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moth balls
Are they really effective at controlling rust on tools ?
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Double-Headed Handheld Metal Drilling Tool?
Opening Youtube today, I caught this commercial for an advertised £23. Double-Headed Handheld Metal Driiling Tools Power Tool around eBay and other suspects by using the words as search terms, I see...
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2-stroke mixture
I have a generator (cheap end) never used for 7 years so going to get it working and sell on. I only intend to mix up a ltre of petrol to a small amount of oil for the 2-stroke mix. Just to get it...
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Any car mechanics out there
Hi All, I have a 2004 Audi A4 and am having coolant system issues. I seem to be forever bleeding the system as air keeps getting stuck in the heater matrix (so we have no heat) and more recently the...
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Truncated 33kV power line? Doesn't go anywhere?
we see a path leading up to an old railway line, now a tarmacked cycle/walking/horse path. Note the 33kV power line. I went for a walk to the East (right of the picture), and after about a 25 minute...
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smart
So that's one "saving" of smart meters pissed away then.
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Internet and text (OT)
We take for granted that we can find music on the Web - and Artist details will be available about the track. However, I find myself wondering who keyed in the information to make it available. When...
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Re: Securing insulated plasterboard to steel lintel
You raise an interesting point. I was just thinking about the insulation properties to be honest, and there's nothing on the architect's drawings about fire protection, yet they carry such detail for...
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burying swa
Well I suppose the SWA to the garage should not really be left sitting on the soil by the fence - common sense says it should be constrained in some way. So, clipped to fence, or buried. If buried, I...
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OT trying to copy VHS tape to DVD recorder
I know there is a vast amount of expertise in this group which goes way beyond DIY so I am hoping you can help with this problem. The VHS tape contains a short piece of film that was taken at a...
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5 years ago
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Wanker Roofers
We had our roof replaced last November. Today I noticed a crack in the bathroom ceiling has widened and the PB had bulged down no water coming through though. Went up into the loft to check out the...
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Kitchen electrics.
Kitchen fitter is coming to start work at 0800 tomorrow. Complete refurb. I am a little concerned about the electrical work he is going to do, and a couple of mantras he has chanted. The first one is...
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Firewood moisture content
Can you estimate this with an ordinary multimeter? If so, what sort of figures would indicate a moisture level below 20%? I assume meters made for the purpose just measure resistance across a fixed...
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What happened here?
Old car needed the battery charged. Plugged that in via an extension lead from an outside socket - which has an historical RCD just inside the house - from before when I fitted a modern split load CU...
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Are acoustic boards worth double the price....
...if noise is not a massive issue anyway? I'm boarding over a wall, between us and neighbours, noise isn't a massive problem but I can hear them on occasion. Wondered since i'm boarding anyway would...
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