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DIY fire alarms.
Can someone explain the process for the DIY part below.. .........."Any costs will be the responsibility of home owners and landlords. The cost of the alarms will vary according to what you currently...
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OT:I'm sorry but...
British Gymnastics chief executive Jane Allen to retire in December'm just trying to work out what she specialised in; floor exercises, vault, uneven bars, the balance beam, or...
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Sod's Law
I needed a little thing, rather urgently, a panel mount IEC plug, CN08406 from CPC. Seemed a bit daft to just order that and pay carriage, so I added two USB cables, some perforated strip, and two...
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Thermometer oddity
For reasons not relevant here :) I'm trying to make invert syrup. It seems the trick is to get the fully dissolved sucrose (i.e. granulated sugar) to a temperature of 114C before killing the heat and...
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Clock with oscillating spring as "pendulum"
My wife has a small clock, of sentimental value only, which has a spring with a weight on the bottom which oscillates vertically to operate the escapement. It runs for a couple of seconds but the...
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Associated Darkies .....
the two new "british" paki owners who have just bought asda were recently honoured in the honours list they have shown their appreciation by now moving to Jersey to avoid paying tax in the UK...
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Doorbell push indication?
Our doorbell is a conventional 'Ding-dong' solenoid 6V battery powered (4x C cell) type with a wired bell push. So I could hear it in the garden it's near the back of the house and so because of the...
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Choosing a pod coffee machine?
My head is spinning, there are so many options and so much advice. Where to start?
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The specialist tool
One day in 1953 my dad was working as a joiner on a new housing estate being built by the NCB. For some reason there were some special panels to be fitted, the like of which Dad had never seen. The...
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Unfortunate coincidences
I cabled up a hob on Saturday. The missus was tidying up later in the vicinity of the loose cable that runs behind a unit in the corner and is earmarked for boxing in. Everything went off briefly,...
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Fibre. Does the existing phone line stay when the install FTTP?
Considering getting full fibre instead of FTC as I have at the moment. Does the existing phone line stay, or does the new fibre cable include provision for a basic analogue phone?
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New cables into substation
Looking down a hole - as I do - there are some modifications being done to cables at a nearby substation. Some of the old cables are being extended with "twisted three" cables rather than the usual...
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Insulating around the supply cable
Following the recent thread about cables passing through insulation it has left me with a dilemma regards the supply cable. My supply cable emerges out of the sub-floor and passes through an approx....
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OT - Barber Shop gadget
I recall back in the 1960's seeing my barber "combing" someones head with a device made of glass that clearly had a high voltage in it as there were blue sparks in it. I think the customer had...
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Plastic lugs on kitchen appliances
Typically for small mixers and choppers the "bowl", usually clear plastic, has three lugs which are rotated into plastic/rubber recesses on the body. Obviously the fit has to be tight enough to stop...
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