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RE: ADSL wireless router
As a follow-up, after my tp-link ADSL wireless router (TD-W8961ND) failed I had replaced it with a netgear router (DGN2200). The netgear one was hopel ess - kept losing connection and when it did it...
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Thunderbird reply issue >79 characters
If I click reply on any post (even one I sent) I now get error ... text is longer than 79 characters and fails to send. If I put in some line breaks or delete long lines it works. Never had this...
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HETAS - is it worth anything?
Another in our long saga of getting things done to our house with the wrong tradesmen :( We got a HETAS registered fitter in to install a wood burning stove. We weren't entirely happy at the time, but...
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9 years ago
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WTB: Low head pump
I want to shift some slightly muddy water from underneath our pond liner to on top of it. So it can't be a submersible - must pull from a hose - and I only need to be able to generate about a meter...
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9 years ago
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Wire question
That half-round "log roll" edging sold by garden centres and the DIY sheds is held together by lengths of thick wire, stiff but bendable, stapled to the back. What is this particular type of wire...
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9 years ago
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Good value potato crisps
In their everyday value line tescos have some crisps at 66p for 12 bags ok each bag is only 18g but if you take two bags then you've got 6 bags equivalent for 11p a bag. Ingredients are only potatoes...
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9 years ago
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Making a cupboard door
I need to make a cupboard door. Size is 990mm x 915mm with a maximum thick ness of 37mm. It will be to replace two existing hollow doors on a large b edroom cupboard. The idea in having a single door...
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9 years ago
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Mains suppressors
A Brewer mate of mine has a temperature controller which switches a bank of domestic immersion heaters in a hot water tank via solid state relays. One of the elements has just failed to earth (blowing...
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9 years ago
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Re: Re: B&Q spends £60m on relaunched website
In message , mike writes Yeah, I'm sure I remember getting their (and really was mostly just screws and related hardware etc. and much smaller..) catalogue in the late '80's or early '90's. Ah yes,...
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Quarter of Homebases to close
"a large estate with low sales densities that result in a challenged financial model." I wonder what they're on about there, and what else they're planning to change? Theo
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9 years ago
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MAP (gas) torch
Someone mentioned MAP was good for faster soldering and my old blowlamp is a PITA as it has no auto-ignition. Can anyone recommend a MAP torch that is good for plumbing soldering (15 and 22mm and odd...
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9 years ago
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Best iron-thread sealant
What's the best thread sealant from: When I replumb my main water feed (replacing the temporary plastic and doing in copper) I will be including a pressure gauge on the end of an isolator valve to...
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9 years ago
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Networking Query :)
Following on from my OwnCloud query yesterday (which I'd previously installed 12+ months back) and having successfully remembered ubuntu user name and password, logged in only to find that Ubuntu...
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9 years ago
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230V fans
I have 4 server case fans from a wayback machine: 50/60 hz; 15/14W. That's all I know about them. I presume they don't just plug straight into the mains. What protection do I put in the line for them?...
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9 years ago
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Building a concealed door
In the void underneath my stairs I plan to box part of it in but have access via a concealed door. the door would be a framework and plasterboard. The top/bottom and `latch` side I am ok with as a...
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