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Are Rolec 13A socket "pods" available anywhere other than Rolec?
Their £8.50 "standard" delivery charge is a bit of a rip-off so I'd prefer to find a retailer.
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Ot . The latest way to break your neck? The Flyboard.
Astonishing. Flyboard Air Demo at Flyboard World Cup Championship in Naples, FL
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Can you put a mains socket in a cupboard inside a bathroom?
Can you put a mains socket in a cupboard inside a bathroom? Would be handy for connecting my washing machine, which is in the bathroom. Cupboard door is about 9" from basin, 3ft from toilet and 4'3"...
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Two way light switching neutral ?
I seem to recall reading somewhere that in 2 way switching for house lighting its a good idea to have a neutral wire parallel to the lives to cut down on interference, is this so? In which case I need...
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Electronic water softeners e.g. Vulcan 3000 - how effective? (2023 Update)
I have moderately hard water and it would be good to use a water softener. I like the idea of an electronic one that doesn't add chemicals. It descale s the pipes and taps as I understand. Vulcan 3000...
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How does a volume control work now?
On car and home HiFi I have a knob to control the volume. It is not a variable resistor - it turns infinately. I guess is somehow creates a proportional and directional signal to the amplifier - but...
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Antique Furniture Care
We just moved into a house, where the prior owners agreed to leave several wood antique furniture items. The desk, maybe 200 years ol.d There is a "church bench" and a coffee table - each maybe 150+...
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Slalom
Is it so hard to park on the same side as other people?! Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!
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OT:YouTube "casting"
WE occasionally watch YouTube videos on our SmartTV, via it's app. I recently investigated the pair TV with smartphone (on my case tablet) app feature. Very impressed - nice to be able to control via...
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Intelligent AAA battery charger
I would like to buy an intelligent battery charger mainly for AAA batteries but also AA and Li-IOn 18650 would be nice, but not essential. Is there anything better than this 7dayshop product:
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3D Viewer on 3D TV
Does anyone know of any software that will take a 3D model (ideally from something like Sketchup) and display it on a 3D screen so that it can be viwed with 3D glasses? I don't necessarily want to do...
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OT: Global temperatures plummeting
or A couple of caveats: These are measurements made by satellite over land. Lower troposphere temperatures recorded by satellite have never shown the same rise in temperatures as the so-called and...
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Correct tool for the job Pt7
Went to some open day at a stately home yesterday which was full of phony s kint toffs, so decided to visit the Woolly Wolstenholme Memorial Bench. One of my boyhood heroes who played Mellotron with...
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Front wipers come on but won't go to back to park
I have a nissan almera tino 1.8 2005 my front wiper will come on but won't go off till I turn ignition off. Can someone help
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Greedy Braun
Originally it was possible to buy just the replacement foil for your Braun electric razor for about £5. Dear enough for a piece of pierced metal. Then they brougt a new improved razor but one could...
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