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OT ish - but does relate to screwfix.

I have been having difficulties connecting to screfix.com with my android (Samsung) mobile phone and my wifi When conne...
15 comments posted 3yrs
posted by news
15 comments posted 3yrs posted by news

CH/HW Automatic bypass valve

We have just converted from vented HW to unvented. The change also involved switching from Y plan to S plan with an aut...
3 comments posted 3yrs
posted by alanc
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by alanc

Mouldy bread

A loaf of my home-made bread lasts me about six days, but the crust starts to go 'blue' around the edges after about fi...
44 comments posted 3yrs
posted by me
44 comments posted 3yrs posted by me

What are these screw heads?

I had occasion today to adjust a gate-latch, but expected to be impeded by the unusual screw-heads that had been used t...
15 comments posted 3yrs
posted by timstreater
15 comments posted 3yrs posted by timstreater

Dimmers.

Will never understand them. Have a 9 gang Crabtree grid panel. Originally fitted with Home Automation dimmers, in the 7...
4 comments posted 3yrs
posted by dave
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by dave

OT: Hydrogen Powered SUVs are Here

A friend of mine in Germany has just bought himself a Hyundai Nexo which he reckoned runs on water. I had no idea that...
86 comments posted 3yrs
posted by cd
86 comments posted 3yrs posted by cd

Dimmable LED ES lights

Having hit the point where tungsten and halogen bulbs are no longer generally available I am transitioning to LED bulbs...
9 comments posted 3yrs
posted by wibble
9 comments posted 3yrs posted by wibble

My own smart meter ?

Does anyone know of an energy monitor for the electricity that I could use without having to sign up for a smart meter...
22 comments posted 3yrs
posted by jethro_uk
22 comments posted 3yrs posted by jethro_uk

TV fault

Every so often, with live TV on my LG 43" 15 year old LCD TV, half the screen becomes garbled. Pic here: https://www.ic...
25 comments posted 3yrs
posted by patchmoney
25 comments posted 3yrs posted by patchmoney

Tripping tumble dryer

I've a Beko DCU 8230 tumble dryer, about 10 years old, tripping the RCD at or near the end of a cycle. I replaced the m...
10 comments posted 3yrs
posted by patchmoney
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by patchmoney

Throwing explosive fun

This was prompted by ARW's query about small blue LEDs. I didn't want to hijack his thread so this is under a new headi...
36 comments posted 3yrs
posted by cd
36 comments posted 3yrs posted by cd

OT - small blue LED lights

Passed quite a few of them last few weeks on the way to work but seldom on the way home from work. Random places - but...
19 comments posted 3yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
19 comments posted 3yrs posted by adamwadsworth

One for the geeks.

On my desk top is an icon leading to *old Firefox data* 95Mb created last May. I have no idea of the benefit/purpose in...
23 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim
23 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim

One-sided pull-out shelves

I have half an airing cupboard I'd like to shelve. The rough floorplan looks like this: |O_| where |_| are the walls an...
15 comments posted 3yrs
posted by theom+news
15 comments posted 3yrs posted by theom+news

Outside PIR puzzle

I went out to get firewood a few nights ago and my PIR triggered outside lights just kept blinking intermittently as if...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim.downie
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim.downie