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Adjusting digital clock
I've got an Art Deco style clock, rather nice, but it looses a couple of minutes a week. Any way to adjust the crystal to speed it up. The movement is rather small and it's difficult to find a...
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Ring ring
Got a call just now (yes 7.05am) on my landline from an SMS->voice service announcing that a carrier was delivering something[1] later in the day. Good job I was already awake! I suppose they assume...
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Bath trap.
The new bath has a centre drainhole, and we have a popup waste supplied with the bath. The trap is a slightly odd looking flat rectangular affair designed to fit between the underside of the bath and...
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Charging Li Ion batterry from DC source
I have a power tool (chainsaw) which is used on site at night where noise is a problem. It uses a lithium ion battery of 36V 3Ah which lasts about 20 minutes of use. The 330W 240v charger takes about...
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Problems with a Hotpoint tumble dryer...
After 9 years of no trouble at all, today my Hotpoint VTD20 (vented t/d) refused to go. It's got power alright, and when it's set appropriately and the door is shut it sort of hums to itself, perhaps...
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Mending a kitchen tap
I've been asked to mend this tap - anyone familiar with them? The cold one is ok and turns about 3 full turns from on to off. The hot one only turns about half a turn and apparently sometimes no water...
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LightwaveRF Magnetic Switch - Outdoors?
Have decided to go down route of controlling outdoor lights manually/remotely rather than using a PIR. But would like one thing - that they come on when opening back gate. The obvious thing is to use...
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AEG Santo fridge freeze question
Our old fridge freezer lives in the garage which isn't ideal for a single stat device. I noticed today that there's a button at the top with a picture of a square wave next to it and I got to...
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Decent microwave ovens
One of the most important aims of the "Continuous Design Improvement" process is to reduce the cost of manufacture - how much can we remove, pare off, substitute cheaper materials etc. Anything that...
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Mosaic tiles - cheap and easy?
I've just had the kitchen skimmed, so a reasonable surface for tiles. My past efforts have been pretty poor though - just looks like it's been done by somebody not very good at tiling. I don't seem to...
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Stupid question about fridges
I'm sure this is very basic but forgive me, I've not encountered it before. In the new (to me) house there's a fridge under the kitchen worktop with a panel door matching the other decor attached to...
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Heated rear window repair.
Hi all, I recently bought a second-hand car and, too late to take it back, I've noticed that the bottom half of the HRW doesn't work. Having happily fixed a few in the past using silver-loaded paint I...
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100W bulbs. What was all the fuss?
They're back in force it seems. Who paid for that fiasco of discounted CFL's Anyone been sacked or voted out yet? AB
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Rads???
Looking for a new rad for the lounge at Handyman Towers. Wickes list a 60mm high x 700mm wide @ 4370btu/1280w and a 700mm high x 60mm wide @ 3952btu/1158w Since they are exactly the same surface area,...
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Affordable celotex
Hi, could anyone please suggest an affordable alternative to celotex? It's the rigigity rather than the R value that is of interest to it's intended use. Thanks.
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