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OT: Catastrophic breeding season for Adelie penguins in Antarctica
All but two chicks starved to death, out of many thousands. Dwindling fish stocks? Another disastrous consequence of global warming? No, too much ice! So much for shrinking ice sheets down there. But...
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Connections for condensing tumble drier
Hi All, We are probably going to invest in a condensing (or maybe heat pump condensing (is it another name for the same thing??). This is because the only space we have left in the house where we...
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Power connector for Belkin N1 router
The power connector on my belkin N1 router needs replacing - but can someone pls tell me what it's called so I can ebay for one? There seems to be zillions of these type of connectors - all slightly...
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Tiling a shower
Hi All, We are fitting a bathroom and have tiled the shower area. My wife went to b uy BAL grout today and noticed it said it was suitable for showers but was water resistant not waterproof. So.......
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OT - Open Banking
Is this something that you welcome? Does it increase the risk of fraud?
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Ladders: the not so obvious
When there's a ladder leaning on a building and you walk up to it to move it, always look carefully at the top in case anyone has left any tools hanging on the rungs. When pulling a ladder away from...
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Daisy chain hob from oven
Don't have access to the regs at the moment but does anyone know of any wiring regulation that prohibits a hob being connected to a built in oven? Assume that the cable from the cooker outlet to the...
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Drayton Digistat SCR receiver not working
I've got a Drayton Digistat SCR that's stopped working, meaning I can't turn my heating on. The transmitter (a 2RF) is fine and it has new batteries. The fault seems to lie with the receiver, which...
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Power lights in loft from lighting circuit help please
I plan on finding the last light in loop that should have only 2 cables into it. From there I take 1.5mm t&e joined into that light fitting to a fused switch I plan on putting 3amp fuse max into that...
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Hard water - not filtered by water board?
Why don't water boards in hard water areas filter the water for you? It would save their own pipes getting scaled up too.
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Tap washer
I needed to change the basin tap washer. I got a half inch washer out of an old pack, but I was surprised to find that it doesn't fit. The tap head has a sort of cup the washer fits into, and the...
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OT House Registry Searches
Hi all A colleague of mine is buying a house and I happened to mention Part 1 and Part 2 solicitor searches. This was certainly a "thing" when I have bought property in the past. He wasn't aware of...
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Heat protection for underside of kitchen wall cupboards
The underside of the kitchen wall cupboard above the toaster gets a bit hot from the rising heat so I would like to protect it without it looking like a bodge. Any suggestions from the assembled...
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Outside socket
I recently installed an. Outside socket, wired up from an indoor socket on the ring main, the box is plastic, so I just ran live to live, neutral to neutral, earth to earth. After 5 minutes or so it...
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Need power into loft
Hi all I have a 40amp mcb spare unused now. can I run 6mm t&e from that straight up from cu through floorboards up side of unused chimney breast wall through ceiling into loft into new Schneider cu...
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