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Frost free fan
I have de iced the fan which was solid with ice . Since then both the warning lights are on after restart . Have pressed fast freeze button for 10 seconds but they have staid on . Run freezer but...
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uPVC window broken aligning widget
Hi, I have some old uPVC windows (30-40 years old) and some have a broken bit of plastic which helps getting the window to close tightly. It is shown here (I hope): The arrowed hole does not have a...
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Ireland Stands Its Ground Against 132 Countries Who Gang Up on Its Economy
Ireland Stands Its Ground Against 132 Countries Who Gang Up on Its Economy by Saul Zimet & Dan Sanchez, 8/29/21, FEE dot org Under the Biden admin?s leadership, 132 countries, incl. the 20 most...
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B22 LED *dimmable* bulbs for touch-sensitive bedside lamps (probably leading-edge dimmer)
I gather that dimmable LED bulbs usually have to be used with trailing-edge dimmers rather that the older leading-edge ones which were designed for tungsten bulbs that don't care about...
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Earth needed?
I have purchased, online from Amazon, a wall lamp. It has a metal frame. and it has a two-core wire pair coming from the lampholder and emerging from the support tube. There is no sign of an earth...
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The price of sticky foam!
GAH! £10 a tin, Screwfix. I can buy a box of 12 online for just under £80 delivered. By 'eck! Twice the price of "ordinary" foam. PfffffffT!
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Replacement sink drain flange
Sink drain flange is my best guess term for what I am out to replace. My kitchen sink has a 55mm hole. The plug-hole section (flange ?) which can take a common 45mm rubber plug had spokes which both...
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can't find
Well I found the Australian sifi series ......but can't find the children time travelers....any chance of finding this book then.....An American drives into a small town at the dead of night and he...
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Saving! Moderately on topic
I have reached an age where saved seconds are a significant part of remaining life. As an example my self catered breakfast and lunch involves minimising the steps used between table, larder, fridge,...
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Black & Decker U-88 sander
I've got an old Black & Decker U-88 sander which has done many years good service. However it's now stopped working. The motor runs OK but the plate doesn't vibrate. It's as though the eccentric cam...
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EPS (polystyrene) insulation and electrical cables (barrier).
The thought occurs to me that if I'm going to use EPS as insulation, with a sheet of Visqueen between the EPS and plasterboard finish, I will have to run cable between the Visqueen and the...
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Changing headlights to drive on the right at night.
My car has separate headlights for main beam and dipped beam. I am told that there is no need to make any changes if I want to drive in France at night. How unusual is this?
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Tilly
well Tilly IS chubby....
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Satellite LNB issue?
Suddenly lost signal on some Sky channels and got the message "Mini TV Unavailable No Satellite signal". I checked the Service and its show excellent signal quality and signal strength on both cables...
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Combi boiler dripping
I?ve got an Ideal Logic Plus combi boiler and last night it started dripping water from the area in the region of the pressure gauge. I turned off the heating and this morning it?s stopped dripping...
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