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192.com
Good find, cheers :)
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Smart grid being rolled out.
The National Grid has revealed that it is launching a new smart grid programme in the UK that will help reduce commercial and industrial energy use during peak demand.
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successful radiator replacement
"Successful" means the heat is back on & the house is warmed up before SWMBO gets home. About 3½ hours, including going back to Grahams for a tailpipe extension because the new radiator is 30 mm...
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OT: Can retirees get mortgages?
Has anyone had experience of getting a new mortgage while drawing a pension? I may be moving house this year and a mortgage would be useful. I'm 60 and "retired" a few years ago but am still earning...
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How do Mod Tap UTP Testers work?
For the uninitiated, I am referring to UTP cable testers which have a Master unit with a red LED and a red LED for each UTP pair, and a remote unit with a green LED for each pair. For each pair that...
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TV over ethernet
At the moment I have no TV aerial or cable TV - manage quite happily without until now. Is it possible to take a Freeview aerial feed, say, and connect it to a home network (CAT6/NAS/8 port switch),...
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OT Desperately need a website
Some finks have decided they want to build a wind turbine in the next village. As I'm passionately opposed to these things in general and this one in particular I offered to help. They asked if I...
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2d or 3d drawing package
I would like to make some internal changes to a building and use a package to gain some thoughts and impact of these changes. I'd also like to include detail like kitchen units and door openings. I've...
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Test Post Only
Please ignore - test only
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Golden rules of DIY and property design: Help needed
Hi, My name is Tudor and I am writing at blog about the golden rules of DIY and property design. Would members be open to providing me with their Golden Rule, the one piece of advice they stick to or...
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Sharp garden saw
A thumbs up for this Puts my bowsaw (with a new blade) to shame. I think it cuts on forward and back strokes, so very fast indeed! General purpose hard point wood saw designed for cutting green (wet)...
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HDMI question.
I've had to re-jig things due to a new TV. Requirement is to be able to watch the PVR in both the living room and kitchen at the same time as I could do before using analogue SCART. To this end, the...
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Cupboard door switch
Anyone any experience with these? Our sparks put one in about 3 years ago and its now failing. And no, its not the 60W tungsten blub, since if after opening the door I whack the pointy bit enough...
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OT: Decided to sell house that's currently occupied
We inherited my parent's old house when they died and we've been letting it out through Countrywide Letting Agency for the last seven years. The current tenancy agreement comes to an end in July and...
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