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Gas water heater
Hi All I've just moved into a house that has hot water supplied by an electric immersion heater. The small cold water tank is the top part of the hot water cylinder. When running a bath the cold tank...
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Granite as pizza stone
Hi all I have read a few articles about using granite as a pizza stone. Reports seem to be that it works fine. I have a spare bit of granite worktop so thought I would give it a go. Before I do I...
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Good these Water Meter Surveys - NOT!
So SE Water want to do a "survey" to fit a compulsory meter on the supply. Appointment duly made - chap turns up - I point out where the incoming supply enters the farm off the A21 - stop cock in...
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OT house prices falling?
I 'spect it'll trickle down to the cheaper houses. Well, it only affects multiple house owners except in the case of negative equity. Come Brexit, we can cut down migration to those we need and house...
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How much dust and sand....
I want to lay patio edging stones, the patio is a simple rectangle of 150 x 230 cm. I intend to set the edging (small block paving bricks set upright on their long edge) into concrete. Never mixed...
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Anyone else hear the bang at 21:50 today?
Seems it is suggested to have been sonic boom from scambled Typhoons.
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Bosch PSR 2.4V screwdriver cells?
Hi all, I've just come across my old Bosch electric screwdriver and I remember it being pretty good and torquy. It also has a neat auto locking mechanism if you prefer to use it as an ordinary...
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exploding LED !
Yesterday SWMBO turned on a light switch and there was a loud bang. Today I discovered that an electrolitic capacitor in a GU10 lamp had exploded forcing the front diffuser and the LED pcb out of the...
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Bi-stable electric water valves
I've found these on Ebay and have an application that they would be better for than a straight on-off valve. But has anyone used them and can anyone make head-or-tail of this electrical specification?...
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solid state 3ph converters
Do these inverters cancel out any reactive current requirement on the single phase feed? AJH
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OT: cold turbine
Pretty funny picture here:
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Lidl Drill on Thursday - Any good?
My (non-SDS) Bosch drill died last week, and I am looking for a replacement. I was initially going to spend something in the region of £100, but as I do less DIY at the moment, I thought that perhaps...
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Searching for Light Fitting
Seen in shops and pubs: Square or rectangular frame - suspended on wires (ir in ceiling tiles) - gimbal mounted G10 spotlights. 2 or 4 to a frame Any ideas on suppliers?
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Alpha Combi - HE CB25/33
My daughter has bought a house with one of these boilers. A few weeks ago it wouldn't light - and the Fault Light was indicating a failure to light. A neghbour had had the same fault and National Grid...
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Desolder
I'm trying to desolder a number of joints on an electric toothbrush and not having much luck with braid. It seems to be wicking only a tiny amount of solder with each application. Ever in mind of...
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