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1.5mm cable, 90 Amps and various connectors
A selection of wire connectors are overloaded - which will fail first? Connectors and wire sent in by TheChipmunk2008 1.5mm² PVC insulated solid core wire, connectors are a screw terminal 'chocbloc'...
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GSM based building alarm?
I was just wondering if anyone here had any personal experience of / with any of the various GSM / Autodialer type alarms, the likes of eBay is cluttered with these days please? The usage would be...
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Bollocks
25 to 28 seconds for starters This guide shows you How To Wire An Outlet Yourself Watch This and Other Related films here: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-wire-an-outlet Subscribe!...
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Hairdryer fuse
I've found a hairdryer I promised to fix a while ago. It has no fuse in the plug and no fuse rating indicated on the plug body. I cleaned out the dryer body and popped a 13 amp fuse in the plug and it...
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Network oddities...
Sorry to keep banging on about this, but I am baffled... Modem, router, wifi AP in loft[#1], which also connects to broadband. Wired LAN down to a second modem, router, wifi AP on ground floor[#2]....
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Pressac boxes
I am trying to use some of these for LAN faceplates, using the usual 3.5mm screws for the faceplate. I got as far as being ready to fix the faceplates but couldn't even get the screws to start. The...
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Humidity measurement
I have several thermometer cum weather prediction (barometer) cum humidistats dotted around the place. I did fancy something more accurate as the readings all seem suspiciously low (but then they are...
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Another fridge failure
Larder Fridge Beko LS620, purchased 2012 2013 Temperature totally erratic - thermostat changed under warranty - now OK 2015 Would not cool - I tested and changed thermostat - now OK Last week Would...
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Protecting CCTV camera Cat5 plug and socket outdoors
I need to connect PoE CCTV cameras (HikVision DS-2CD2042WD-I) to Cat5 cabling outdoors. The cabling that came with the cameras has plugs already installed at each end and the camera instructions say...
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Plasterers Trowel corners modification?
I'm skimming my first ceiling but some places the trowel leaves marks at the edges. Its an old victorian ceiling that I undercovered with kingspan and plasterboard and isnt perfectly straight in any...
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Flat pack faff
A bookcase followed by a large sideboard. The bookcase didn't take too long, assembly was fairly obvious, but had an extra panel, just a narrow strip of ply, not mentioned in the instructions. I guess...
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Cordless recip. saw recommendations
Hello all. I have a fair bit of annual tree pruning to do. Also, i have a one-off job of cutting up a load of old decking to a size that will fit the car or the burn bin. It occurred to me that a...
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LAN & phone punch down tool
I am about to sort out my network, with some proper wall sockets, rather than the RJ45 linked directly to R45. Am I correct in assuming the tool I use for punch down on my phone sockets is the same...
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Pandora's Junction Box revisited
Can't you afford a label-making machine you scruffy bastard? Bill
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OT: Yanks want to buy BP!
Successive UK governments have allowed our prized companies to be taken ove r by foreigners - euphemistically describing it as "inward investment". BP is the largest contributor of tax to the UK...
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