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Surgical mask

Although the material of which surgical masks are made will filter out some viruses and bacteria by trapping the aeroso...
0 comments posted 3yrs
posted by imbibe
0 comments posted 3yrs posted by imbibe

fabric and UV decay

I have a part glass roof on the rear extension of my house. it's nice and light but a bit bright and hot midsummer and...
12 comments posted 3yrs
posted by timw
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by timw

Cleaning a desktop computer

I want to take the hassle out if it. I have been looking for adapters for a vacuum cleaner that include one or more gen...
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by pinnerite
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by pinnerite

Technical competence of the "Repair Shop"?

Last night an "arctic " thermometer, so how does a thermocouple power a bordon tube gauge? Looked to me much like a cap...
28 comments posted 3yrs
posted by diverse
28 comments posted 3yrs posted by diverse

Repairable puncture??

A tyre nicely collected part of a hinge causing a narrow cut some 20mm long in a tyre. The cut is a nominal 45 degrees...
20 comments posted 3yrs
posted by fredxx
20 comments posted 3yrs posted by fredxx

Blowing up capacitors

https://youtu.be/U2iugnNuMAM
74 comments posted 3yrs
posted by CK1
74 comments posted 3yrs posted by CK1

Running 32 bit applications on Win10/64

It's time to try and get everything running on my Win 10 PRO/32 m/c on my 'new' HP AIO running Win 10 Home/64 When I fi...
19 comments posted 3yrs
posted by Andrew97d
19 comments posted 3yrs posted by Andrew97d

More q re heat pumps

Firstly, thank you all for the replies so far. When I have visited the USA I have stayed in hotels with a device fitted...
25 comments posted 3yrs
posted by edward.harrisom.one
25 comments posted 3yrs posted by edward.harrisom.one

Razor Blades - follow up

There was a recent thread recently Razor blades and I posted the Wilko do some which are compatible with Gillette. We h...
17 comments posted 3yrs
posted by noinv
17 comments posted 3yrs posted by noinv

It might come in

ALWAYS SCROUNGE — because whatever it is, you never know, it might come in NEVER THROW ANYTHING AWAY — because whatever...
52 comments posted 3yrs
posted by wrights...
52 comments posted 3yrs posted by wrights...

Capita it with cyber attack.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/capita-cyberattack-disrupted-access-to-its-microsoft-office-365-apps/
1 comments posted 3yrs
posted by s
1 comments posted 3yrs posted by s

15 volt Multimeter battery

I did something today that I cannot ever remember doing before. Shortened the mains lead to my printer and fitted a new...
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by pinnerite
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by pinnerite

Burst water heater pipe

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f199/Tpmccann/water_heater.jpg?width=590&height=590&fit=bounds This is an image...
9 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tpmccann
9 comments posted 3yrs posted by tpmccann