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WiFi experience
I've never had bother with WiFi in the past but then i've never really challenged it. At home and prior workplace everything is in close proximity. At my current workplace it just doesn't work. But...
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Sky.
Don't have Sky, but noticed just about every dish in the street has had a man up a ladder over the past few days. Has the Sky sat moved orbit? ;-)
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3 years ago
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Recommendations for an IP67 Junction box that will:
Accept a 10mm2 3 core SWA cable & gland kit accept 2 off 10mm2 6181y meter tails (8mm diameter) and 10mm2 earth wire and have a 3 pole 60A junction box within? I can find lots of Wiska boxes but they...
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3 years ago
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OT: gearbox oil temperature
GEnts, can anyone hazard a guess as to what the approx oil temp of a modern 6 speed automatic gearbox should be once it's got up to operating temperature? Ta.
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3 years ago
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new FB messages
why do face book have trouble playing this video ?
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3 years ago
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petrol lawnmowers in 2020
Hello, I have an electric mower but it's not very good: it gets clogged up with wet grass and long grass will stall the motor. I keep thinking I should treat myself to a petrol one but a honda is...
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3 years ago
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Plywood sink
idea or stupid? NT
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3 years ago
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Copying files from old DOS to Win10
Hi So I have a really old Amstrad PC1512 with 20MB HDD. There are files that I'd like to retrieve into a more modern environment - Win10. The old PC has a 5 1/4" floppy, a serial port, and a parallel...
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3 years ago
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Moving a shed
We might be wanting to move a 2m x 2m garden shed, by about 1m and maybe rotating it 90 degrees. It has plywood on the floor and appears to be resting on paving slabs, not bolted down. Beyond emptying...
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3 years ago
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Re: Move shower pump to loft?
On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 08:57:51 -0700 (PDT), David Aldrich wrote: Daughter had to get her pump replaced by plumber who fitted in the loft to suck up from the tank - against the pump instructions to be by...
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3 years ago
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Can I salvage this old strimmer?
Clearing out the garage. I have an electric strimmer that was hardly ever used but has been hanging up for about 10 years. When I plug it in and switch it on the motor turns but slow and sluggishly....
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3 years ago
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OT: Black Radio Hams
Do they even exist? We had a black chap interested - and I mean *proper* black - in joining our Radio Society here on the island, but he seemed pretty clueless and would have to be spoon-fed on all...
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Re: what?
> like it.....just received the parcels anyway.....
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Re: OT: Delivery van identification
Ah, thanks. That confirms the Orkney Street factory was on the Macaulay exchange _before_ the 'new factory' on Wandsworth Road was opened in 1953. It narrows down the date of the photo to either pre...
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3 years ago
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10mm microbore for expansion vessel?
Hello, I want to add an external expansion vessel to my combi boiler as I think the built-in one has failed. The built-in one is fed off a 15mm port on the DHW exchanger. I think it will be difficult...
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3 years ago
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