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Immersion heater WiFi timer
Can anyone recommend an immersion heater timer (or just a device to turn the heater on and off) with WiFi (preferably) or Bluetooth interface?
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charging li ion 3.6V
I have an old sony with a discharged NP-FT1 cell, charger is lost. Is there any way I can get some charge back into the cell to see if the rest of the camera still works? AJH
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SDS drills around £100?
My SDS packed up today (stopped and make a plume of smoke), so it looks like it's time for a new one. Looking on the Screwfix site, there's a blue Bosch 2kg on a deal for a ton ( then a Sparky 3kg for...
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I'll try asking it again
Can someone, knowledgeable about the heating oil wholesale distribution business tell me if Liverpool gets its heating oil through the overland pipeline network, or by coastal tanker to one of the...
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Painting OSB - undercoat necessary?
I've put up some new OSB for ceilings, Can I just paint it with a couple of coats of emulsion? It's new, and wont be rubbed. OK doors need primer and undercoat because people rub against them, but can...
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Curious little hammer ?
A friend popped in this afternoon with a box load of tools from a neighbour of his who had died. All hand tools with some I've no idea about. Nearly all will go to a tool charity, but there's a nice...
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Soldering flexible cord (headphones)
I have a pair of quite expensive (well by my reckoning) Bose noise Cancelling Headphones. The 3.5mm 3 pole stereo plug needs replacing - intermittent contact of one core. Bought a quality gold plated...
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OT? VirginMedia Superhub DC power plug dimensions
Hi - new to the forum I need to extend my VM Superhub's DC power cable by making up (or buying?) a female-socket/male-plug extender cable Despite extensive web searching, a foray onto a VM forum - and...
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New printer - feedback
I took John Rumm's advice and went for a Samsung in the end. Specifically the CLX-4195FW. So far I'm very impressed. Scanning - excellent quality with scan2email and scan2usb. xsane works over the...
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Heating oil for Liverpool
Does it get there by the pipeline network, or by coastal tanker from Milford Haven ? Anyone know for sure ?
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Floating floor insulation
Having lifted the bathroom flooring (18mm T and G chipboard) and the polystyrene sheet insulation underneath to run supply for new radiator, I noticed that some of the polystyrene is in pieces where a...
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OT - One for TNP?
Met Office allegedly 'burried' a press release on the lack of global warming over Christmas.
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Scrap
Took a few bits to the local scrappy yesterday. Nothing stolen, stuff customers asked me to take away. Apparently some new regs came into force in December 2012. Had to show my photo driving license...
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OT. 50% of food wasted?
Anybody here chuck out half the food they buy? We don't throw out any of it.
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rewiring a vintage (?) lamp
A relative gave me a flaky table lamp to look at. It turns out that it had a blown lamp & a loose connection in the lampholder. It also had a semi-antique MK plug & zipcord (single-insulated 2-core...
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