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Current operated switch
Decided to fit a 14.4kW electric boiler to replace our old ageing sold fuel boiler (getting too old to hump hods of coal around the place). I'll add we are off the gas grid. Yeah I know I could go oil...
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Backup/restore/external drive advice wanted please
I have been using a Maxtor external drive, sadly it has stopped working. As the drive does not like windows 10 I cannot test it easily. I have a desktop computer with 931Gb drive of which 103Gb is in...
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Agricultural plumbing problem
There's a small bit of land behind the house which has in the past had horse/sheep in it and hence a galvanised drinking trough with a water supply. The supply comes through black plastic pipe...
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Bending 28mm Copper pipe by hand??
Hi All I have a plumbing job to do at some point which will include bending so me 28mm Cu pipe (to a water tank. I have a pipe bender somewhere in the lof t or garage - one of the large-ish...
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Waking up the iron horse
37 minutes with no music, no commentary, just sound and video with a handful of explanatory captions. Shame it's not a British loco, but interesting all the same, easy to watch while listening to...
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Built-In Oven Replacement
Hi Folks, I'm looking to replace my ageing built-in gas oven with a swish new electric model but am not sure how the dimensions work within the existing carcass. The dimensions of my current oven are...
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OT "No clear benefits from migration"
https://www.westmonster.com/no-clear-benefit-from-low-skilled-eu-migration-government-adviser-confirms1/
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Motor starter switch? 240V 6A
Would you bother / is it necessary to use a motor starter switch with overload protection on a 240V 6.5A single phase motor. Main reason for asking is that i'm struggling to find something suitable.
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Best low tack masking tape?
Votes please for a low tack masking tape that does what it claims (as the last lot I used didn't). Matters to me more than usual as I need to paint an external wall where it joins a neighbour's in a...
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OT if you like Lomborg (IPCC)
New Nobel laureate William Nordhaus says the costs of proposed CO2 cuts aren’t worth it.
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240v countdown timer switch
Simple enough project. I've a motor in a machine, I want to put time (say 3 mins) on a clock, hit a button, and the motor will run for 3 mins. Does anyone know of a single timer switch unit that would...
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OT: what's behind the Irish Border question
The Backstop is only liable to be agreed by a government that decides that it must accept whatever terms the EU offers under economic duress.
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Security cameras
I'm starting to investigate security cameras - the ones that connect to wifi and will email or text if they detect something untoward. Has anyone any recommendations based on personal experience?
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Stinky food processor
The Ozone smell is caused by electric sparks, usually from the brushes of the motor. Brand new brushes will spark until they "bed in". If it still sparks more than minimally after they've bedded in,...
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Infrared socket controller thing interprets one button press on remote as two!
Yes I have got a neurological disease, and it was first discovered when I thought that the remote was reading my one press as two. In fact I was making a very rapid second press, without knowing. The...
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