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Boiler update - Insurance or replacement
Valliant engineer has just been and it looks like my £300 D&G insurance gamble has paid off. He replaced the pump, replaced the stuck diverter valve and it didn't make any difference, no flow from...
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OT _ Hosting a Video
I have uploaded a few "unlisted" videos on Youtube, but a mate is asking me about how to enable his Institute to upload videos of lectures that could be of about 90 minutes duration - so that members...
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OT Non DIY
I have become of an age where I can no longer perform even the easiest of DIY jobs, apart from finding it extremely frustrating it has become almost impossible to get these jobs done by a...
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iPad 2
Relation has one which won't power up. Not sure if it is just the power supply - couldn't really find out if it worked on the battery for a while. Can't really be a relation as had no backups...
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Shower trap terminology help please
Looking for a new trap for a shower tray with a 50mm diameter waste and 90mm clearance underneath, and am a little confused? For example: - I assume that "water seal" is the distance from the top of...
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OT nuclear power in UK
No experience of Korean nuclear engineering myself, but I was talking to a senior manager from Horizon the other day, and he said that of all the overseas suppliers had had been dealing with, he had...
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OT Charity ~TV ads
There are many that of a system whereby you make a telephone call then they automatically snag money from you. Now some of them seem very deserving, but I would dearly love to know how much of that...
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Copper is an aquatic hazard?
I got a package today with the "dead tree & fish" label on it & a 13-page safety data sheet inside. It turns out that desoldering braid is so labelled because copper is "aquatic acute 1, H400" and...
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OT: North Mid Hosp, PCN?
Hi all, We recently attended North Middlesex Hospital four times and today received a PCN from the last two visits but one (so 'so far'). ;-( One states we were there for 61 minutes and the other, 32...
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Are mains plugs ...
... dishwasher proof? Like many of us, I have a big box of 13A mains plugs I've accumulated over the years. Most of them are pretty grubby. If I use one and it's going somewhere that matters, I clean...
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Wiki files
Might not be a bad idea to allow mp4 files there, it can't currently upload a 1M media file. Still photos don't really get the message across in this case. NT
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[OT but only a bit] Gas buggered
Households and motorists have been warned to expect sharp rises in gas bills and petrol prices after a “perfect storm” of supply problems as the winter freeze begins.
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OT: Broadband problems
Hi all. So, I don't think there is anything I can DIY about the issue I'm having, but I'll ask anyway ;) As of last Thursday my internet access has gone from a really solid 37Mbps down to unusable at...
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Heating system motorised valve questions
Central heating playing up so I've been checking the valves. Two questions.: 1. The central heating circuit is controlled by a 2-port Danfoss valve. I replaced the motor head a couple of years ago....
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Replacement for NetaHeat80 LPG - recommendations?
Our venerable NetHeat 80E just went bang (literally!). I've been thinking it needs replacing anyway so this just confirms that decision. What do the team recommend as a replacement? Reliability when...
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