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When to switch off the immersion
When going away for a few days, we are always in a quandry about switching off the immersion heater. We are an all electric house, with ecconomy 7 electric supply. The immersion is timed to switch on...
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Clever fridge?
My pet ferret learned how to open the under counter fridge a few months back so I have to put something heavy against the door when he's let out for a run round the kitchen every day. However the...
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Any snazzy ideas for finding a small leak?
A friend of mine is having some building work done. Just before the builders buggered off for the year, they back filled some pipe chases in the floor, and put a layer of self levelling over the whole...
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Contactor Vs Relay ?
HI Folks Some advice please. I'm working on the control gear for a homebuilt glass-fusing kiln. It's using a commercial digital controller, which provides a switched output @ 12v DC. Final load is two...
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Heating control problem
The bungalow we moved into at the end of Summer has a gas fired CH system w ith a Worcester 27i combi-boiler. To control the system we have a Horstmann Centaurstat 7 programmable thermostat in the...
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Textured and smooth masony paint
Is it OK to use a smooth paint on an existing textured finish - presume it will just reduce the textured appearance a bit. E.
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7 day timer and Inductance current
I have a 7 day timer, with a max load of 13A at 240V. However reading the instructions its states there is an inductance current of 3A. What does this mean ?
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boreholes for ground source heat pumps......
any gotchas? Jim K
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Happy New Year....
...and why is it that artificial Xmas trees, fairy lights, tree lights & decorations never go back into the piggin boxes they came out of 10 days ago?
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Faceplate for CCTV connections
4 cameras and maybe 1 audio. All cables in Cat5e. Any suggestions?
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OT. Oil production
Interesting read. Hirsch report - Wikipedia
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Double architrave switch - one cable
Hi all. I want to add lighting to a built in cabinet. I will spur off from a wall socket with 1mm sq cable. Can I spur off with 1 length of this cable and bridge from one set of terminals to the 2nd...
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OT? Peculiar problem.
This is a peculiar problem that seems trivial but is really irksome. When I get in the car in cold weather the entire front windsreen steams up in seconds. (Inside) Side windows not affected. It can't...
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tracking down noises
There is a peculiar noise. IE its one of those very quiet intermittent whirring noises that you can only hear when its quiet at night, and once you know its there, you find it wakes you up. The...
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Worklights
Like these: Trying to figure out if I'm doing something wrong or these things are just crap. I can rarely get more than a few hours at a time out of the bulbs in these things before they go. Normally...
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