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Source of used oil drums?
I am about to try and make an incinerator from an old oil drum. All I need is an old oil drum :-) eBay and Gumtree don't show any in the local area - loads for around £10 but local collection only....
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OT:Quadcopter cameras
I vague recall they were mentioned here a while ago. For some reason Amazon has just flashed an example of one to me (people who bought this also bought ....) which kind got me thinking ... are these...
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Roundup
Has anyone else noticed this stuff is isn't a patch on what it used to be? I reckon the formula's been got-at and substantially weakened. It's lost mo st of its effectiveness. Is there a new...
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Penetrating/releasing oil
Hi all, What's the most effective penetrating oil available now? I need something to free off seized nuts on threads and collars on shafts. WD40 seems hopeless for this purpose; I've never had any...
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All reactors bar one back online...
Totting up the last figures from EDF and Magnox, nets me 7.877 GW but the grid is showing 8,34GW, which ties in with the fact that one Reactor at Dungeness B was due to come back into serviuce after...
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Identify cupboard door catch
As you would expect, it has two parts, with two screw fixing to each part. Both parts are entirely plastic. The part which fits on the frame forms a pin or peg with an enlarged bulbous end and this...
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Less power with lights ON !!!!!!!
I've just changed twelve GU10 45w spotlight bulbs in my office for a mixture of 30 and 60 led GU10 one left over from a house re-furb. That particular circuit has an 'electricity monitor' hooked on...
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Replacing Tile Hanging with Rendering
I'm considering removing the awful 60's green tile hanging on our house and replacing with some sort of rendered finish, using some kind of insulating board under the rendering. Has anyone any...
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All change
Another tory U turn Councils are voting through plans for ?menacing? solar farms that blight the countryside because they are so afraid of being taken to court by developers, a minister has admitted.
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standard track shelving: single-track brackets with screwholes
[ pls note and adhere to fup2 ! thanks ] Moin, I hope this is the correct group for this kind of question. I am looking to install standard two-track shelving in my home but would like to use single...
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Question for Electricians
Hi all, I have a garage with conventional power and light fitments. Power comes in via what appears to be armoured cable and goes into a good old fashioned fu sebox/mains switch. The box says 'maximum...
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DIY downhill . . . .
Red Bull soap box race now on Dave, have caught 20mins of hilarity, well recommended for recording. Anyway, back off into the sun . . . . .
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How to make digging holes easier ?
I agree. We could come up with alternative solutions, such as making a 90x50x3000 wooden box, and dumping lots of soil around it, then moving the box to the next bit.
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OT New offshore wind farm
Go ahead given for world's biggest offshore wind farm in Lincolnshire. Work on the massive Triton Knoll site - 288 giant wind turbines off the Lincolnshire coast - can now begin after the £3.6bn...
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Perpetual motion (continued)
A lot of people here can't get it that fossil/fossil derived fuel is cheap at the moment. When this recession ends, the price will double or quadruple, all these Chinese/Indians/Brasilians are wanting...
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