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Cable storage

Like most computer geeky types, I have accumulated a large number of cables over the years - HDMI, PCI, ethernet, USB,...
39 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Huge
39 comments posted 9yrs posted by Huge

Fun with a shower pump

My brother-in-law gave me a non-working shower pump to play with. Being an electrical engineer I naturally started by c...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by chudford%ntlworld.com
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by chudford%ntlworld.com

Umbrellas

I understand that the latest thing this year is hi tech umbrellas with carbon fibre spokes and very clever material tha...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by briang1
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by briang1

HW problem, weird

Lots of hot comes out the sink taps, but the shower is stone cold. The HW pipe feeding the shower goes from lukewarm to...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tabbypurr
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by tabbypurr

What is this model/machine

This came from a large metal engineering workshop back in the 70s but may be older. I suspect it was part of an apprent...
35 comments posted 9yrs
posted by noname
35 comments posted 9yrs posted by noname

A use for a stethosccope

To set the thermostatic radiator valves. With the room at the desired temp, listen to the flow of water through the val...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere

Annual Christmas problem

A few weeks ago, my Christmas lights (carefully wound around a rolled-up Radio Times from Christmas 1997) worked fine w...
56 comments posted 9yrs
posted by ianTAKETHISOUTjackson
56 comments posted 9yrs posted by ianTAKETHISOUTjackson

Yum Yum, Lidls gravy granules.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/paint-thinner-chemical-lidl-gravy-153300013.html How does one turn Xylene into a granu...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Hotpoint wm

just replaced the brushes....is it normal for new brushes to "scream"...some noise ! .... or did I just not notice the n...
14 comments posted 9yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
14 comments posted 9yrs posted by kinvig.netta

oven diagnosis no display no heat but light working

The display is not showing on the oven, and it is not switching on the heat. The lamp does work. Is it likely that it is...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rgdavidson
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by rgdavidson

shed base

I'm planning on building a shed 3.6m by 2.4m and want a concrete base. It may have to accommodate a cast iron lathe whi...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by news
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by news