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Quick reminder that, in case of leccy/broadband/phone total blackout...
... crystal radios work without battery or mains. (And I'm not talking of crank/wind up radios). I haven't used a crystal radio for probably 35 years and I am not sure what you'd pick up nowadays...
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HRC fuse
The incoming tails from Meter cab go to a Switch Fuse (MEM 100ESSCF) This is fitted as standard with 100A HRC fuse. I am not sure what physical type of fuse this is ..... but can it be changed to 80A...
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DSL -- Digital Subscriber Line
Digital subscriber line (DSL; originally digital subscriber loop) is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines. In telecommunications marketing, the term DSL...
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OT Praising an apprentice
He has just finished his second year - I have not worked with him for months (maybe 10 months) but I worked with him today. He far outclassed the apprentice that I have been working with for the last...
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Lack of roof ventilation
I've been spending some time insulating the loft of late, and it gets rather hot and muggy in there. I discovered why: there is no ventilation. No air bricks, no soffit vents, no tile vents, nothing....
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Electricity generated by a wind turbine
On a news item on my local news about the new offshore wind-farm off the coast of Humberside, the spokesman Patrick Harnett of Orested said that one turn of a turbine's blades (which takes 6 seconds)...
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Removing/sawing vicious stumps.
Not a gardening question. I am not a gardener. I just want to get rid of overgrown vicious weed stumps that previous antisocial tenants let grow for years without giving a toss. I cut all green parts...
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Blocking light from coming through a ceiling window
Daughter moved to a new student flat. Her room is in an attic conversion. It only has one window, a skylight-type on the slopped ceiling (sound 30 degrees from horizontal). It is in a recess around...
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OTish - anyone experience with IQ Medical air cushion matress ?
SWMBO managed to get a pressure ulcer a few weeks ago. After nearly 4 weeks in hospital, it's stabilized enough that they are talking of continuing treatment at home. Although she's seen a few OTs in...
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New ASDA PAYG rates in September
Calls Phone calls to any UK mobile and landline number: 15p per minute Current pricing: 4p per minute Texts UK text messages up to 160 characters: 10p per text Current pricing: 4p per text Data Mobile...
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Battery Drill recomendations please
Getting a new battery drill soon ? All my old ones are naff, probably battery failures - leaving them flat or leaving them charging? i dont know. (I prefer corded tools usually cheaper and more...
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OT: Email client for dopey old codger
Gentleman, I chum of mine is not at all technically competent with computers. He is really struggling with Microsoft Mail. I have no idea if that's a decent mail program or not as I've been a Linux...
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Amazon Prime - yet another grumble about next day delivery
I signed up with Prime because of the next day delivery. However in the last few weeks/months, standard Prime "next day" seems to be 2 days as the default. You have to change the settings at the...
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Yarra Yassus! A parable of the times
"A mother-of-one had to be identified by her fingerprints after a horror crash in which a Range Rover landed on a London Underground train line, an inquest heard. Beautician Yagmur Ozden, 33, died...
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LED - Starry Ceiling
I have just completed installation of a Hot Tub. It is on a roofed over decking area ..... I would like to fit some form of light array to simulate a twinkling sky . or even colour change. I have seen...
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