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Battery Tester
I've got a few 12V lead acid batteries knocking about and I'm not sure of their condition. They measure over 12V but I'm not sure I could rely on them (variously, old, pulled from something while...
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Heavy Duty Descaler
I remember asking this when I moved into my last house and I have the same issue again, the lower part of the toilet bowl is heavily scaled so hard to clean. There's loads of miracle cleaners...
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CR2032 died during the heatwave
Odd that, the last one died during a hot spell too. It was the original the came with the 2011 mobo upgrade and lasted 7 years. The replacement Duracell one lasted 4 years. It measures 2.59 V and the...
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Brand new engineering bricks to sell
Hi , I have 600 class A engineering bricks on the pallet to sell.
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Kill-file
Is there an efficient way to get rid of these numpties who have taken to posting on the group? The problem with 'author' is that the author may change. Do they all come from one service that can be...
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Tree fellers
I hired a firm to remove a fallen tree in my garden, and, just as in all the jokes, there are 3 men in the team. :)
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How to change the Anti Gravity Valve
Will i need to drain the central heating system to replace the anti gravity valve?
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Sizewell C
Approved, but sounds somewhat tentative. Do I remember something about Hinckley C strike price dropping if Sizewell C goes ahead?
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Electricity questions (longish)
I volunteer at my local history Archive. We occupy school-rooms attached to a local Methodist chapel. Roughly every four months the chapel people give us a bill for the electricity we've used in the...
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Solar panel wattage
It's not a big issue, i'm just rigging up some LEDs at the back of the garden and it's only 20 quid but could this 40x20 cm panel possibly kick out 50w? For example, a 100W solar panel can achieve a...
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Floor ? Ground?
What is this new affliction people suffer from when they call the ground the floor Oxford languages: Floor the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk. "a wooden floor"
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Rotary switch
I need an IP65 32A rotary switch disconnector. Are there single pole & N variants? .... TLC and the like only seem to have TP & N ..... OK U can use and only wire one pole .... but would seem a waste.
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OT: Why don't we cover mountains in wind farms?
Why don't we cover mountains in wind farms? Anyone who's climbed a mountain will tell you it's much windier up there. Plus nobody is using that land....
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ha ha
Londons burning .....
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OT: New nuclear fuel find announced.
Kwaqsi Kwarteng has announced £75m to be bid for by companies able to secure a UK nuclear fuel change. Finally, the gummint seems to be serious.. "Announcing the launch of the Nuclear Fuel Fund,...
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