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Led lighting
I was about to buy some strip lights for work, 2x 4 foot flourescent tubes, (36x2 watts). I'll be buying 5. Looking at the projected yearly savings it will take about 4 years to break even given the...
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USB remote HDD turn off/on
I have my BB modem/router mounted in the loft, to which I have no quick easy access. On those rare occaisions I do desire to turn it off, I have a remote control wireless 13A switch. The router has a...
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Cars have definitely changed
For the first one, yes. Spread that cost over perhaps the million made and it's not so much. Dunno when that was. I fitted a MegaSquirt to the old Rover - that's an aftermarket programmable ECU. It...
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Self Build in Norfolk would you like be part of it
I have been looking for a forum, where I could post this in Google but at t he end of the day, I think that the sort of people that I have been trying to reach and who might be interested it this...
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For all you electric car fans.
http://sundown.me.uk/technology/mercedes-aa-class.mp4 http://sundown.me.uk/technology/mercedes-aa-class.mp4
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Backup hot water options for combi owners
In another thread someone made the comment "sensible people have an alternate way of heating and providing hot water anyway"... Which made me wonder how true that is? Obviously most people with a hot...
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dead henry vacuum cleaner,,
Hi gent's,I wonder if anyone can help me with some advice,? I've been asked to have a look at a Henry vacuum which was supposedly used to attempt to suck up something wet spilled on a carpet when it...
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Rheostat / Variable resistor
I have never understood why both ends of the track are connected in a circuit. Can anyone enlighten me?
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Electric heater efficiency
I'd always thought that electric heaters were all the same in terms of efficiency (ie. shite) and you get the same amount of heat out of them for the same amount of energy put in. Though a mate of...
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Kitchen carousel units
...specifically, the one made by Ninka and sold by B&Q: short version Has anyone here ever installed one? I confess to being baffled by the single diagrammatic sheet of assembly instructions, and to...
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Chimney Pot Identification
'evening This photo shows two chimneys on the same wall. The chimney on the left links internally to a regular fireplace. The chimney on the right has no (apparent) link inside the house. Both are on...
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no earth and other woes
My son bought his first house ..... and my list of jobs to be done increases weekly. Last week he bought several new ceiling lights ......... it seems existing lights were simply screwed to...
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Conducting concrete
Somebody in one of these two groups recently said that a concrete based house means you're earthed. Concrete is a bloody good insulator! Sorry, can't find the post it was mentioned in.
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Idle musings on water softeners
We have one which uses bags of tablets. At the time of purchase we rejected the more expensive ones which used blocks of salt. However I am now wondering if the ease of just feeding salt in a block at...
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Clock Radios
My present device is now approaching 20 years old, and I am wondering about getting one which does its tuning using something more sophisticated than the traditional knob and length of string. As...
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