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How to check a gas meter?
There has been a news story this weekend about EON overcharging a number of customers because their gas meters measured cubic metres when they should have measured cubic feet, or maybe vice-versa....
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Looking for a particular spacer - bright ideas?
I'm looking for spacers, about 1/2 inch diameter, circular. 1/8th inch thick with a central hole to clear a 6BA bolt, so roughly 1/10th inch. Material to be smooth and reasonably friction free, so not...
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Ot: Mash sums it up...
Must be approximately true. A-level student joins shadow cabinet via clearing
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OT Man owns same car for 82 years.
Still running with over a million miles on the clock. This person had a great start in life, an early exotic present. Mr. Allen Swift: Born - 1908 - Died 2010 This man owned and drove the same car for...
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Blowtorch powered fire lighter
Tonight I was going to have smoked mackrel for tea, but I cant get the smoker lit. I have looked online before, but havent found a powerful enough lighter, I want a long reach one with a flame like a...
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Gluing polycarbonate (roof) to polycarbonate (flashings)
My supplier assures me that both the roofing material (hard, translucent) and the edging strip (soft, brown) are polycarbonate. What's the best adhesive to use to mate these together, for the small...
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Karcher Sand blaster
Would kiln dried sand as sold by Patio deaers be suitable for use in ythe sand blasting attachment of the Karcher pressure washer. Ive googled fruitlessly for Karcher sand and have seen gthjis...
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OT: Packaway raincoat
Can anyone recommend a decent brand of packaway/rollup rain coat? My trusty Peter Storm has finally given up the ghost, so I need to replace it. Are Peter Storm still any good?
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Wheeled tool boxes
The combination of advancing years, increasing weight of tools and buying a spread-out property means I'm thinking of buying a wheeled tool box for my general DIY tools, otherwise I spend a lot of...
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Self cancelling indicators
Anyone else annoyed by indicators that switch off too easily? Mainly turning right at a roundabout, the action of going left onto it cancels the right indicator, then halfway round I find I'm alarming...
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Sander to Vacuum connector
I have a Bosch PEX 300 AE Random Orbit Sander and I wish to connect it to my Henry vacuum cleaner. Any suggestions for a connector I can buy given the different dimensions of the hose and the...
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30th Anniversary of the Lake Nyos carbon dioxide event
Happened this day in 1986, apparently.
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OT: Cheapskate in Asda
"normal" and "pissed". Don't you think that's an oxmoron>?
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Consumer unit question RCD vs RCBO
Other than the physical size and cost*, is there any other reason to choose between a unit with a main switch +RCBOs and a unit with main switch +RCD +MCBs? Need to fit a consumer unit in a small...
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OT: what can brush cutters cope with?
I need to cut a badly-overgrown hedgerow down to about 4 feet above the ground (to preserve a barrier) - it's currently well over 6 feet. The "hedge" is a dense mixture of bramble, small trees and...
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