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converting a chest freezer into a fridge
We have a small unused chest freezer in our garage. We also have a tall fridge/freezer combo that we use for beer and wine. The freezer part of it really can’t be relied on in cold weather so we...
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Unsafe building site, or is this par for the course?
The house next to us finally sold, and the new neighbours have the builders in for a massive renovation job. It's, really, more like a reconstruction job. They are currently demolishing the side...
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Unopened paint sat outside
I'm doing some tidying and a tip run. I've some unopened cans of paint, they've been sat out for probably just over a year in a plastic storage crate. Is there a danger of the paint being usable? If...
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BG Smart Sockets - any good ?
2 questions .... # What is considered opinion of BG manufactured SMART sockets ? ... they any good, as good as any other ? #2 They use a BG app on the phone not SmartLife App, any reason not to go...
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Mountfield cordless mower
The mower just stopped working, it has an good 80V lithium battery, a PCB which is on a substantial heat sink and covered in resin but I can make out what look like 7 IGBTs, a few capacitors and a...
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We've delivered your ...
We've delivered your ... I ordered a large hole drill from Toolstation on Sunday. I always order "to collect" as I am not far from them and usuallty nearby during the week. They notified me that it...
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OT: Petrol vs battery electric strimmers - CO2 emissions
A green friend (yes, I do have a few) is about to buy a battery electric strimmer to replace his petrol one, on the basis that it will result in less CO2 being generated. I am sceptical, but has...
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Firefox loading blank pages
The past few weeks, Firefox has been struggling to load certain pages, from some sources, such as the MOT checking site and Facebook, plus probably other site I have yet to try to use. Other sites...
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Continuing Limescale Battle
One of my toilet pans is quite badly scaled up in that the water curtain at each side is just a trickle. I have been trying Viakal, white vinegar, Harpic de-scaler etc. and it's better but not as good...
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SMART Socket
I purchased a SMART socket I need is App to switch on & off ..... no Alexa currently - maybe in future. I failed to be able to get it to be detected .... SMART Life app on Android Phone ...... even...
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Inspecting floor boarded attic insulation
The attic is boarded. Since I've lived here I've discovered lots of things have not been done properly so I decided to try and check what insulation there was between the ceiling and the floor panels....
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Connecting backup power to your house
Given all the warnings about possible blackouts this winter, I thought it might be worth doing a bit of preparation to make it easy to hookup power to the house should there be a power cut that lasts...
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Re-gassing freezer
Any thoughts? Chest type probably 10 years old. Currently only getting down to -15C
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Automatic central heating repressuriser
Hi, New to this group. Is there such a thing as a device that can automatically re-pressurise a central heating system? I have a gas boiler that feeds both a hot water cylinder and a radiator circuit....
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Inherited Bosch Jig Saw
This is pretty old but the blade rotates too freely. The screw that looks like it should loosen/tighten it, turns seemingly for ever but doesn't achieve anything. The metal label reads Scintilla SA...
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