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central heating pipe and radiator sizing
Hello, Can anyone remind me where the I can find the table showing heat capacities for copper pipe, the one you use to check your pipe work can supply all of your radiators? To what extent do the...
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daft question about earth sleeving
Hello, Just wondering why do most places sell 3mm earth sleeving when it is so much bigger than the conductor? I'm thinking that the brown sleeving that you use to mark the switched live at a light...
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Cheap radio mike? (slightly OT)
I'm looking for a wireless unit with clip-on (not hand held) microphone to improve the audio on some home videos, not studio or broadcast quality. eBay and Amazon have stuff as cheap as £12 to £25,...
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Squeaky bum time at Nat Grid
"Anyone of a nervous disposition should mark 11 January in their calendar as the moment to have torches, candles or paraffin lamps at the ready. That is the day when, according to National Grid?s...
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OT Abigail
It'll be interesting to see what happens to wind turbines over the next 24 hours. Will they all shut down (Scottish ones probably will), or will enough turbines south of the border keep going like the...
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Splitting ash logs
Splitting ash logs ... is it easiest to do when they're fresh cut; or after many months when they're dried out? [george]
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APU's popping up at East Mids Hospitals - sign of power outs?
I notice a number of additional large Aux power units at East mids hospitals - just being careful perhaps, with Winter coming.
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DECT phone
Only handy place for a phone in the workshop is mounted to the window frame behind the workbench. The existing DECT phone which was rather untidily mounted on a home made shelf has died - so it would...
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8 years ago
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Storeage Heater Recomends?
Following on from my post about element wierdness the heater is on it's last legs and at 1.5 kW can't keep up with the rooms heat loss. So has anyone got experience of more modern storeage heaters?...
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Storage Heater Elements
This has got me flummoxed. 3kW nominal storage heater (Dimplex SC18, ancient). Only drawing 1.5 kW. Simples, thinks I, two elements one open circuit. Takes off covers with oven gloves. Examines...
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HD data recovery.
Anyone got experience of having this done? The HD on my old Acorn crashed suddenly. Still spins up - just no longer recognised. No clicking, etc. I have a second identical one (blank) which does work....
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Setting up Windows 7 for the first time
*Please* No Windows v Linux :-) LENOVO ThinkPad T430 Intel® Core i5 2.60Ghz Processor (3320M) RAM 4GB, HDD 320GB This is a new (to me) refurbished laptop with a clean install of W7 Pro 32 bit,...
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Horstmann HRT4-A Thermostat.
Sometimes, by accident you get something right. The old thermostat suffered from too much backlash and wildly fluctuating room temperatures. So, I bought an electronic version. It was difficult to...
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12v solenoid bolt lock
Hi..... I'm looking for some advice on a lock that i have had installed for around 2 years now in that time i have replaced the lock itself 3 times at a cost of over a thousand pounds as well as...
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OT Renewable energy etc.
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