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An Insider Explains the Supply-Chain Crisis
An Insider Explains the Supply-Chain Crisis By Tunku Varadarajan, 12/17/21, Wall St. Journal The typical transit time for a container in pre-pandemic days was 71 days, Phil Levy says. That?s how long...
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Painting a rusty iron stove
Any general tips? Presumably I get as much rust off as I can. Rust remover? Do I use primer, if so what sort? Any other tips? Bill
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LG oLED TV
Had one for a few months and generally very pleased. Apart from a fault. FreeView Play mostly doesn't work from the EPG. Either you can't go backwards on the EPG - or if you can get a blank page....
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Making a Simple Hydrogen Generator from Washers
Actually it's HHO lovely bit of real DIY here Brian: It's a clip of a guy using a couple of M3 rods and washers to make a reverse voltaic pile that electrolyses water.
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Brighten the nights with the moon?
If we covered the moon in aluminium foil, how much brighter would our nights be?
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thinking about joining in with the jagging
RARE!!! Antique set of 12 pieces Medical Germany Hypodermic Needles in Box in Antiques, Science & Medicine (Pre-1930), Medicine, Other Medical Antiques | eBay
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Flow sensoring ...
With our combi DHW still playing up, I finally pulled the flow sensor apart. It's a plastic impeller with a ring magnet set into a groove. The one I extracted had an incomplete (I am guessing broken...
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External expansion vessel.
On my Vaillant I am guessing they had some sort of rig in the factory that held the expansion vessel in place as they built the rest of the boiler around it. Much like I imagine they built cars around...
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beware amazon sequel
After much persistant rooting around I finally got a chat with a live Amazon employee. Today I got a full refund from the Chinese supplier. Some lucky charity is going to get a good warm winter coat
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How to attach pvc to pvc tube
In the attached image I want to attach the blue tube to the white disc, its not thick enough to accept screws so must use an adhesive, I will be using it to make a small wind vane . (The disc is from...
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Samsung American fridge-freezer tripping RCD
My daughter's Samsung american fridge-freezer is tripping the RCD in her new house. This is happening after it had been standing in our garage for a few months. It doesn't trip the RCD instantly, the...
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Gas fire closure plate
What is the purpose of the 'relief slot' at the bottom of an open-hearth gas fire? I've recently had my chimney swept and noticed that the backplate had no opening at the bottom. I subsequently read...
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Firefox spell checker
I had an update issue with my recently bought Win10 system and trying to resolve that issue, I mucked Win10 up completely - which has ended with me doing a clean install. One of the things I had was a...
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Surge protection devices and up to date requirements.
I've been asked to run an eye over a proposed shipping container job at a local pond. The electrical supply will be via an underground 16mm 3 core PVC/SWA from a new service cabinet supplied via...
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Worcester greenstar eco button
I have a Worcester Bosch greenstar 25Si which is approx 6 years old I want the boiler to run in pre heat mode but although I turn the eco button off ( no light on so manual stated that this is pre...
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