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Slightly OT: Car battery Load Tester

I have a need for a 12V load tester and, being of a certain age, I remember testers something like this type http://tin...
6 comments posted 2yrs
posted by a
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by a

Damp survey

I have an internal damp issue on the driveway side of my 1930s semi. There's efflorescence on the enclosed under-stairs...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cirianon
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by cirianon

of these in London

Wake up, Khan, stop the agenda-loaded hounding drivers and concentrate on things providing facilities like this: [Safe]
28 comments posted 2yrs
posted by aero.spike
28 comments posted 2yrs posted by aero.spike

RAC - chocolate teapot

I have the highest rank of cover with RAC breakdown assistance. Used their website (which their phoneline insists is th...
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by roland
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by roland

DIY’d DHW failure…

System is a WB boiler suppling heat to the thermal store (Boilermate 2000). DHW is supplied on demand by a pump pushing...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by aero.spike
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by aero.spike

Combi hot water temperature.

I have a 39kW Worcester Bosch Greenstar II oil boiler. When the heating circuit is set to maximum temperature, about 70...
17 comments posted 2yrs
posted by roger
17 comments posted 2yrs posted by roger

Minimum to make wiring safe.

I have a small (only one 16A circuit) consumer unit piggy-backed onto the main CU. There is only a 3/8" gap between the...
21 comments posted 2yrs
posted by roger
21 comments posted 2yrs posted by roger

Why do I have no sympathy for these people?

I swear there are 100,000s of "propa Bri'ish" who are not really British and will discover it the hard way. This is goi...
14 comments posted 2yrs
posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
14 comments posted 2yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Alternative to Google Groups

This is only relevant for those people who read or post in that newsgroup using Google Groups. Google will discontinue...
9 comments posted 2yrs
posted by mm+usenet-es
9 comments posted 2yrs posted by mm+usenet-es

Reglazing spectacles

Any recommendations for firms since Richard's passing. Also wondering what's happened to our prurient electrician
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by news
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by news

Determining boiler size from serial number

We’re looking into getting an ASHP but I’m unsure of the capacity of our current Vaillant ecoMAX pro boiler as all our...
27 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timdownieuk
27 comments posted 2yrs posted by timdownieuk

How long before new gas smartmeter

How many days before a smartmeter, fitted by British Gas for gas supply, starts showing customer data on the Intelligen...
9 comments posted 2yrs
posted by pamela.private.mailbox
9 comments posted 2yrs posted by pamela.private.mailbox

HDD DIY

I had backed up a lot of stuff to an external usb Hard Disk Drive. It conked out one day. I saw there was some common f...
19 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timw
19 comments posted 2yrs posted by timw