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Info on COB (chip-on-board, led) bulbs please?
I'd be interested in any info available on COB led lamps, especially suitable applications. How do they compare with the 3 (or more) x LED type bulbs? How long have they been on the market? Who are...
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incapatibilty alert !
You know those washing machine service valves with the 3/4" BSP thread and little blue or red plastic handles ? They are a fairly standard design. Well, after you have screwed on the hose you cannot...
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Worcester Bosch 28CDi combi - what's a normal system pressure rise from cold to hot?
Boiler is in daughter's house. System has 7 single panel radiators. With the cold pressure on 1.2 bar, it rises pretty quickly to about 2.5 bar when hot. I found my neighbour has exactly the same...
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Cavity wall insulation
I have tried in the past to have our cavity walls insulated but to no avail as the surveyor deemed our outer stone skin to have too rough/irregular an inner surface for the either fibre or bead...
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Tool to get rubble out of chimney?
I've made a hole into an old brick chimney from a bedroom. But its clogged with broken bricks and crumbled lime mortar. I've cleared it as far down as I can get my arm but need something longer to dig...
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Re: Fake patient questionnaire Dr Imran Janjua suspended
Hmm, so this means some pen pushers statistics are all to pot, well, there you go, it obviously matters a great deal, as its little to do with treating patients. I am a bit pissed of with these...
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Wickes "expertise"
Following recent windy weather, I needed some timber for fence repair. With no skips around offering any suitable material (often a good source ) I had to bite the bullet and visit the Wickes around...
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Car battery
The 8 year old Optima battery on my Land Rover is no longer holding charge when left for several days. Any thoughts on the best totally none spill replacement as I seem to remember reading that...
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Lidl DIY
This Thursday, Lidl have a couple of interesting tools. Multi-tool at 29.99 and spare blades at 6.99 a set - think these are the Bosch rather than Fein fitting. Electric scraper at 16.99. I have a...
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What are metal sheds like?
My summer project is to build a new shed/workshop at the bottom of my garde n. I was planning on a normal wooden shed. However, there was a burglary in our road on Saturday night so its made me think...
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Test of LED bulbs
I've done a refit of the hall lighting using double fitting MR16 downighter s and 3W COB bulbs. OK it's a small hall and around around 2.25m high, but the improvement over halogens is significant, let...
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connector blocks
I'm looking for some connector blocks (the choc block type). They must have the little steel 'tongue' that sits between the end of the screw and the wire. RS do them, but the size I want, which is for...
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Demolishing walls / SDS Drill?
I am in the process of removing a couple of walls. So far I have attacked them with a club hammer and chisel. Lets just say the mortar is held apart by the blocks and it's hard work. I have never...
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Water bed thermostat light
I have a Tech Mirage water bed temperature controller that's about 20 years old. It has a light on it that is presumably to show when the heater is on. I assume that the light is neon. Everything...
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Running Coax from loft to garage
I want to run 4 lengths of Coax from my loft to the garage, to a PC that will be a TV server. This is the design of house I'd rather the coax wasn't visible & was planning to run it inside the wall...
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