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Help with pump relay logic for CH change.
Hoping someone can spot something simple. I have 2 pumps, that I never want to operate at the same time. In the link I have attached a drawing of my thoughts ? Condition 1. Programmer in Timed=OFF No...
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Repair or replace old combi boiler
I've got a 15 year-old non-condensing combi boiler in a 2-bed semi, which has developed a controller fault. I can replace the PCB or replace the boiler. If it was a condensing boiler, I'd replace it....
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OT - Traffic Lights
I was just reading about traffic light controllers: "Attempts are often made to place traffic signals on a coordinated system so that drivers encounter a green wave, a long string of green lights (the...
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Garage roof rainwater problem.
My mum and dad's garage flat roof has a gutter at one end that runs via a drainpipe into a grid that just leads into a soakaway. Needless to say, said soakaway silted up years ago; and now, whenever...
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Soil pipe deposit.
In our bathroom, the loo is against an internal wall and discharges into a near horizontal 110mm soil pipe run (2.5degree fall) about 2.5 metres long before joining the top of a vertical soil stack...
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7 years ago
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pcb repair
Hello, My son had a portable dvd player. Just a cheap one and I know some would say it will be quicker and easier to buy a new one but the headphone socket stopped working. I bought a new socket and...
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The Jet Engine
BTW, Whittle initially used petrol as fuel, before changing to paraffin. That's better known outside the UK as kerosene. Someone on here thinks he knows about Jet Engines. Besides quoting Wikipedia at...
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OT: Eating yogurt with a teaspoon
Anyone other than Bod eat yogurt with a kids' spoon?
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Riser
Perfectly normal behaviour for water. If it starts going up, I'd say that something was amiss. HTH YVW
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DIY computer psu chair
2.72343A According to my calculations... A blue one.
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7 years ago
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200 quid for chips?
If I want fish and chips, I generally don't want a bit of nasty end of beef mixed in, thanks. YMMV. I do find *all* chips from fish and chip shops simply awful. I want crispy and brown. They do pale...
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G9 LED lamps
We need six or so G9 LED lamps. There are loads available (e.g. on Amazon) but mostly with few and/or mixed reviews. Ideally, they be 5 to 7 watts, I'd like them to be about 4-5000 K - so cool rather...
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Geberit AquaClean 8000plus Care Wash & Dry toilet.
Hi all, I have just had an Geberit AquaClean 8000plus Care installed in my flat. It is floor mounted, the problem is that the old toilet pan was very large and removing it has left a area of bare...
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7 years ago
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Structural engineer costs
I need to submit calculation to Building Control for two steels, one (or po ssibly a pair) in a cavity wall and one at right angles in an internal wall . I've rung a few local structural engineers and...
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Saturated cavity wall insulation
Following a roof leak that went undetected for months, we suspect the fibreglass slab insulation in the cavity wall has been saturated for some time. We've been advised to have it all removed and...
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