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Replacing copper HW tank.
If it's in a cupboard the space can be packed with junk insulation, avoiding any flex feeding he immersion. If no cupboard it's easy to construct a flimsy outer wrap that can be stuffed with...
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Hail to the king baby
Just swapped my headlight bulb in under 10 minutes. The drivers side one with the fuse box in the way.
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Pocket Door supplier recommends
OK, Renovating a 1960's flat I want to combine the WC and Bathroom, by removing the adjoining wall. Pic here: This is relatively simple because the wall is non-load bearing, curiously it has been...
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OT: HDMI cable slowly ejects itself.
A year ago my trusty Sony LCD tv went phut requiring a replacement. It was a small 17 inch wide screen job with a vga input and was used primarily as a computer monitor, with the TV output in the top...
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Magnetic CH cleaners
Well it sort of worked And for anyone who cannot see it's a magnetic cleaner so full of the crud that it has collected that it has split open. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:CHcleaner.jpg
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Oddity: USB Floppy under Windows7
I need to generate floppy disks to communicate with a legacy system. So I have a USB floppy drive - works fine. I can read and write files under Windows Explorer but I can't format new floppies - the...
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Water softener systems
So. I'm fed up with scale everywhere. I'm thinking water softener. I don't want to faff about filling it with salt every 5 minutes. It's there an idiots guide somewhere which explains the different...
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BBC Two: The Repair Shop
Starts on Monday, 6.30, BBC2. 15 progs. Owain Upcoming episodes of The Repair Shop
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Torch - Cree - Ultrafire 14500
I have had a small torch for a few years that took either a AA cell or a Ultrafire YF 14500 (3.7v).(I think I ordered the torch, batteries and charger together) Recently I mislaid it and ordered...
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If you have a diesel car, look out.
DIESEL cars are on the verge of being wiped out after TWO major car makers announced they are permanently stopping making the vehicles.
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Slow clocks in mainland Europe - how much of a problem is it really?
makes it sound as if it's a big problem that affects significant numbers of alarm clocks, central heating timers and oven clocks. Is that really that case? I would have thought it would only affect...
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R. Scott. 31
So the gas fitter came to call.... and expressed concern about using an ion exchange (salt) water softener with a thermal store. Corrosion of heat extract coil due to salt content in treated mains...
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glow worm 60ff boiler stopped, no spark.
glow worm 60ff boiler , there is no spark on the pilot light , i cant light it manually .. then everything works , just no spark? my boiler was working fine , just stopped? it just wont spark?...
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Polizei train?
Standing on a platform in Dusseldorf main station the other day I was surprised to see a diesel locomotive unit pass through with Polizei emblazoned on it's side. Do German police have their own train...
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A real opportunity missed
http://tinypic.com/r/2my8b9u/9
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