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Kickspace heater thermostat

Our Myson Kickspace 500 heater has taken to sometimes not spinning up when the CH is on. There’s an internal normally o...
10 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tim.downie
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by tim.downie

Microsoft ARM Project Volterra

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/dev-kit Could this be bought by private individuals and used as a home PC...
9 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
9 comments posted 4yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

modern cars

why do the latest cars have no rubber covered button that turns on the interior light when the door is opened ?..... how...
14 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
14 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Domain Name renewal - costs!

Just paid about £80 to renew 4 domains for 1 year. I think I previously renewed them for 5 years or more for not very m...
15 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wibble
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by wibble

Removing tile cement.

Background ======== 20 years ago, I used a piece of 3x2 pine to fill a gap between a bath and the wall and tiled over i...
18 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tnp
18 comments posted 4yrs posted by tnp

Simple 'Meter' for one CU circuit

I'm looking for a reasonably simple way to measure consumption of one circuit on a consumer unit. I installed the CU my...
13 comments posted 4yrs
posted by cl
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by cl

Dremel just stopped - but surprisingly easy to fix

My Dremel 'just stopped'. Quite a common problem, it seems. Taking mine apart, there's a weak point where the field coi...
7 comments posted 4yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
7 comments posted 4yrs posted by NOTsomeone

TOT Bulb customers

I see that former Bulb customers will be transferred to Octopus From The Octopus FAQ All the time Bulb’s been under spe...
17 comments posted 4yrs
posted by junk
17 comments posted 4yrs posted by junk

Legal requirement or not?

We are selling our house and the buyer's survey pointed out that although the house was completely rewired in 2009, the...
44 comments posted 4yrs
posted by a
44 comments posted 4yrs posted by a

Lagging boiler hot water delivery/supply

Should the cold water supply and the hot water delivery be wrapped up together? I'm working in the mainly boarded loft...
12 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nospam
12 comments posted 4yrs posted by nospam

Cold Wter filter

I have to change the cold water filter on a Quooker system. The images look much the same as the cheaper alternatives....
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by pinnerite
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by pinnerite

mains water pressure reducer

Having just had a new 25mm plastic main [1] moled in I am finding the pressure and flow at the kitchen tap a bit exciti...
36 comments posted 4yrs
posted by news
36 comments posted 4yrs posted by news

Re: You have to larf

> >> In article > The Natural Philosopher snipped-for-privacy@invalid.invalid wrote: >>> >>> >>> What was Liz Truss try...
12 comments posted 4yrs
posted by pamela.private.mailbox
12 comments posted 4yrs posted by pamela.private.mailbox