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how to remove nibs from paving blocks?
Hi, What's the easiest reliable way to get rid of the nibs that stick out from concrete paving blocks? I'm considering using blocks that are 200mm x 100mm x 50mm - widely used in block driveways,...
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Boiler: mechanical to electronic control?
Hi I have a Vokera Compact combi boiler installed for central heating and hot water There's an integral mechanical (clock) on/off timer which I find very fiddly to set and not terribly accurate Does...
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Toslink to RCA converter.
My TV only has a toslink audio output. To feed an external Hi-Fi. Or rather it does also have a headphone socket, but the quality from that isn't Hi-Fi. I already had a 'universal' D to A converter...
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Asbestos in 1950s garage roof liner under tiles?
My 1950s house has a free standing brick garage with a tiled roof. Under th e tiles and open to the interior space is a papery material, now all cracke d and torn, from age. I guess it was intended as...
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Feed In Tarrifs for phones?
Bought a new phone yesterday, looking at the power consumption this morning, at 3.8V it seems to have delivered 1.3MWh, can I export power from this thing to the mains? As an extra bonus maybe AWS...
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Totally OT; how to find if someone is deceased
I have lost touch with some very long term friends, who are in or approaching their 80s. I need to go back about 5 years, I have not got their current addresses, only old ones and their names. Is...
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How do you test your circuit protection?
A trip round Eaton's circuit protection testing facility: If you ignore the cheesy presentation, the specialist kit they have to play with is really quite impressive.
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ripple tank - construction
I'd like to make a ripple tank to demo some wave effects. Can't seem to find any glassware suitable (a fish tank's too deep to handle easily). So I thought maybe buy a sheet of thick glass (10mm say)...
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8 years ago
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ALDI Electric File
I see that these are again on offer tomorrow for £30 Any comments? I have a feeling that someone (TMH?) had used something similar in the past and found it useful, but I can't quite remember. The...
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8 years ago
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Simple and clever window stay
Well I've never seen this design before A house on Main Road, Hursley, Hampshire. Combined limiter and fully variable quasi-stay with positive latch option for maximum opening, requiring delatching by...
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OT Ping Chris Hogg
I still can't see my OP here, but your reply is here. I'm Virgin Media, been with them for yonks. I'll rake/spike the lawn, then put the Evergreen stuff down, it seems a shame to bin it. Thanks again...
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damp report
Second hand so bear with me! Daughters Edwardian terrace, North London, has always shown evidence of damp in the basement area. Used as a kitchen/dining/living area and with no extract system in place...
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OT; 5p coins?
Is it just me, or is there a surfeit of 5p coins in circulation lately? They seem to be being given in change instead of 10p coins in supermarkets, corner shops, garages etc. Anyone else noticed this...
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Can you get...
A push fit led that will fit those garden lights that have the push in little filament lights? OK so it would need to have in internal rectifier as the lights run on 12 v AC, and would need some wide...
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Aldi LED worklight
Aldi's little battery worklight has just been revamped with a 5 W LED array, and is even more useful in the toolbox. Chris
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