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TOT: shredded paper recycling

I cannot get hold of anyone at Glasgow City Council, so I thought I would ask the question in general terms to the expe...
49 comments posted 2yrs
posted by newsgroups
49 comments posted 2yrs posted by newsgroups

Basic Radiant Electric Fire

Anyone know a source for a basic 2 bar-type radiant electric fire? Something like this: https://www.bjselectrical.co.uk...
36 comments posted 2yrs
posted by patchmoney
36 comments posted 2yrs posted by patchmoney

Strange MCB trip

RCD in the office trips. Colleague goes and unplugs the coffee machine (which is a reasonable suspect) and resets the R...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by ben
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by ben

Personal Information

I was invited to fill in an online survey for Morrison's today. It warns you to not enter any personal information. The...
19 comments posted 2yrs
posted by davey
19 comments posted 2yrs posted by davey

Re: Unsolicited phone calls.

> Just hang up. You are training them, talking to them. No. Just say, "Hang on a moment" and put the phone down on the...
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by vir.campestris
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by vir.campestris

advise on security caneras/systems

There's a myriad of options out there. How do I chose. I want 4 cameras all wireless, recording on to a PC indoors
4 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tpmccann
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by tpmccann

Use of a hammer

*IS* this the way to do it? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8XbeOL5daF8 Answers invited!
15 comments posted 2yrs
posted by BDB
15 comments posted 2yrs posted by BDB

Mini PC - Win11 - WWYD ?

Rather annoyed with myself for not snapping up a 16Gb mini PC at £169 yesterday on Amazon. Now £239. However it did tip...
30 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jethro_uk
30 comments posted 2yrs posted by jethro_uk

MCB to RCBO

Folks, I had an issue with an RCD tripping because of damp in an outside socket. Of course this took out half of my pow...
17 comments posted 2yrs
posted by g4ugm
17 comments posted 2yrs posted by g4ugm

This doesn't happen very often

I had a shower pump installed when we had the bathroom re-done about 10 years ago -- it was a Triton pump that I'd boug...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by office
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by office

Sofa chair vs inflatable bed.

To cut the story short, one side of my 1-bedroom flat is very cold at night and the other is quite warm because it is a...
15 comments posted 2yrs
posted by simon.ferrol
15 comments posted 2yrs posted by simon.ferrol

Dismantling AGA oil control valve ...

I hope this is the final chapter in my Aga Saga. It was the only thing I hadn't been able to do. All the online info sa...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tnp
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by tnp

Switch State & Fan Voltage detect project

I would like to identify the state of 3 switches, sw 1, 2 & 3 and when power is supplied to a fan …… so 4 indicators –...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by rick_hughes
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by rick_hughes

Switch & Fan voltage detect project

I would like to identify the state of 3 switches, sw 1, 2 & 3 and when power is supplied to a fan …… so 4 indicators –...
14 comments posted 2yrs
posted by rick_hughes
14 comments posted 2yrs posted by rick_hughes

seeking Dashcam without smartphone app required

Hi all I am thinking of buying a dashboard camera. Thing is, I don't want to go down the 'modern route' of having an ap...
17 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jkn_gg
17 comments posted 2yrs posted by jkn_gg