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Cordless outdoor kit
I have a bit of old field hedge I am going to 'lay'. It's too much for an old man to do with a bow saw and bill hook so am looking at a cordless chainsaw. Browsing what is available is increasing my...
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12v LED spotlights
I thought I would order some 12v 3w LED MR11 bulbs to replace the halogen 20w bulbs in my bathroom but the website I want to buy from is warning me that the existing transformer may not cope with the...
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Petrol Strimmer blade
A friend has lent me a petrol strimmer (a Landxcape SGT34X.1) that I intend to use to clear an area 20m x 10m of nettles, brambles and various other weeds - over 3 years growth. I'm told it'll need a...
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OT: "BBC Proms"
It's the Proms, Jim, but not as we know it: "In her 80th-anniversary year and 50 years since the release of her album Young, Gifted and Black the Proms pays tribute to the Queen of Soul,...
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OT: greens destroy a species.
"Endangered water voles are ready to recolonise the streams and rivers of the New Forest 24 years after animal activists inadvertently wiped them out by releasing 7,000 mink from a fur farm. In 1998...
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Terracotta heaters?
What is the panel's opinion on home-made terracotta heaters? Has anybody ever tried building one? I am thinking about the ones built with two opposite terracotta vases and candles in the middle.
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Quick reminder that, in case of leccy/broadband/phone total blackout...
... crystal radios work without battery or mains. (And I'm not talking of crank/wind up radios). I haven't used a crystal radio for probably 35 years and I am not sure what you'd pick up nowadays...
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HRC fuse
The incoming tails from Meter cab go to a Switch Fuse (MEM 100ESSCF) This is fitted as standard with 100A HRC fuse. I am not sure what physical type of fuse this is ..... but can it be changed to 80A...
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DSL -- Digital Subscriber Line
Digital subscriber line (DSL; originally digital subscriber loop) is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines. In telecommunications marketing, the term DSL...
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OT Praising an apprentice
He has just finished his second year - I have not worked with him for months (maybe 10 months) but I worked with him today. He far outclassed the apprentice that I have been working with for the last...
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Lack of roof ventilation
I've been spending some time insulating the loft of late, and it gets rather hot and muggy in there. I discovered why: there is no ventilation. No air bricks, no soffit vents, no tile vents, nothing....
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Electricity generated by a wind turbine
On a news item on my local news about the new offshore wind-farm off the coast of Humberside, the spokesman Patrick Harnett of Orested said that one turn of a turbine's blades (which takes 6 seconds)...
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Removing/sawing vicious stumps.
Not a gardening question. I am not a gardener. I just want to get rid of overgrown vicious weed stumps that previous antisocial tenants let grow for years without giving a toss. I cut all green parts...
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Blocking light from coming through a ceiling window
Daughter moved to a new student flat. Her room is in an attic conversion. It only has one window, a skylight-type on the slopped ceiling (sound 30 degrees from horizontal). It is in a recess around...
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OTish - anyone experience with IQ Medical air cushion matress ?
SWMBO managed to get a pressure ulcer a few weeks ago. After nearly 4 weeks in hospital, it's stabilized enough that they are talking of continuing treatment at home. Although she's seen a few OTs in...
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