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Clear cable on light fitting?
Installed a ceiling light yesterday The cable & chain were a good metre long so had to be shortened. The cable had a transparent outer with three wires also with transparent insulation. The ends had...
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An example for Dave
MEPs just voted against a British attempt to exempt private ports from the EU's disastrous Ports Services Directive. Every British MEP voted to exempt our ports; but we were outvoted.
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Insurance
Anyone any views on suitable unoccupied home renovation insurers?
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OT(ish) - lies, damned lies and ballet dancers (Grauniad)
Warning - long ramble. Interesting use of statistics. "The average 10-minute shower uses 60 litres of water. A power shower uses three times that and a bath about 80 litres. So a family of four each...
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LEDs & Conventional Fluoros on same circuit?
HI Folks. I've previously sung the praises of / .ie for their GU10 Led lamps, which have proved to me much more reliable than the 'cheapie' eBay bulbs in our shop lighting. In my stained-glass lamps,...
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Making a dry joint
I need to recreate a dry joint half a dozen times. So I'm trying to find a substance like a lacquer I can put on component lea ds so they can't be soldered too. The reason :- to make some boards that...
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Flaking old emulsion paint - skim coat?
Hi friends, In my old stone-built house, I have stripped the woodchip wallpaper off the large wall in the stairwell, and underneath, I find that it was painted wi th cheap emulsion, much of which is...
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OT: You couldn't make it up
Or, April 1 is early this year. The horrifying thing is, they may not be having a laugh at all. Glaciers, gender, and science: A feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change research...
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Wiring light switch
What wires go where from dimmer switch to normal light switch. In the image wire 1 is live when dimmer off, when switched on 1,2 & 3 are live.
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Source of small fuel hose.
I bought one of these last year: I left petrol in the tank over the winter and when I came to use it last week I found (incredibly) that the petrol pipe was broken and degraded and I could pick it...
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Glue gun
Any issues with getting a cheap glue gun (£7 eBay with glue sticks) It will be rarely used. Never owned one before so have not a clue, but obviously dont want to purchase and then have to bin it.
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Power shower & RCD plug
I have a Mira Vigour power shower - it draws H & C from the tanks, it doesn't have a heater, just a pump. It's 3 years old. It's connected via an RCD plug as per instructions. Switched it on tonight,...
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Aldi specials now available online
Noting the popularity of some DIY-related Aldi specials I thought the group might be interested to hear that they are now available online: Delivery is £3 (free for a short while). Could be a game...
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OT NHS Dentistry - is it dead
Seems a state of affairs exists in at least some dental practices which imho masquerade as NHS but really are flytraps for the NHS underclass. I was just offered an appointment at practice X for......
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OT - Calendar Management
OK, I have a couple of smartphones on Android system and I'd like some suggestions for a calendar management system that can be synchronised across the both of them, one that will include support for...
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