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LEDs - getting there slowly.
Just bought some of these. Bit pricey but 140lm/W. Seems to be about right. Pity it's so difficult to get other envelopes in that sort of rating - most BC lamps seem to be 'vintage', 'retro' etc. and...
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Yaesu FT818
Did you really mean to post this here on the DIY list? Go on buy an Icom you know you want to. Brian
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Cordless drills
My 14 month old (and therefore just out of warranty) Hitachi cordless drill (with which I am otherwise very happy) has broke (the keyless chuck is jammed). It's the third one I've had in ~20 years - I...
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Kitchen mixer tap
Can anyone tell me how to remove the hot and cold knobs/taps each side of this mixer? I can remove the neck/spout (grub screw at back) but I can't get into the taps. They are working loose and the red...
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Morecambe and Wise footage
I remmeber them coming to our lab to ask about using our laser cutting which wasn't really suitable. An old Morecambe and Wise film from 1968 has been restored using a groundbreaking new technique.
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Remove wooden fence post 'stub'.
We've got wooden fence post stub which is set in a sizeable concrete lump. It is broken off 'flush' at the surface- a lorry hit the fence. Obviously I could break up the concrete etc but, owing to a...
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ABS Plastics Repair?
Not an urgent requirement- ie I don't have a current repair to do but it it is something that comes up from time to time. To be blunt, I've never found a sure fire way to glue/repair ABS. In...
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Lidl washers set
I bought a pack of 383 assorted fibre and "rubber" washers and O-rings from Lidl as future spares. Noticed later that they are not to be used "in foo d and drinking water pipes". Does anyone know if...
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Shower V wife, I know I am correct.
OK, so in the morning possibly before the heating comes on (not that it matters) wife uses the shower, (combi boiler) she claims it is sometimes cold and takes ages to heat up. I advised her to have...
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Wago-things
I have a love-hate relationship with these. The connectors are wonderful and I love them to bits. The boxes, not as much. I can never get all the bloody wiring back in the box and get the lid to snap...
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Bargain: Rolson 5m steel tape measure @ Morrisons, 97p
Adrian Caspersz laid this down on his screen : Or go to a Pound shop and you can buy the same, any day of the week.
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Different plasterboard fixings
Never noticed these before, probably above my "buy some in case I need them" price, considering they must cost sod all to make ...
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vacuum cleaner recommendation
Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive. Anyone care to make a recommendation? Bill
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Disposing of old lithium ion 18650 cells
I need to dispose of a ten-year old laptop battery, which is no longer needed as the laptop was decommissioned a couple of years ago. I've opened the battery case up, and it contains 9 x 18650 lithium...
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OT - Gridwatch - coal giving its all?
I do look at the site from time to time and from previous chats I expect nuclear to be going hell for leather, wind and solar to be doing what the weather dictates, and CCGT filling in the gaps, with...
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