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SCR working intermittantly

Hi, I have the B Gas version and it has worked well for a few years. However, occasionally my boiler does not turn off...
2 comments posted 9yrs
posted by eric atkinson
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by eric atkinson

Double/single box for brick/plaster wall

Is there such a things? I.e. I'm looking for something like this:- http://www.screwfix.com/p/appleby-dual-35mm-double-s...
15 comments posted 9yrs
posted by cl
15 comments posted 9yrs posted by cl

LED streetlights

The LED streetlights fitted here appear to be warm white. Anyone else compared them to their own lights? Daylight white...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by invalid
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by invalid

Solar roads, for goodness sake!

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/22/14055756/solar-panel-road-electricity-france-normandy
26 comments posted 9yrs
posted by invalid
26 comments posted 9yrs posted by invalid

Using 7 core trailer wire for mains lights

I'm using 7 core trailer wire for mains lights: how safe and legal is this? Is it OK to use 3 pairs as Live and Neutral...
47 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dicegeorge
47 comments posted 9yrs posted by dicegeorge

OT - Using my Dash Cam

So, firstly this is a follow up to fixing my Dash Cam question, now that have had a chance to use it in "anger". I gave...
20 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tims_new_home
20 comments posted 9yrs posted by tims_new_home

Curious said Alice!

I wanted to close a Barclays savings account and downloaded a PDF to allow me to do this by post. Each time I tried to...
14 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim
14 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

And a happy new year.
29 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry130747
29 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry130747

Why does central heating fail at Christmas?

OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive moto...
40 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim
40 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim

OT: Christmas and children

It's Christmas tomorrow and once again it will be ruined by the presence of children, running around shouting and squea...
22 comments posted 9yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
22 comments posted 9yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Just wondering - Heat Transfer

Are immersion heaters as efficient as they could be? Could the tubular element be improved upon - or doesn't it matter?
109 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
109 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere