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Carpentry - two problems left
1) I need to route a groove along the edges of several furniture boards into which a 5 or 6mm backing sheet can lie. I wondered if there was some kind of jig I could employ together with an electric...
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Converting VW van - is chassis a reliable earth for site mains feed?
My neighbour (an electrical contractor) is converting his van into a mobile home. He's put in multiplt leisure batteries, led lights, 2000W inverter , etc. Etc. His earth just clamps to the chassis...
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The Cisco Kid TV Toy Premiums Archway Cookies Collection How many remember The Cisco Kid western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, the Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the...
 
Is there a special name for this sort of bracket?
Does this sort of bracket have a special name:- 'm looking for something like this but I'm having trouble coming up with a search term to at least provide a reasonable number of hits. Something solid...
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Ivy tendrils on brickwork
Ok. So I have fitted the garage plastic fascia board and replaced/repainted the soffit board. Now, how do I get rid of the Ivy tendrils clinging to the brick wall? Failures so far include angle...
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Thunderbird - setting filters
Just a quick reminder that there's a short 'how to set filters' on the wiki: As far as I can see, the recent spam crap has all come from one poster, using newsdemon. Starting at "Filtering cross...
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Glasses recycling schemes (paging R D S)
Do any of glasses handed-in actually get re-used to feed blind orphans in India, or are they just quietly junked out the back? I've got dozens of old pairs at my parents house ...
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Earth Rod
2 parts to an earth rod Q. On advice on another forum - I need to install an Earth rod when a new TT circuit is installed. What size earth rod do I need ? Looking at some of the the information I have...
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electricity provision
Is it true that the UK had a power emergency last week and had to beg Belgium for some leccy? Bill
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OT nearly at 'so long and thanks for the fish'
I have been using this newsgroup for over twent years, most recently via Google groups. It has now got to the stage were I am about to abandon it. I have read about other souces of news groups that...
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OT: Dog breedism
We have a labrador puppy, roughly 4 months old, she's ####ing awful, honestly I haven't the time to detail all the misdemeanours. We were in the park yesterday and she was straining at the lead...
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Times Radio
Listening to Times radio on the Sonos Speakers with bass turned up, there is terrible rumble at some 64Hz resonance. This occurs whilst people are talking. I dont know where the microphone is mounted,...
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Todays whinge - Security floodlights.
I presume the lamp in ours failed last night (typically just as we'd spotted a hedgehog). Of course went to replace it, and the cover is screwed on (not bolted). Of course years of weathering meant...
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Looking for clamps for rectangular pipe/section
I'm looking for some clamps to hold things on to some square steel box section. I need two sizes, 60x60mm and 60x20mm. I can't find any UK supplier with anything like this. There are a number of...
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EV (cars and bikes) and EVSE (chargers)
Hi, Has anyone got a good link to what happens when you plug your EV into an AC EVSE? E.g. what the proximity and control pilot signals need to do. In order to get the EVSE to output its 240Vac, is...
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