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Peglar Terrier valve sticking.
Just freed up another TRV tonight and thought I'd share. Most of my Peglar Terrier TRV's have now stuck open at some point - on removing the valve head the actuator pin appears stuck, and will not...
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OT: When choosing an SSID for your wifi network dont choose..
21 Daish...especially in France. Teen in the dock on terror apologist charge for naming Wi-Fi network 'Daesh 21' • The Register
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Unfused plug
Ebay purchase, charger has a small moulded plug, which given it's size presumably un-fused. I could snip it off and fit a proper one. In any case a fault that would render the lead/wire/flex/cable...
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Correct tool for the job Pt2
18870 tracks on 160GB via Sennheiser IE800s.
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Cold radiator - help diagnosing problem please
One of the downstairs radiators is now ice cold - was working fine until a couple of days ago. It has a TRV on one end and a valve on the other. Tried so far: - Open/close both TRV and valve several...
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Cycle storage solution
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Cold Radiators
Hi All, I have an issue with a couple of my downstairs radiators in that they never seem to warm up completely, namely they are cool at the bottom and warmish at the top (but never toasty). I'm...
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Further the Brian's "Costing the Earth". (Nuclear power).
This bears a look at. The lies about nuclear power economics that only came out when they were appraised for privatisation. Nuclear power has a whole history of lies about it's true costs. And have...
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Compression ratio
What sort of compression ratios would LPG work best at? I noticed a diesel in the conversion shop this morning. Is butane high octane. I imagine it is better than alcohol but don't have a clue where...
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Getting a plumbing nut back on!
I can not get the nut to go back on the radiator valve/tail. Why I don't kn ow... nothing's been changed that end, it got a new TRV the other end. The nut just begins to grip a little then lets go....
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7 years ago
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Repeated power outages - how to resolve root cause
My office has just had a power failure (one phase down, so lost power on one floor). We had low voltage (around 208v according to the UPS) from 15:00 and finally lost power at 19:30. This is the third...
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7 years ago
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Self tappers for uPVC conservatory
Any one with experience of screwing... into conservatory :) I want to mount some LED strips: onto the plastic "cove" that runs under the roof. 2 options, having pulled one off: It's very heavy gauge...
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Too many o-ring sizes?
On trying to use a Karcher 520 pressure washer which I hadn't used for a couple of years, the output pressure was obviously low, and water was coming out of the plastic case. Looked like a seal or two...
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Baxi Barcelona issues
Baxi Barcelona, under service contract - in May this year started giving intermittent ?explosive ignition? ? when it happens gives a seriously loud bang This boiler had been upgraded to 100HE spec...
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Apprentice weekly update
We were in separate vans working in Epworth. At home time (I take a van home to Barnsley he has to drop the van off at the unit in Doncaster and pick up his car) The daft sod followed me northbound...
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