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Bosch water pump in Combi boiler.
I have a Combi System Worcester Heatslave oil boiler which contains a Bosch water pump. When I remove the large screw on the front of the pump water comes gushing out. Is this indicative of a problem...
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Bathroom lights replaced
I finally got round to replacing the three 12V MR16 bathroom lights. Annoyingly, the cut-outs weren't the same diameter as I had thought. The originals were about 78mm with a bezel of 105mm, the new...
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I found 3 old violins & a coffin case...
...last week, abandoned. The bottom one has a label inside, says 1939 copy of Savart's Trapezoid (orig. made in 1820). The top one looks like an experimental fantasy. It's the middle one that looks...
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size SWA to garage 30m away
I am putting in SWA cable to the garage, total length max 30 metres, load just a few sockets for low powered tools, and lights, connected to 32A RCBO in the house CU. Should I use 4mm or 6mm SWA ?...
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Worcester Bosch Greenstar CDi classic
It ignites and runs but then shuts down. Error code is AE, meaning no flame detected. Just keeps repeating that. Ideas? Bill
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Finding a desktop PC with minimum bloatware
Our desktop PC is showing signs of senility - it's running Windows XP from which you can tell that it's well past it's use-by date. We still use it as a file and backup server and for occasional word...
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Doctors routinely suggest that we eat less and exercise more.
Doctors routinely suggest that we eat less and exercise more. You see the number of people who don't follow those directions, and get negative consequences as a result. Whose fault is that, the...
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Gtech V Dyson cordless?
Hi all, We have a Dyson V6 (bought for us by our daughter) and tonight I used it to remove the dog hairs from a 2 bed flat. I did it in 3 charges as the particular dog hairs seem to have been fairly...
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10mm^2 connector
A big soldering iron. Bill
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The London Trip
Thanks for all the suggestions. We did the trip last weekend. In the end we did The Cutty Sark and Royal Observatory using the River Boat (that I never knew existed so extra thanks for that) from HMS...
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Making a chute for cash to go into safe through wall
I need to make a chute to go through a 12cm lath and plaster wall in a Victorian house. At the far end will be one of those cheapo small safes with a keyboard for entry of a code to open it. The safe...
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BMW on Motorway??
Overheard someone talking to someone that was going to supply her a temporary vehicle. She was very concerned that the car should be at least a 2.0 as she intends to dive on the motorway. I assume...
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Does a CU on a sub-main need an integral isolator switch?
A situation that I can't found an answer to ... There is a DP isolator before the main CU (which has an isolator). This CU will be fitted with a 50A MCB feeding a 20m sub-main to a second CU elsewhere...
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OT: Recommendations for alloy wheel cleaner
Last few times I have washed the car I have noticed some rather difficult to remove black deposits on the front alloy wheels it looks like tar but tar remover does not do the trick. The wheels have a...
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Vans that can take a 8ft x 4ft sheet
I've been looking at some vans, the criteria is it must be able to take a 8ft x 4ft sheet. I'm looking at nominally 3 years old. The ideal is a Ford Transit Custom. The SWB (L1) seems a bit short to...
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