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Security screws - appliances

I've got a couple of 4-way switched adapters where one switch won't work. The screws that hold them in are different, o...
14 comments posted 3yrs
posted by nospam
14 comments posted 3yrs posted by nospam

Canon Pixma resolution

I sent it back for repair under warranty (just over a year old) and got a phone call saying they couldn't fix it and ar...
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tpmccann
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by tpmccann

Mount panel Light

Idea is to mount a flat panel light upside down (pointing up) suspended below a plastered ceiling. It's not challenging...
9 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tabbypurr
9 comments posted 3yrs posted by tabbypurr

Well that was new to me

I got a oxy-propane torch the other day so I could more easily heat metal etc. So I tried it out, worked nicely. Then I...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by see.my.signature
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by see.my.signature

Laser printer cartridge

My brother laser printer stopped working claiming the black cartridge was empty/done. t wasn't that old. There was no w...
13 comments posted 3yrs
posted by pinnerite
13 comments posted 3yrs posted by pinnerite

Large plant tubs and squirrels

Every night the local squirrels that seemed only to have reappeared during the last two weeks, have been digging in the...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by pinnerite
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by pinnerite

OT: Instagram

I am not a big fan of social media, which I have successfully resisted (unless Usenet counts as social media, that is)....
10 comments posted 3yrs
posted by newsgroups
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by newsgroups

Ping Brian Gaff re new app

On the BBC R4 Today programme there is an item about a new AI based app to help blind people by describing their surrou...
5 comments posted 3yrs
posted by aero.spike
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by aero.spike

quality days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjoZKr31IUY
0 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
0 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Mount PV panels

What's the cheapest way to mount PV panels on a low slope tiled roof? Was thinking of ss strap, but mfr wants 6" gap und...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tabbypurr
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by tabbypurr

Next sales opportunity for CU manufacturers?

Seems like the effects of diverted neutral currents is creeping onto various people's radars, John Ward has a couple of...
6 comments posted 3yrs
posted by usenet
6 comments posted 3yrs posted by usenet

OT Biggles

I used to read Biggles books when a child, but this is quite an eye-opener: https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=2...
12 comments posted 3yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Battery Repair

I have a number of garden tools powered by EGO Power+ 56V power packs. The largest of which - 5Ah I use on my mower has...
5 comments posted 3yrs
posted by rick_hughes
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by rick_hughes