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Small sound-to-LED colour modulator?
I need to light-up a small space (200x100x200 all mm) in a way that changes colour with pitch of music - it needs to be battery powered. I could probably mess-around with an electret mike element,...
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MR16 Halogen to LED
I'm thinking about swapping our MR16 halogens for MR16 LEDs but am not sure if the transformers might need changing. The current downlighters, bought around five years ago from Screwfix, have a...
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Saddo Forger at worrk
Please do not assume that any post made by Judith has been made by me. There is a real saddo at work in many groups who is forging my email address from an Astraweb account. Just ignore him.
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Return to coal ?
How expensive would gas and electric have to be to drive a revival in UK coal mining ? I believe increases in tin prices have made a couple of Cornish mines viable again. Could we ever see the same...
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Looking for very long ladder (or similar)
Rather odd task. I need to temporarily span a distance of 32ft (approx. 9.75m). Temporarily being about 6 months! Whatever I use has to be fairly lightweight, single span and minimal sag. It can only...
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Cooker Hood Lights Failing
Hi all I have a new (just over year old) Bosch cooker hood with 2 G4 12v 20w halogen lights - very useful. Trouble is they keep blowing. Must have fitted 6 replacements since the unit was fitted. I am...
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10 years ago
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Building Control and Insulation
Hi all OK so I've just been copied into an email saying kitchen electrics I've done are OK (a whole other story) and inviting the "building side" of building control to arrange a final inspection. I...
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Pre-sensitised PCBs
Needed some PCB material with the photo resist coating - the sort you use for making your own. I ran out a couple of months ago - and that 'stock' was several years old, just stored indoors in a...
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10 years ago
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New hot water tank
Just had a new hot water tank fitted (not brave enough to DIY) and it is fine. Hot water is hot etc., but hot water now takes much longer to reach the taps than it did with the old tank. The pipework...
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10 years ago
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removal of archives
The BBC have gleefully reported that the Conservatives have removed a lot of pre-2010 material from their website. They use the word 'spotted' as if a crime has been committed. They did not report...
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My 2013 projects to date
I built a large and elaborate ramp so the wheelchairs could get in and out of the house. I built a plinth over part of the dining room floor and surfaced it with matching laminate so the wheelchairs...
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10 years ago
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OT: Holes in the road
Sheffield is having all its roads rebuilt. No sooner have Amey (the contractors) redone the road outside my house, taken away all the fencing and wiped their feet, then Yorkshire Water comes along and...
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New gas service
We received a letter this morning announcing that the gas utility company will be installing a new service pipe down the entire street and to everyones meter, within the next couple of weeks. Not...
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10 years ago
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Short circuit toilet!
I had a replacement toilet installed 3 years ago - it's a 'bog standard' (sorry!) contract style job with no name from Graham's Plumbing Supplies (a Jewson company). It's dual flush with delayed fill....
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10 years ago
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It must be close to Christmas
Spent half the day twatting up a shopping precinct with cheap Christmas lights.
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10 years ago
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