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Generator 230vac/12vdc
I have a Powertec PT2500S 4 stroke generator. It claims to have non-sine wave output and therefore unsuitable for some ap pliances. I can't see what voltage the generator actually generates interna...
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Nuclear power at 10p unit
I keep hearing about the government being ready to agree a price of 10p per unit for new Nuclear Power stations. This is much more than I currently pay for economy 7 night supply. If the price...
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Sharpening a plane iron
Is this jig suitable for a 25 deg plane iron? http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/handtools/planes-chisels-files/chisel_sharpening/-specificproducttype-accessories/B-and-Q-Honing-Guide-11247604?skuId=11758309
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Tech Digital TV Q
OK ... seen the Adds that BT now provide BroadBand customers with BT sports channels for free .. Applied to BT to get an ID code to watch. So far been unable to watch though. Even though the 'free...
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10 years ago
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Servicing your own gas boiler
Hello folks, How much (if any) buggering about is one allowed to do to one's own gas boiler? The reason I ask is that my boiler fails to light most of the time during the winter months. Research...
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rotating machines & flourescent lights
Trying to choose lighting over my new garage/workshop. As is well known, flourescent lights (strip lights) on single phase supplies do not mix happily with rotating machines due to the possibility...
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10 years ago
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Broadband dongle for 1 week's use?
Our clan is off to Hastings for a week and thinking of getting access to t'interwebs while they're there. BT Openzone or 3G dongle? And if dongle, which and what provider/SIM?
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Swelling wood
I've got a pair of wooden gates across my drive. The frames are OK, but the planks on them are very prone to swelling and contracting. In the summer they contract to the point where the wood started...
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10 years ago
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Gas and coca tin experiement
Years ago (60's) at school I recall an "experiment" where the teacher placed a rubber gas tube into the base of a coca tin. The top of the tin was tight on, and had a hole punched in it. The gas was...
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gate latch
Anyone care to recommend a grandchild resistant garden gate latch? Ideally something that can be easily used when they are not here! Gate inward opening and 4'0" high. I suppose a conventional *slam*...
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Anybody know anything about hand bells?
I've found an old brass hand bell at my mother's house. It's about 70mm mouth diameter and 50mm deep. The clapper is missing, but there is an iron loop for it to be hung on. I can turn up an clapper...
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10 years ago
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CFL peculiarity.
Today I encountered a light fitting with a CFL in it which would not work. When switched on, the CFL would simply produce a dull pulse from one of the four U elements/tubes every 2 seconds or so. I...
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10 years ago
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changing a Honda headlight
I went out to change the blown lamp in the headlight today --- of course it was the RH one again, which is less accessible because of the filling tube for the windscreen washer. I took the old one...
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"Do not combine LED light bulbs and filament bulbs."
Operating temperature -10°C +40°C Allow to cool before replacing light bulb Use the same kind of bulbs in lighting units with multiple lampholders. Do not combine LED light bulbs and filament bulbs....
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Insurance for a renovation project - where can I get it?
I'll tell you the whole history. I feel I must tell someone! House #1 came back with a surveyors description that boiled down to - take the plaster off the front wall along the whole length, and then...
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