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Wireless network card advice please
ATM my PC computer is connected to my router via a cable, and the router is adjacent to a phone socket. But in the not-too-distant future it may not be practical to have the PC immediately adjacent to...
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Design and installation of telecommunications and broadcast infrastructure within the home – Code of practice
PAS 35491_v2.0 recommendations for the design and installation of domestic wiring infrastructure for the delivery of digital services based upon the requirements of BS EN 50173 and BS EN 50174. For...
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Has anyone here got any actual experience of online estate agents?
Can I re ask the original question. Has anyone here got any actual experience of online estate agents. I'm interested but have tired of ploughing through all the dross and not finding a reply with...
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Cracks on internal walls
It sounds like cavity wall tie failure to me. New ones can be retro-fitted, so don't let anyone make a big job out of this. It's a simple procedure. It will have to be looked at by an expert. ie a...
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Correct tool for the job Pt4
You want to check your e-bay delivery estimate date. Do you: a) Prod at a little screen with your greasy and pudgy fingers? OR b) Sit back and use the proper tool for the job?
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OT: Useful things to do with CO2
Costing the Earth, BBC R4, Wednesday 9.00PM Can we find a use for all that pesky climate-changing carbon dioxide? Tom Heap reports.
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Ping TNP: Gridwatch scales problem
ATM the coal dial is reading 20GW but the text below says 8.07GW. Similarly the nuclear dial is reading 12GW while the text below says 8.38GW. OCGT dial is reading ~1GW while the text says 0.15GW. The...
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An LED question
In my garden I have some globe lights, all are fed from a transformer giving nominally 12v ac from a radio switch I can operate from my pocket. However the construction of the wiring andlights is...
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Baxi control board
Baxi Barcelona, which has been upgraded to 100He spec On the original control board there were 2 jumpers .. Both were removed as this boiler is connected to a thermal store J1 to set to 100,000Btu/h...
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LEDs and Temperature
Just reading of LED needing to be kept cool and I was wondering why. Is it because standard components are used which will fail, or is there some electrical principle that will always cause failure at...
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More on grid prices shortfalls...and margin reserves
On looking closely at the data, it appears that the high prices that have once again turned up today are a result of a far lower than anticipated (700MW versus 1.8GW) delivery of wind power. Solar...
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Setting up boiler for optimum efficiency
A discussion in a separate thread has prompted me to look further at the set up of my gas boiler. I have a heating system designed & supplied by NuHeat ...... 17 zones, all underfloor heating - no...
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Smellng gas
I'm beginning to think I have an hyper-sensitive sense of smell, or at least I am more alert to it. I am constantly reporting gas leaks and I always correct, they dig up the road or pavement soon...
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Biasi 24S Boiler Problem
Biasi 24S Combi Boiler My son has just moved into his house which has a Biasi 24S boiler, 2002 vintage. For the first few days he only had the hot water switched on and it seemed to work fine - plenty...
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Exploding 40 watt eco halogen MR16 bulb/glass
Our shower has an extractor above it with a light within it. The extractor fan works from a separate cord to the light which is turned on by a separate cord that illuminates five other recessed...
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