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Key slipping in rack mortice door bolts
The key slips on some of the rack mortice bolts on our doors. In about half the bolts the key slips and in about half it doesn't. On some bolts it slips at the end of its travel in one direction but...
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OT Q. Alcatel Onetouch Y800 4G WiFi Modem/Router
I wonder if anyone else might have one of these and be able to tell me about the flashing green LED's purpose/ function please? Yes I do have a copy of the User Manual, but so far as I could see,...
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bloody ebay/amazon MP carp
Not for the first time, nor for the second, do I find that my (from a very limited sample) recent purchase is either CFU or fails within a few months of buying it. Why do people swear by this means of...
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Resurgence OT
All that stuff I was asking about on the salt residue from tropical storms... Category 4 cyclone Ernie 06-10 April 2017 with wind speeds peaking at 130 mph on the 7th has finally made it to...
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New Woodburner Regulations
Nope. I have friends with them. ROFLMAO! Maybe in your spotless clinical house, but not out here in the country.
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!/2" to 15mm pushfit
I've a need to join copper 1/2" and plastic 15mm hot and cold water pipes. Will a straightforward 15mm pushfit coupler work? I see Speedfit do a 1/2" to 15mm coupler, but I'd have thought to 0.1mm or...
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mitre saw braking
I have a cheap (Cromwell Tools own-brand) mitre saw, used it recently and realised that the self-braking is no longer functioning, in general how do these operate - mechanical, or electrical e.g....
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Are 90 degree soil waste bends available?
I ordered a 110mm waste bend off eBay which was advertised as 90 degree, which is what I want, but got sent a standard 92.5 degree bend. So does a 90 degree bend in waste fittings like this even...
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smoke detector
Does anyone know if it is possible to renew the battery in the FireAngel WST-630 smoke detector? I have taken the battery out and thank that I could solder a replacement in provided it was the correct...
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O.T. electric cars - do they have gearboxes?
Well, assuming by "Kelvins" you meant Degrees Kelvin and by "degrees" you meant degrees Celcius, they are! If the standard atmospheric pressure had been a higher value than it's currently assumed,...
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Laser printers bugger you up?
Or at least the toner does. Ultrafine particle - Wikipedia
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Getting clean interference free power
Is there anything filter wise I could do so that all the clutter from a house is not added to a long cable to a small garden building to help me get better radio reception while away from the nearest...
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Underground services
I'm starting to plan for re-running power to my workshop, which is some 35 metres from the house. This is being driven by the fact that all the electricity in there is hung off a single 13A switched...
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Armoured cable acceptable installation
I've been investigating an intermittent RCD trip on 120 meters of armoured cable supplying an electric gate. Was it ever acceptable to just lay it on the surface of the ground, albeit at the base of a...
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Fridge Query
Years ago if you looked at the back of a fridge you'd see the condenser coils. When I was looking for a new fridge recently I noticed that most models have the back covered with a sheet of what looks...
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