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Olympic torches
It's gold covered angle bead:-) 's the next door neighbour holding it. http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq6/adamko2020/?action=view¤t=100_0897.jpgThat...
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Shower cubical corner section?
Hi all, First bit of d-i-y for a while. In 2005 Mum bought a bathroom / shower suite in a Homebase sale but very shortly after Dad was taken I'll and it all got left in it's boxes in the garage. Dad...
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The wrong kind of light
Why is it that when one wants cfls, one is forced to have the weird light output that many find hazy and hard to see in? I'd have thought that the really white phosphoreds would add very little to the...
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16th Ed vs 17th Ed IEEE
Is there a summary of the differences between 16th Ed and 17th Ed electrical regs anywhere? I've been browsing the Wiki and there's bits here and there, but scattered across articles. I qualified with...
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What is this street furniture for?
Central London. Has anyone got any idea what these might be: 's a closeup: appears to be the business end of whatever it is: to me they look like retro-reflectors and my guess is the apparatus...
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OT: My Computer
Trying to reset my Naman Mio following instructions from Navman. I've plugged it into a USB port. It says to go to 'start', 'my computer'. I'm running Windows 7 so I have 'computer' instead. The...
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IKEA CFL bulb failed
24/9/2010 - advertised as having 10,000 hours life. Given it's in my office, so is lightly used, is it unreasonable of me to be surprised that it's failed ? Worth hassling them over ?
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Roof-light windows
Hi, I am contemplating having some roof windows installed. There seem to be th= ree main companies: 'Rooflight', Keylight and Velux (or have I missed any?)= . I already have some Velux windows and am...
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Ryobi Lithium batteries
Has anyone got any experience of Ryobi (or other brand) lithium batteries? I have several of their One+ tools, which all share the same batteries. I have 5x Ni-Cads upto about 6 years old, still...
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Blinds
I've just bought a house with a conservatory fitted with pleated roof blinds. These blinds are too high to reach, so to draw them you have to use a special pole with a plastic fitting in the end. You...
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Fixing hinges to wall
I've got a wooden gate (6'x3' flimsy pine, about 15kg) and I'm going to fix it to a solid brick wall edge using 3 T-hinges. The latch will engage in a non-too substantial wooden post. Is it best to...
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Re: Underground cable
the Regs suggest 0.6m plus mechanical protection.
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The Town That Never Retired
On tonight's episode they sent in some youngsters to compare with the 70-year-olds from yesterday. The plumber Ashley was outstanding from the first second he walked onto the job. The rest of the...
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OT: IT emergency - file recovery
Oh bugger! I accidently deleted a couple of large folders from my NAS disk, and I'd like to recover them. What's the best way to go about it? In the process I may have made things worse. I have a...
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