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OT will aussie spec mobile work in UK?
Seen a new mobile at good price on of all places. Even allowing for shipping it's still tempting but will it work ok here? It appears to have a slightly different manufacturer code. Are...
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Replace outer skin of LCD/TFT screen
Hi - 22" TFT monitor with an ugly scratch in it. I don't think the polish & vaseline hacks will be enough. Like any TFT, the screen will be a sandwich assembly, with a thin plastic sheet outermost. If...
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more renewable troubles. Pass me the extension cable..or an angle grinder?
Only recently, the offshore wind industry was seen as an opportunity to regenerate Germany's coast. But amid changing political attitudes and spiraling costs, several companies are struggling to...
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Electronics assistance please
My experience of this group is that there's usually someone who can give an answer to really any query. I'm too not sure if I'll get that service with this one, but I'm sure some sort of help will be...
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OT: News server doesn't show posts from Adrian C
Using posts from Adrian C in a thread were being quoted and answered, yet I couldn't see the originals. I struggled into Google Groups and they were there OK. I have now changed my server to and all...
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Ceiling light wiring - how to extend (hypothetical)
Just fixed a ceiling light that had stopped working because one of the earths had come out of the terminal inside the ceiling fitting. Started me thinking, what if one of the wires had snapped off?...
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Plumber's list of fittings.
Please could someone clarify what is meant by this: 3/4" male iron x 22mm bent/elbow mark
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My razor charger (2-pin) won't fit in a continental socket!
I've just realised that I can't plug my Philishave charger (new shaver bought 2 months ago) into a German socket, even though it has two pins like all German plugs. The charger's pins are ~slightly~...
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OT: Anyone here familiar with Wacom pens?
I've been talking to myself on a forum, so wondered if there is any expertise here. For a specific project I bought an elderly Lenovo X60T convertible tablet laptop. I loaded in Windows 8 and almost...
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Kraft Stahl petrol washer
Good morning all. I recently bought a Kraft Stahl 3800 psi cold water washer with a 5.5. Hp 4 stroke engine and - with a set of exchangeable nozzles it went well for a few weeks. I did look for a...
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OTish Murder
Reading one of SWMBO's crime novels. The victim is murdered by cutting a car brake line. Though it was a pre dual circuit car I reckon I would know the instant I wnet to start the engine there was a...
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oven wiring
Hi, My kitchen redecoration continues at a very slow pace! I am about to build the new oven housing. I have removed the oven from its old cupboard and found the wiring was a bit of a bodge. Some 6mm^2...
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SWIMAT beep codes
My Siemens washer (6102) has become temperamental today. For example, ending a wash cycle early with a 6-beep code and a rinse cycle early with an 8-beep code. Have never had the instruction book, and...
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Roof for a large shed
In message , PeterC writes Google Steadmans, Carlisle. I wouldn't call it cheap though! One issue which I haven't resolved is the foam exposed at the eaves. The under sheet and foam fill is trimmed...
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Shed base - pads?
Has anyone used those ^^ or something like them? I'll be building a small shed (DIY build, not prefab crap) later this year. Maybe 2. I don't want large quanities of concrete - particularly not a...
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