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Fridge part of Samsung fridge-freezer gone warm
Samsung American style fridge freezer - freezer part working fine but fridge side failed today. Am I right in thinking this should be worth fixing as the freezer side is doing all the work and it may...
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2 years ago
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Electrical questions and sanity checking
1. Looking at page 4 of what do R/S and C/S indicate? 2. Boiler isolator: Also on that diagram, the boiler has two switched lives (so it can run DHW at a higher flow temp). So I can't provide a normal...
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2 years ago
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Under sink heater
Following on from the "heat loss from hot pipe" thread; our vented hot water cylinder is about 12 metres of 1/2" pipework away from the kitchen sink and takes about 30seconds before the hot tap runs...
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2 years ago
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Fake Ebay Trannies
Apart from being out of spec why would this worry you so much, they're *better* than they should be! :-)
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2 years ago
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Bannister nut spanner
Need to tighten up a couple of bannister bolts with the nuts recessed in a tight opening: could probably butcher them with a screwdriver or make something, but I'm sure there's a proper tool for the...
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2 years ago
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SketchUp - Ping John Rumm
Hi John, You clearly make extensive use of SketchUp in visualising and documenting many of your projects, and it's almost certainly second nature to you now. I would like to start using it, and would...
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2 years ago
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Pinewood on outdoor table
Replacing some rotten wooden slats with pinewood slats on a very small outdoor table. Yes I'm a cheapskate. Don't wish to buy a whole tin of wood preservative of which only a tiny bit would get used....
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2 years ago
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Power supply for lock-up garage
I have a lock-up garage that uses a minimal amount of electricity - electric door, light and trace heating for the water pipe (winter only). Up to now I have been paying about £4 per quarter on a...
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2 years ago
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Can 2 CH systems run off 1 header tank?
An annex was added to my house prior to my purchasing it, which has its own independent HW & CH system. As a result I have 2 CH header tanks in my loft. My question is whether the 2 systems could run...
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2 years ago
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Looking for analogue clock with wifi/radio to keep correct
Our faithful old quartz clock that lives (lived) on the wall in the breakfast room finally geve up the ghost today when I set it forward the hour for BST. It just refused to restart (it was a bit...
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2 years ago
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Heat loss from hot pipe??
There is a horizontal 22mm copper pipe containing hot water at 55C; local ambient is around 25C. What rate of heat loss, per metre, should be expected? In theory, I should be able to work it our from...
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2 years ago
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For the angle grinder fans
Who needs all that fancy machine tooling: :-) http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Angle_Grinder_precision_engineering_
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2 years ago
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Combi CH system
My bungalow has a new (last August) Combi heating system. The Hot Water part works fine but the Central Heating does not. I have struggled to analyse why. The boiler is installed in a cupboard roughly...
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2 years ago
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Oil fired boiler running constantly
We have a conventional oil fired HW/CH system, floor standing boiler ground floor, HW tank first floor and cold water tank in the loft. The system is divided into four zones (three CH and one HW) and...
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2 years ago
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How to cool the inside of a portable cabin
We have just had a few warm days and I was for most of it working in a portable cabin. Not really that portable as it is connected to a gas supply and has CH. Suggestions for coping with the...
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2 years ago
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