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BMC A series thermostat etc

Well, I finally got the old housing off, using a combination of brute force, pig ignorance and heat from a blow lamp. N...
65 comments posted 8yrs
posted by News
65 comments posted 8yrs posted by News

Rapide Ultra Dismantleing

Using the trigger on the handle; when you pull the trigger to release water a piece of plastic pushes onto another piec...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dave
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Logging mains voltage: Arduino or Raspberry Pi?

For reasons I won't bore you with, I'm interested in building a cheap, simple data logger to monitor mains voltage, ide...
97 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newshound
97 comments posted 8yrs posted by newshound

Sound and Vision Auction

Just in case anyone is interested, this is this week: https://www.twgaze.co.uk/auctions/catalogues-and-auctions/current...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by davey
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by davey

Septic Tank FAQ (was One less pigeon)

There used to be a Septic Tank FAQ on the diyFAQ at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/ under 'Miscellaneous'. http://www.whirlne...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by me
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by me

Lion logo

I've been tiding up a manual I have - it's a pretty poor photo copy. Maker long since gone. At the bottom of the front...
41 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dave
41 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Air conditioning light

Maybe pushing my luck here (but I am an opportunist). Any ideas why the aircon light (and I assume the aircon) on a Nis...
52 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newsgroups
52 comments posted 8yrs posted by newsgroups

OT: printing on to a card

What are the prospects of overprinting a greetings card using an HP LaserJet printer (P1102w) without wrecking the print...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newsgroups
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by newsgroups

Car scrapping in 1965

Health and Safety. What's that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P-f1mssUeI Fabulously unsafe.
33 comments posted 8yrs
posted by ddothearn
33 comments posted 8yrs posted by ddothearn

SDS+ -> SDS Max adaptor?

Does anyone know if such a thing is available? I'm after an adaptor to fit an SDS+ drill chuck that will accept an SDS...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nick.s
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by nick.s

Anyone - Surplus Sunvic SDM 1901 actauators

I am looking to alter my heating system from using a SD 2701 (for which I have a few spare heads), to a system using a...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Kitchen extract up an old chimney - thoughts?

Our range cooker is where the old kitchen fire was, so there's a redundant chimney (long-since blocked off) directly ab...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nothanks
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by nothanks

Posting pictures for this NG

I usually use PhotoBucket but have had complaints about the level of advertising. I have seen Adam post pictures on Joh...
28 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wibble
28 comments posted 8yrs posted by wibble