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Doorbell/chimes suggestions
I wouldn't consider myself a doorbell expert, just someone that knows how the wired systems work. If you run the devices on batteries, you'll get missed calls. It's kinda obvious. Mains power is far...
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Beer brewing
I've not actually seen this as a topic here, but some years back I asked yo u's all about home bread making and got reams of advice, so I'mm fairly con fident that there are some closet brewers here...
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Condensation in a chimney
We've got an old chimney in our kitchen. The bottom has been removed, and the stack is held up on an RSJ. It's lined with what look like ceramic drain pipes. At the top used to be a cowl, but as it...
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OT - Help requested in rescuing data from a corrupted Widows disk
En el artÃculo , Chris B escribió: Try running TestDisk on it ( to see what it finds. It won't write anything back to the disk unless you explicitly tell it to. Have to say I'm very surprised that...
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Tazer usage
Our local news channel has been running a report about police using tazers. It struck me that wearing metal foil sandwich material clothing would very effectively short circuit the charge being...
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No wind, and now, no sun..
Gridwatch is worth watching this evening.
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Smart Meter Economy 7
I have an OVO Smart Meter with E7. I am trying to ascertain the times of the cheap night time rate change-overs. The previous meter was sent the time from an electro-mechanical timer: which had no...
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un boxing video
Is there anything as vapid or inane as un-boxing videos, especially those made by holding the camera in one hand whilst struggling with the box with the other.
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nozzle for a kew 88 hobby power washer
i have a kew 88 hobby for a good few years now & still get great service from it. wheres the best place to get a new nozzle for it or would i have to buy a complete lance ?? thank you, brian....
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End to solar panels?
The dour forecast comes as the industry celebrated a record-breaking year in 2015
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TV aerial boosters, revisited
Back in the winter of 13/14, we had a long and useful thread on here following my house-move to the wilds of Herefordshire (Much Marcle/Ridge Hill transmitter) At the time, we'd got fun'n'games with...
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Bathroom - donwlighter spotlights - halogen - loft insulation
Folks, Just moved into a new property. The upstairs bathroom seemed chilly and hav ing looked in the loft I can see why, the insulation material has been remo ved, presumably do the fitting of halogen...
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OT - FriendsReunited - the sunset of an era
I'm sure many posters here would have use FriendsReunited in the past and dropped it as other sites became more popular. It's being closed in the next couple of weeks. As the owner says "the sunset of...
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OT: eBay: "Set spam for 11 ?"
Is it just me, or have eBay started spamming on a massive scale ? 8 emails in 5 days !
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My B&Q closing
Apparently my local B & Q is closing on 23rd Jan. Wonder if they;ll have anything on sale that's worth it.
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