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Corrugated cable tidy

IKEA sell a corrugated plastic tube, slit along the full length. They certainly hold the cables. I glued them under my...
9 comments posted 2mos
posted by pinnerite
9 comments posted 2mos posted by pinnerite

Help Me Identify Pliers

I need a pair of pliers that will help me remove a coin battery from the depths of a computer. The nearest I have found...
66 comments posted 2mos
posted by jgnewsid
66 comments posted 2mos posted by jgnewsid

3D printing

Every time I switch my printer off, when I restart it prints about a meter of filament and then the filament ends, The...
12 comments posted 2mos
posted by tnp
12 comments posted 2mos posted by tnp

Belling Cookcentre 90 DFT electric grill problem.

I have a Belling (never again) Cookcentre 90 DFT, with a double eye-level grill. One grill element failed so a replacem...
31 comments posted 2mos
posted by pastedavid
31 comments posted 2mos posted by pastedavid

Debit Card Renewal

A question for the combined experience here. My debit card expires 05/26 - end of this month. When I log on to Amazon i...
27 comments posted 2mos
posted by jgnewsid
27 comments posted 2mos posted by jgnewsid

Paint on silicone?

I'm intending to smarten up our windows (*interior*) this summer: the sills etc could all do with a new coat of paint....
3 comments posted 2mos
posted by lalaw44
3 comments posted 2mos posted by lalaw44

Kitchen sink

I'm having visitors so I am having to clean the house. I am wondering if I can put the the drainer plug for the kitchen...
4 comments posted 2mos
posted by newsgroups
4 comments posted 2mos posted by newsgroups

Curious behaviour of RCD/Main trip

We had a power cut here a few days ago ('Grounded 11KV overhead line' - presumably branch etc) and power was restored a...
4 comments posted 2mos
posted by tnp
4 comments posted 2mos posted by tnp

RMS values of sine waves.

Carrying on from my question about alternators. A single sine wave has an RMS value of 0.707. Does this same figure app...
2 comments posted 2mos
posted by pastedavid
2 comments posted 2mos posted by pastedavid

Alternator phase angle (importance of...)

Hello all. I have been reading a book again, things cannot go well... I have no idea if the words I use are correct nom...
4 comments posted 2mos
posted by pastedavid
4 comments posted 2mos posted by pastedavid

Wiki: Domestic Solar Energy Pros and Cons

I was doing a summary for a mate and thought I might as well add it to the Wiki . . . hope it's appropriate, and obvs ed...
24 comments posted 2mos
posted by patchmoney
24 comments posted 2mos posted by patchmoney

Lapping Lead Roof Flashing

In the process of reroofing an outside toilet roof - mono pitch, using some old, fairly ropey, but still usable slates....
7 comments posted 2mos
posted by patchmoney
7 comments posted 2mos posted by patchmoney

Dell Spares

HI, ordered a laptop battery from Dell. Sent from Coventry to Belfast on 29/4 by UPS. Given a delivery date 5/5. Then U...
8 comments posted 2mos
posted by ets
8 comments posted 2mos posted by ets