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OT Anybody remember these?
Shoe-fitting fluoroscope - Wikipedia
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type of lume on e.g. Westclox Big Ben clocks?
Does anyone know what kind of lume Westclox used on their alarm clocks, e.g. the Big Ben and Baby Ben? Radium? Harry
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Skirting board woes
Just been refitting some skirting boards after a re-plastering job I decided to glue them back, and went through the Toolstation site to find a suitable adhesive. I was aware that the walls weren't...
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Venting air from wet side of a CH pressure vessel
A central heating system inevitably has some air in it which works its way to high points in radiators or pipework and can then be vented using a manual or automatic vent. But what if that high point...
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OT Another shoot 'em up night video
Hard to see how effective this is. قصف طائرات هليكوبتر اباتشي الامريكيه على مواقع داعش في مناطق اطراف موصل 15/8/2014 وتم تصويره...
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Fan speed control
Any one used one of these to control a fan? It looks like it should work but there is little info about controlling induction motors. lightupuk.co.uk
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Costs for external redecoration
Hi, I live on as estate which includes a dozen blocks, each of 9 flats (3 stories high). We are due to have the outside redecorated and some of you may recall that I posted a year ago asking about the...
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Gridwatch France
isn't registering anything ATM. Assuming France hasn't disappeared off the face of the earth, is this related to TNP's absence from this NG over the last few days? I do hope he's OK.
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Striping wall paper from plasterboard
I need to strip wallpaper from plasterboard walls. Standard wallpaper, not vinyl, an inpreinted sort of vertical strip pattern., direct to the plasterboard, no skim. No option really, this is the old...
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Door not unlocking on urmet 1130 handset.
When flat buzzer is pressed , buzzer rings in flat , we lift handset , switch on base unit extends . We can hear person outside speak but they are unable to hear us . We then de-press button on base...
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Replacing a SW400 controller with a HoneywellST6400
I want to replace my broken Switchmaster 400 with a Honeywell 6400. The problem is that the SW400 puts on heating and water together. How can I get the ST6400 to put on both when I select Central...
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Metal Blanking Plate for 1-gang socket
Can anyone suggest where I can purchase low profile blanking plates for a couple of sockets ? I plan to paint over these. The white plastic blanking plates from MK et al. have a raised profile. There...
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OT. VAT on carriage
If an item is advertised as £22.40 incl. VAT. £18.67 excl. Carriage £4.95. Would you then expect to be charged £28.34 i.e. VAT also being applied to carriage? Thanks
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[OT] ZWave
Been playing with some of this "new" Z-Wave RF home automation stuff. In particular, the VeraLite internet controller (runs OpenWRT inside plus some proprietary stuff), and these two devices:...
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Help... Compression joint... Tiny bit leaky...
Hi, Well, I have the cold water distribution in place in my under stairs cupboard: Well I've capped off (or closed valves) and pressurised the dry pipe to 2.5bar. Been over it with gas leak spray and...
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