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2 way swittching for multiple lamps
some very useful advice. However, I have a house with 3 landings with a 1 or 2 lamps on each level. I want to switch them all on/off at the same time for any landing. I assume that the switching can...
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Probably the worlds thickest customer
Last Sunday I chiseled out, mounted the back boxes, lifted the floor boards and augered the joists. Got back there today to install the cables and he has had the house plastered. It turned out the...
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Earth loops
Just a word in case anyone has an idea here. I use a computer as a source on my hi fi, but when I plug in the monitor lead I get an earth loop. IE loud nasty buzzing on that input. the problem is a...
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Car reversing cameras
My car, a 52-plated Nissan Maxima QX has a factory-fitted satnav system which I don't use because (a) I haven't got the DVD and (b) even if I had, you can't overlay your own points of interest, such...
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Rain harvester disaster
Three years ago when we had the extension built, I had also had a rainwater harvester put under the ground in front of the house. It's 6.5m^3 and feeds the toilets, waters the garden and keeps the...
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Wall-mounted TV and concealed wiring
I will soon be fitting a wall-mounted TV on a bracket; it will be attached to a plastered brick wall about 18" above a to-be-built-in cupboard. The cupboard will contain the mains socket, aerial...
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Speeding up PVA wood glue
Really urgently need some wood glued with PVA to dry as quickly as possible to complete kitchen drawer work. Would a good blast with a hair dryer or hot air gun make any significant difference to the...
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Inspection Camera
I need to find a leak inside a 110mm rain water PVC pipe The pipe is inside a concrete slab which I will have to break, thus, spotting the precise location of the leak is important to minimize the...
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Plaster retardant ?
Self-taught, I can manage small jobs reasonably but when faced with a large wall I found that I'm too slow and the work was starting to go off before I could get a good finish. I know that I should...
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Essex couple tear down walls in 'beeping sound' search
Duhhhhh..... LOL retired couple driven to despair by a constant beeping sound ripped out walls in a bid to find the cause - only to find it was from a smoke alarm buried in a chest of drawers. Paul...
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radiator types - heat output
In a room in my house I have a very large single panel un-finned radiator that I will probably replace with a smaller finned version, since it would not actually protrude that much further from the...
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Insulate concrete floor
Many years ago I used a material which successfully insulated my concrete floor but I've lost the name and address. Can anyone recommend a suitable material The material was applied like paint and...
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Cutting floorboards - cheap reciprocating saw?
The builders and the plumber currently laying waste to our house both use reciprocating saws to cut through floorboards half way along the joist to allow refitting without having to put noggins on one...
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DeWalt DW650 belt sander- question re front roller
Dear All, I recently bought a used (sold as full working order) DW650 on eBay. I have= yet to test the machine, download the manual etc., but on initial inspecti= on, there appears to be something...
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Stoopid basic physics question / just checking (rusty brain).
The manufacturers bumf for my car states that it's WEIGHT is 1,600 kg. That's it's MASS though, isn't it? It's weight would be 1,600 kg x g = 1,600 x 9.81 = 15,696 N. Or have I lost it? I knew I...
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