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Belling oven not working
Hi, I have a Belling Country Chef range style oven (8 ring gas hob, electri c grill and one electric fan oven and one electric oven) The fan assisted oven started turning itself off when it started to...
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Applying Exterior Sealant in Damp Conditions
Ideally I would have done this back in the summer to fix a localised damp issue but it escaped my attention at the time. Is there any problem with applying a decent quality exterior sealant between...
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Lithium rechargeable PP3s
I see that LiIon and LiPo PP3s are now available with a capacity comparable to alkaline ones. Anyone got a recommendation for makes and suppliers, and a suitable charger? It's for a friend's...
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Gridwatch on Mumsnet
bless .... Page 25. .. to a layperson like myself the evidence does not seem robust (record antarctic ice caps) .Even if it were true 'the climate' is such a complicated
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Gas Meter Replacement
Having a new Smart Gas Meter fitted on Weds. What will need doing with my boiler? (Worcester Bosch Combi Greenstar CDI). As it is in the loft, I am just wondering if I need to be prepared for the...
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Thunderbird not showing EBay messages
I get the headers but no text. Is there something I can tweak, or is the email address just too old? Seems I'm not alone. Any advice appreciated
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Oops
Error code on washing machine - drain pipe blocked. Running the pipe outside doesn't work in winter.
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strimmers - dual or single ?
My brother has asked for a strimmer for Christmas. I believe the bump feed heads are more reliable than auto feeds, but is a double feed head required on anything that is decent ? ** This looks good...
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Safe zones for electic cables
Safe zones totally ignored by BMBC (ie BarnsleyMBC) The rewire was done 10 years ago and now they are doing some damp proofing work that shows the signed off Part P registered electrical installers...
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The world's most outrageously inefficient amplifier?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/rm-bla-350-15-30mhz-linear-amplifier-r52ce
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Honeywell ST7100 Randomness
We have an old boiler, and an old Honeywell ST7100 controller. The other week, I replaced the batteries in the ST7100 - the old ones were well and truly flat. Since then, the heating has been...
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OT What do the Japanese do-
With all those photos we see them everywhere snapping away?
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No power rating for electric oven/grills?
Maybe a bit OT, but it may be of interest. We have just replaced and old (10 to 15 years? it was here when we moved in) and faulty "Cookers" fitted double oven with a new AEG one. The new one's fan...
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I just thought of a product for Russ..
Yes special hi dfi air for the listening room. It has to be an air tight room, and needs to be replenished every so often. Why is it better than normal air? Ah well, it has precicely the right...
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Very poor suppression
Two devices bought this week. Both work OK but the problem is that their power supplies being of the switch mode kind push out lots of annoying RF at frequencies between 100khz and around 20mhz. One...
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