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LED lights & fluorescents obsolete in 2013....
US researchers say they have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs in homes and offices.
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My ongoing, intermittent Wallstar oil boiler problem AGAIN!
Sorry to have to bore you chaps yet again with my woes. The boiler is, as ever, unreliable at starting, frequently going into lockout when the Danfoss timer calls for heating. Yesterday evening the...
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Semi OT: How to sober up quickly?
How to sober up quickly? 1. Intravenous infusion of fructose, reputedly near instantaneous in reversing intoxication. 2. Come 11pm on a Sunday night, wander into the kitchen to find a chill in the air...
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lighting update and a question about fluorescent starters
Hi, You may remember me posting some questions about kitchen lighting and also non maintained emergency lights. Here's a quick update, followed by a new question about starters: The bulkhead could be...
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Dehumidifiers - suggestions?
Does anyone have any suggestions about which is a good dehumidifier to buy (up to about £160)?
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OT: Mazda 3 losing performance
Hi, Apologies for the OT post but there's a wealth of good advice in the group... I have a 2008 Mazda 3 TS2 Diesel Saloon and have noticed a recent drop in the engine performance in terms of the mpg....
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Removing a lockable door chain after keys have been lost
An elderly relative has a lockable door chain for which the keys have been lost. thought it would be easier and cheaper to replace the whole thing than get replacement keys, as a new chain with two...
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two stoves - some chimney questions
I'd be grateful for some advice on the following. I'm planning to put a multi-fuel stove in the kitchen, where there used to be one several years ago (now there's just a wall); and a smaller...
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replacement part or new handle for toilet cistern
Hi all, The 10 year old handle has broke the plastic holder within the cistern, see picture of plastic fitting. Does anyone know where I could get a replacement part either the plastic or full paddle?...
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UPS Batteries
Can any recommend a good place to buy them? My APC SmartUPS 2000 has eaten its batteries. (Well, it is over 10 years old...)
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Where to get replacement central heating radiator valve knobs?
I'm having great difficulty in finding anywhere that sells bog standard knobs for bog standard radiator valves. Caps/tops - loads of them, but of knobs there is no sign. Surely you don't have to buy a...
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U values... I thought brick/cavity/brick wall was 1.73...
U values... I thought brick/cavity/brick wall was 1.73? I get something quite different... Brick Commons - 102mm --- 0.132 Air Cavity - 50mm ------- 0.180 Brick - 102mm ----------- 0.132 Plaster - 6mm...
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replacing castors on desk chair
I want to replace the casters on my computer chair as two have snapped leaving just the spoke sticking out/ How on earth do you get the spoke out of the bottom of the legs so that you can push the...
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Inconspicauous, closable ventilators other than trickle vents?
I'm decorating a room where the fireplace was closed up many years ago without any ventilation. There are no signs of damp in the chimney; and the risks of it should be reduced further now we've had...
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Hot water cylinder immersion?
Hi Any help on this problem would be great I have a 48 x 18 indirect cylinder. This was heated by an oil guzzling aga now gone. I've replaced the top mounted immersion with a 36" one and with the...
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