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LED light fittings

Today I have taken delivery of a fairly cheap panel light fitting. It is around 30cm in diameter. The construction is p...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by junk
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by junk

MPAN

Im trying to give you my MPAN but it keeps telling me its not in the national database please help.
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posted by petermould276
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by petermould276

Phishing call

Just had a call (local number) from our "Internet Support Team" regarding about a couple of transactions on "your card"...
20 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
20 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

Redundant Earth Bonding

I am at the first fix plumbing stage of our bathroom refurbishment and removing some of the old pipe work I am finding...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by tricky.dicky

One of those days...

First, the microwave went south last night (see post "Dead microwave oven"). This morning at M&S there was a power glit...
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by Jeff
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by Jeff

Outside drain issues. First port of call?

My daughter has a concreted patio area behind her house which has drains passing beneath it. It has a largish sagging a...
7 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim.downie
7 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim.downie

Sticky Rubber Knobs

In the past, I have suffered the rubberised control buttons and knobs turning sticky over time, I used to use talcum po...
3 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
3 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

Back for a day

Sorry that I have been away for a while, and unfortunately will only be sporadic for the foreseeable future. My family...
34 comments posted 2yrs
posted by judithlatham
34 comments posted 2yrs posted by judithlatham

Dead microwave oven

I just tried to use the 750W microwave oven and all it did was make a loud humming noise. So I assume it's the HV diode...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by Jeff
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by Jeff

How much fall,on 110mm waste pipe

At present the waste from my toilet pan is about 0.5m between pan and vertical stack originally it was in the kickspace...
4 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Heat recovery ventilation units

Anyone fitted one? We have a relatively large house but most of the time there are just the two of us knocking about in...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim.downie
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim.downie

Thunderbird again

Trying to archive messages prior to the new box move. ctrl click is very tedious. Is there a better way?
21 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
21 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

OT: question for Ipad owners on Facetime

Gentlemen, Does anyone know if it's possible to record the audio from a Facetime conversation without having to use a s...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cd
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by cd