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Lead acid battery mystery.

I have a number of used but still functional car batteries which I use for electric fencers and lighting at a stables w...
60 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newshound
60 comments posted 8yrs posted by newshound

OT Immortality? April 1st????

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/head-transplant-sergio-canavero-has-it-been-done-corpses-cadaver-human-a806017...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

Sime 100b format PRV valve query

Are there any significant gotchas when replacing one of these? My daughter's boiler is losing pressure intermittently....
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tim.downiemovethis
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim.downiemovethis

P'boarding a ceiling - noggins?

I need to P'board a ceiling (5.5m x 2.9m, with joists at 400 centres) but there aren't any noggins down the long sides...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mailbin
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by mailbin

CH programmer

My electro-mechanical central heating programmers have failed, and they are only 35 years old. The zone valves are MOMO...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mikes
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by mikes

British Workers Wanted - Channel 4

from last night, still on catch up (I guess) Didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know TBH 1) Benefits on offe...
462 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tims_new_home
462 comments posted 8yrs posted by tims_new_home

Mystery fins on bathtub drain grill

I just bought a perforated drain grill for my bathtub. It doesn't have a ho le for a screw to go through, but it's got...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by posiwax
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by posiwax

OT More on housing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-5091383/We-don-t-housing-crisis-population-crisis.html
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

Patchy ceiling - overboard, lining paper, or ???

Just started stripping the anaglypta paper from walls and ceiling in the first room we're tackling. The stuff on the wa...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mailbin
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by mailbin

Worcester or Worcester Bosch

Some (combi) boilders seem to be marketed as Worcester and others as Worcester Bosch. Is there any difference or is it...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam

Vaillant AAV Q.

Having changed my expansion vessel, inevitably (after the inhibitor was added) something sprang a leak :( In this case...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

GU10 halogen.

Visiting TLC today, I was told they are running down all stocks of halogen GU10. Including the so called Eco versions. S...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dave
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Replacement dimmer switch.

I'm trying to replace the 5 incandescent candle bulbs in a chandelier with LEDs. The only problem seems to be the dimme...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dmarsden
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by dmarsden

Energy switching: Hidden charge

Until a couple of years ago I'd never switched. Now I've done a couple and it seems that both companies charge the dail...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam

Ash in cement,Ratio?

Its that time of year again when operating the multi fuel stove banked up with an anthracite based briquette product me...
18 comments posted 8yrs
posted by damduck-egg
18 comments posted 8yrs posted by damduck-egg