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More adventures with unearthed appliances

I have a brass standard lamp, which I've rewired. It has a disconcerting mains buzz to it, which is quite noticeable wh...
14 comments posted 8yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
14 comments posted 8yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

Could smart meter reduce boiler output?

Hi Today we had a smart meter installed. This evening the boiler is running co ntinuously but the radiators are only wa...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by davidandbella
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by davidandbella

De-icing the car or van with an electric fire

It works rather well. I have the fire on the lowest setting (1kW) and leave it on a board on the seat for 20 minutes. It...
31 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
31 comments posted 8yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Snow blades on ride-on mowers - do they work?

We've had a lot of snow so I'm wondering whether it's worth buying or making a snow blade (and getting some chains or s...
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nothanks
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by nothanks

Central heating pumping over after alterations

Hi all, We have a fully pumped Oil fired CH. (S Plan I think, 2 separate motorised valves one for heating, one for hot...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cpvh
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by cpvh

Replace boiler or repair - non-condensing

Shop boiler has turned up it's toes after almost 18 years abuse. It's a valiant TurbomaxPlus 828E which has been kettli...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by 0845.86.86.888
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by 0845.86.86.888

Electrical screwdrivers

I noticed that the wire into a ceiling lamp lit up an electrical screwdriver when I checked its terminal, and it did th...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

Help, central heating packed in.

Its my neighbours so trying to help. Vokera compact 25A,sealed system I think. Still gets hot water if turned to hot wa...
14 comments posted 8yrs
posted by noname
14 comments posted 8yrs posted by noname

Need to strengthen water pipe attachment?

Tap on sink is held on with a plastic knurled nut, copper pipe is then soldered to tap connection. The plastic nut crac...
13 comments posted 8yrs
posted by noname
13 comments posted 8yrs posted by noname

Honeywell Auto Bypass DU145

I need to check the setting on the Honeywell Auto Bypass valve on my CH. At the moment it's set with the pointer on the...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by davidm_uk-notme
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by davidm_uk-notme

Buzzing crackling transformer

Hi all I bought a couple of 6.2a versions these from a UK supplier to wire in some LED lights...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by leenowell
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by leenowell

OT: Car heaters and ice scraping

Do modern cars not have demisters or something? What's with all the morons wasting 10 minutes of their time scarping ic...
108 comments posted 8yrs
posted by imvalid
108 comments posted 8yrs posted by imvalid

repressurised boiler is now noisy

I've just repressurised my boiler to 1 bar, now their is a chugging noise from it.
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by anthony chew
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by anthony chew

Plastic Rawlplug Success

Maybe everybody does this, but... Heavy curtains, rail about 100mm from wall so lots of leverage. Over the years, two b...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cliveta
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by cliveta

OT: Telephone ringers for the hearing impaired?

Hi all, We just had my sister on the phone asking if we could pop round to check Mum was ok (1/2 mile away) as she coul...
48 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
48 comments posted 8yrs posted by news