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DIY UPS

I've just been given two 105Ah leisure batteries. They seem to have charged up OK, although one did appear to leak a li...
11 comments posted 4yrs
posted by patchmoney
11 comments posted 4yrs posted by patchmoney

Cardboard in the attic (insulation)

I tend to hang on to cardboard boxes, some quite thick/heavy duty as used in shipping. There are areas under the eaves...
7 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nospam
7 comments posted 4yrs posted by nospam

New Stanley knife

I've just got one of these https://youtu.be/3LnuhioJqtQ It was £13 and takes 18mm snap-off blades. I wasn't too sure ab...
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by stainburn
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by stainburn

Bosch AXT 1600 HP Shredder will not start.

Bosch AXT 1600 HP will not start. Has been serviced. Power OK - can hear relay click as I plugin. Not blocked - can tur...
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Tom
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by Tom

UPS for router

On the continuing theme of contingency planning, I am puzzled by some of the information circulating about so-called mi...
36 comments posted 4yrs
posted by newsgroups
36 comments posted 4yrs posted by newsgroups

Contacts inside an American socket?

These sorta plugs: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.linnlive.com/be025e46e10b167b4f46d78240db2162/2675e52d-68d...
31 comments posted 4yrs
posted by CK1
31 comments posted 4yrs posted by CK1

Dimensional ingenuity?

On line searches for a chest deep freezer around the 198L size have thrown up some strange measurements. Available spac...
27 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tim
27 comments posted 4yrs posted by tim

Microsoft finally has its own version of CCleaner

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsofts-pc-manager-app-submitted-to-microsoft-store-though-i...
13 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

HELP - SMART socket

Set up a SMART socket .... tested it. (Powered off a temporary lead) Took it to the desired location in the garden. App...
19 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rick_hughes
19 comments posted 4yrs posted by rick_hughes

Do fence posts need caps?

We've just had some new fencing installed, featherboard with capping rails on 4" posts. All from Jacksons Fencing, pres...
27 comments posted 4yrs
posted by timstreater
27 comments posted 4yrs posted by timstreater

Fingerprint recognition and DIY

I have both my phone and laptop set up to unlock via fingerprint recognition. Sometimes this will fail if I have had a...
23 comments posted 4yrs
posted by junk
23 comments posted 4yrs posted by junk

Supporting guttering across a flat roof

I want to divert water from a gutter across about 5m of flat, torch-on felt roof. I've already got a collection of leng...
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nospam
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by nospam

TOT trading names

Trading names..... Yesterday I purchased something on-line from company ABC Payal informed me I had made a payment to c...
1 comments posted 4yrs
posted by junk
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by junk

Stupid council

Somebody dug through a power main when redoing the pavement. The lights dimmed, a computer power supply exploded, and a...
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by CK1
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by CK1

Even worse than Hermes? ARROWXL

stayed in all day for a delivery scheduled to be between 2:30 and 4:30. At 22:30 received an unintelligible call from s...
17 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tnp
17 comments posted 4yrs posted by tnp