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Minimising Phantom Load

Folks, After looking at a discussion on SMART Meters and standby power, I found when exploring the settings in my ovens...
22 comments posted 3yrs
posted by g4ugm
22 comments posted 3yrs posted by g4ugm

3-in-1 oil now in a plastic container

My 200ml tin of 3-in-1 that I must have bought about 20 years ago has finally emptied. It still has the label of the lo...
25 comments posted 3yrs
posted by Andrew97d
25 comments posted 3yrs posted by Andrew97d

"OralB" spam - sudden explosion in

Following a recent post about a spam surge, the past week or so I am getting these emails regularly to my old hotmail ac...
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posted by jethro_uk
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by jethro_uk

French card does the opposite to UK ones

Re the recent discussion about credit/debit cards, my French one (BRED/Banque Populaire) has just been renewed and that...
29 comments posted 3yrs
posted by cl
29 comments posted 3yrs posted by cl

Quotation

Electric vehicle owners should ONLY be allowed to charge their cars using wind & solar power otherwise it's just pretend...
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posted by s
11 comments posted 3yrs posted by s

Royal Mail confused for d-i-y label printing

I wanted to print off a label so that I could send a faulty item back to the vendor for replacement. I followed the lin...
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posted by davey
15 comments posted 3yrs posted by davey

PSTN/POTS retirement

I have done a basic intro on the subject here: https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Telephones,_analogue_to_digital_con...
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posted by see.my.signature
90 comments posted 3yrs posted by see.my.signature

battery

https://www.donberg.co.uk/catalogue/passive_components/batteries/prx-cb047.html I need a battery. 7.2V 13Ah li-ion. 113...
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posted by wrights...
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by wrights...

Linseed

The 50 or so acres opposite us is growing linseed, a pretty sight at this time of year. Every morning, it's a sea of bl...
1 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim
1 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim

Solution for rubber lever covers ?

SWMBO had some new brakes fitted to the chariot a couple of years ago. https://www.spokz.co.uk/wheelchair-brakes-push-t...
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posted by jethro_uk
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by jethro_uk

Hog clips and hog clip pliers

We have lots of wire netting around various areas of our smallholding, fruit cages, chicken runs, etc. A while ago I di...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by cl
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by cl

How to make a Home made mobile phone bracket

I want to make a simple bracket, similar in shape to https://www.stoaked.co.uk/our-range/hardware-accessories/industria...
3 comments posted 3yrs
posted by nospam
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by nospam

Waiting for Yodel....

My package, a case of wine, was put on the van for delivery this morning. Sometime later, I was given an estimated deli...
14 comments posted 3yrs
posted by davey
14 comments posted 3yrs posted by davey