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Source of toroidal LV transformners?
One of these has gone and I cant seem to source another one..anyone know where to get a 50W LV (12v) mains transformer...
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How long for concrete to cure?
Have now managed to finish the concrete base for the shed. Due to mixing by hand I done this over 2 days. (9x6 shed) How long should I leave (concrete to cure) before attempting to re assemble the...
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Is there anyone other than me that is proud of this country?
Aussies are not doing very well:-)...
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PING Nick Odell
Will Worksop change it's name to Bronze?
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New electric hob - should it smoke? Or have I broken it?
I fitted a new Indesit electric hob (7kW, same as old one). I turned all 4 = hotplates up to max together to check that everything worked. There were no= pans on the hotplates. The stainless steel hob...
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Ideas needed for glass shower cubicle over bath
I=92ve been asked to help to sort out someone=92s bathroom and shower arran= gements. They currently have a bath which has a shower on the wall at one s= ide, half way along.=20 They have a U shaped...
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Basin tap instead of bath tap.
I don't know if anyone has tried this but will the use of a mono basin mixer with 10mm connections in place of a bath mixer with 12mm connections on a mains H&C system (combi) make any significant...
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OT Aldi
Mrs Pounder sez she is spending too much money feeding me and is going to Aldi tomorrow. She usually feeds me from Asda or Tesco etc.... Is Aldi food shite or is it okay? Taa
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Jungle-taming strimmers
If you mean this sort of thing then I can see why they're frowned on. If you need to tackle woody stems then a decent brush cutter with a disc is effective and a good deal safer. I find that a brush...
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New lawn-mower
Seems that the Bosch electric mower has emitted a few too many sparks. I might be able to fix it, but just in case I can't I'm considering buying a petrol mower before I need to hire a combine...
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Washing machine fault
Washing machine (Bosch Exxcel WFX2868, 7 years old) is tripping the RCD after a few minutes - some time after the motor starts up. Once it has tripped once, it will trip again immediately if you turn...
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Reconnecting porch light - dead easy question
There's a block with four terminals. One is earth. One is the red live feed. One has two black wires. One has one black wire. The earth and the live feed are obvious. I assume that I ignore the black...
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Disk based backups for computers.
Hundreds of websites go titsup in Prime Hosting disk meltdown • The Register
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11 years ago
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DIY - print your own signs
Free. this may have been posted here before, apologies if so. http://www.freesignage.co.uk/index.phpThink
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Combi HW issues, please help
Will it give HW in DHW mode? Is the pilot light staying lit when you try for HW or is it cutting out? Who fitted the PCB? - you do realise that this isn't really DIY as some settings may need to be...
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