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MK recall double sockets, high fire risk

https://youtu.be/sRIc9YIfkn4?t=54 These appear to be their lower cost, lower quality versions of double mains sockets, m...
23 comments posted 1yr
posted by junk
23 comments posted 1yr posted by junk

Clean a Blu Ray

I had a Blu Ray which my player was struggling with. I tried to clean it with what I thought was a clean hanky but it w...
16 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
16 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Nissan Leaf Fuse Box

So this pile of sh**e car's owner's manual doesn't say what each fuse does. Also, it indicates the passenger compartmen...
11 comments posted 1yr
posted by not
11 comments posted 1yr posted by not

another battery question

Another post talking about unexpected car battery failure has prompted me to ask: I’m thinking of buying a reserve batt...
19 comments posted 1yr
posted by nige.danton
19 comments posted 1yr posted by nige.danton

OT: win-10 and apps I add to it

How can I get Win-10 to allow me to choose as a default app, an app that I have put on the machine (a VM) into the Prog...
12 comments posted 1yr
posted by tim
12 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

dirty tree and a turd

Voice recognition does not like record players. Harumphh.
1 comments posted 1yr
posted by crn
1 comments posted 1yr posted by crn

Tchaibo Watt-o-meter only reads 218 volts

As per subject, my DVM reads 238 volts and I have noticed the Tchaibo? device reading low on mains volts for a while so...
19 comments posted 1yr
posted by Andrew97d
19 comments posted 1yr posted by Andrew97d

NAS Speed SSD -v- Spinners

I have been re-vamping my home network to try and keep things more logically, in particular separating multimedia from...
17 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
17 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

SOT: car battery question

My car would not start at all yesterday, so I called the AA. The patrol checked the battery, found it was a fail and it...
27 comments posted 1yr
posted by newsgroups
27 comments posted 1yr posted by newsgroups

Electric shower available as 9.5kW or 10.8kW

Why do some manufactuers of electric showers (such as Mira) provide models which are available in either 9.5 kW or 10.8...
54 comments posted 1yr
posted by pamela.private.mailbox
54 comments posted 1yr posted by pamela.private.mailbox

C2 EICR on lighting

This is a rather old house that has a whole house RCD that includes the lighting circuit. The RCD is relatively new and...
15 comments posted 1yr
posted by fredxx
15 comments posted 1yr posted by fredxx