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Monitoring electricity consumption
bought one of these to monitor the electric consumption of the electric car I recently purchased. The car isn't seeing much use so it only goes on charge about once week. I keep a note of the distance...
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Simple measuring of an alcove, etc.
Years ago, I had a tape measure with a lead and or scriber on the back of the housing. To fit, say, a shelf to an alcove, you merely extended the tape measure within the alcove, locked it, and...
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cutting aluminium with a jig saw
I've never had a problem with 3mm sheet, using a fine blade, maximum 'attack', and maybe running the machine at about half speed. But cutting some 5mm stuff the metal was softening and clogging the...
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What does CBB61 mean?
I'm ordering some caps so I can vary the speed of an extractor and see that they are sold as "CBB61", but I can't find what this refers to. Can anyone enlighten my darkness?
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RUST CLEANING
you get over his voice he talks a lot of sense about small engines etc Forget all those commercial rust remover products for cleaning your parts and tools. You will not believe what everyday household...
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Rejuvenating nicads
Anyone tried rejuvenating nicads by putting them in a freezer for a couple of hours to remove the memory effect? Some webpages also recommend tapping the frozen cells for a minute or two to break up...
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Maintaining constant overnight bedroom temperature with electric heater
I've got a large house with gas central heating which I use during the day. It gets cold overnight in the bedroom though, so I use a 2KW electric convection heater with the thermostat set to about 18...
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3 years ago
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OT: about coal gas and hydrogen
Really this is a separate thread response to Tim S who claimed that gas was made by pyrolizing coal to make coke. Yes, originally it was, and that gas contained not only carbon monoxide, but any...
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3 years ago
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Accessibility (or otherwise) of FCUs
We have an electric radiant heater in a shower room, with a pull switch, all 'correct'. The installation instructions say that an isolation switch must be 2-pole and have ??mm contact clearance (I...
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3 years ago
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QR code, part 2
I downloaded the QR code app linked to by Andy, and it works OK. But when I set it up, it offered to put a link onto the task-bar (Win 10, BTW), which I accepted as there was no other location...
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3 years ago
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Socket on a lighting FCU - should one?
I am about to install a PIR outdoor light, there's already some wiring in place that I can use to feed it but it's a bit non-standard and/or non-conforming. The existing outside wiring feeds a single...
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3 years ago
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lube for fuel line ?
I need to remove 3/8" bore 'braided rubber' fuel pipe, from the side of petrol pump/filter combination unit. Hook up temporary fuel supply (part of winterizing process) then refit original fuel pipe....
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3 years ago
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Re: Square edge skirting - and management input!
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3 years ago
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How best to dim LED panels?
Any recommendations please on panels/drivers that can be dimmed by "ordinary" (e.g. Varilight V-Pro) dimmers? Background is I'm looking to fit LED panels on the kitchen ceiling for the general work...
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Re: Painting a PVC front door
Experiment? what on earth do you mean? I never got far trying to paint pvc, it seemed to either peel off like a skin or always feel tacky. Also, be aware of the seals around the door as some paint can...
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3 years ago
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