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Automotive relay contact numbers.
Car relays have an odd numbering system for their contacts. Anyone know the history to this? http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/relays/relays.php
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Man not guilty of WD40 'frenzy'
I know everyone here loves a nice WD40 story ... A fabrication worker sprayed a colleague in the face with WD40 in a row about a new pair of overalls, a court heard last Tuesday (26 August). However,...
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1000mm base units.
Magent - basic 1000 unit with 2 doors/ 2 drawers - £81, Basic unit with 2 doors - £76. You'll get a dicount on that with an Account. The good thing about Kitchen retailers is that they can just sell...
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Anyone know what this is?
I'd hoped it was the cap for our well - it's somewhere around there - but now I'm not so sure. It's about 3 inches diameter. The iron pin comes out with a little persuasion, and then I see this Inside...
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UPS packed up ?
Had to move my server for a couple of hours earlier. No problem, powered down, switched off UPS with button on front, unplugged everything, replugged back in, and ... Nothing whatsoever from the UPS....
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Paint and rust removal from wrought iron gates
I've usually done this by using an electric drill-mounted wire brush, follo wed by whatever manual scraping tools come to hand (chisel, screwdriver, wi fe's best knife set) to get the fiddly bits. The...
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Weird aldi offer
New one on me... :) NT http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=File:IMAG1572-2_aldi_sheep_cows.jpg
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OT - HP Workstation Boot Failure
Hi all Also posted to but knowing the breadth of knowledge here......... We have 6 Z400/420 series workstations which seem to be prone to a boot fault. The first machine to suffer has had the...
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Wheelchair ramp
I need to build a wheelchair ramp to cover a drop of about 180mm for a frie nd. Having spoken to the metal workshop, it's not much cheaper than just bu ying a plastic one, so I'm looking at building a...
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Biscuit and slot sizes
Tthat's not a standard biscuit size. (although I expect you could stick a different blade on the machine) Try this - gives a fairly good demo of biscuit size: IME they should make a nice light...
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OT Electric kettle question
Same here. Yes, we do empty it every time...and try to heat just enough water. The teenagers are a different matter...
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Cheap biscuit jointer vs biscuit cutter for router
As usual harry demonstrates his lack of knowledge on woodwork, however lets clear up some of the misinformation. Firstly, dowels are not a replacement for biscuit joints - each have pros and cons, but...
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TOT Aerbatic footage in small aircraft
In article , Richard scribeth thus Safety innit!, "remove all loose items of clothing";!.. You'd think she'd attempt to fly it tho;!. Used to go out with this lady albeit 20 years ago she was a...
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Fire resistant electrical "cupboard"
Plasterboard is probably the easiest way of providing a degree of fire retardation. But being a cupboard, if you really think there is a danger of this some form of alarm inside would be a good idea?
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Reel-to-Reel recorders etc
Items: 1126. 1144. 1390. Item: 5108. And any others that take your fancy.
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