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8kw heat conversion to centigrade
8kw heat conversion to centigrade
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CH joint leak
I have a slow leak from a joint in a CH pipe (about one drop every minute or two). I tried Plumber's Mait (a cheap version a few months ago, the real thing just now), it still leaks! Any other easy...
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Help with switch (electrics)
I noticed a `fishy`smell when shower was being used. I checked the isolator switch outside the bathroom and it was hot so have now switched off at the main electric box. I have opened up the switch...
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Invisible fixings for removable wall panel: suggestions welcomed
I'm constructing a projection screen which will be semi-permanently mounted: a timber frame fixed to the wall, with a front panel which must be capable of being removed, not often but occasionally....
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Flush timeswitch
Does anyone know of a timeswitch >=13A with boost override that sits flush like other accessories (10mm or so out from surface). The smallest I can find are by TimeGuard but they are not what I would...
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Bleeding radiators and jet engines
Quite. Whoever messes around with jars and so on?
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Derating cable passing across insulated cavity
If I pass a cable across (in one side out the other, not running inside) a cavity wall filled with pumped in cavity wall insulation, do I have to derate the cable as though its entire length were...
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Ebay Component tester
About three weeks ago Dave P was talking about a cheap ESR/component tester board which prompted me to buy one. It's just turned up (from HK) and I'm quite impressed, for the price. Thanks for the...
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Possible blockage for one (or more) radiators - how safe is this?
One of our radiators singularly fails to heat up. The pipe to it is appropr= iately hot, but the rad never gets anything more than tepid. I've tried a = bit of balancing (trial and error rather than...
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HO5VV-F or HO5RR-F cable?
Hi all, Am fitting an induction hob and the instructions suggest HO5RR-F (2.5mm?) cable (rubber sheath) but the local sheds seem to have only HO5VV-F As I understand it the available cable (which I've...
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Potterton EM2001 timmer
The heating is working but I can't the hot water to swicht on . It was working until 3 power cuts in 3 days!
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How to get rid of ciggy/nicotine smell on PC compnent?
Got a video card off fleabay, but it's come from a heavy smoker. Sticky with nicotine and stinks. I know if I put it in the PC the air flowing through the case propelled by the fans will stink out the...
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Wind turbines (again ...)
En el artÃculo , Arfa Daily escribió: Not much. You also have to factor in the cost of the infrastructure needed to connect wind farms to the grid, since by their very nature, they're sited in...
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EU: even less in common with them than I thought
and it's not just Iceland, Denmark, and Germany where they have these ludicrous rules. The French have them too.
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Weatherproof Boxes
B&Q sell them, or they used to.
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