat pumps
Firstly, thank you all for the replies so far. When I have visited the USA I have stayed in hotels with a device fitted under the window (therefore an outside wall). Most trips have been in summer...
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Reusing an unfranked stamp - technical question: illegality already assumed!
If I receive a stamped letter letter and Royal Mail has inadvertently not franked the stamp to cancel it, it is tempting to reuse that stamp on another letter. I realise that this would be fraudulent...
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Razor Blades - follow up
There was a recent thread recently Razor blades and I posted the Wilko do some which are compatible with Gillette. We happened to visit Wilko today, they seem only do the triple version now although...
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It might come in
ALWAYS SCROUNGE — because whatever it is, you never know, it might come in NEVER THROW ANYTHING AWAY — because whatever it is, you never know, it might come in IF YOU RUN OUT OF SPACE — build...
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Capita it with cyber attack.
British outsourcing services provider Capita announced today that a cyberattack on Friday prevented access to its internal Microsoft Office 365 applications. British outsourcing services provider...
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