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Odd MR16 LED behaviour ?
After a few years service, the halogen incandescent MR16 bulb in my shower fan/light assembly stopped working - contacts had distorted with heat. Put a replacement LED version in, and it worked for a...
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2 years ago
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outside overflow pipe dripping from header tank
My outside overflow pipe to the small header tank in the attic has started dripping.I have had a plumber in who has confirmed that there is nothing wrong with the float dripping stops when the heating...
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2 years ago
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OT Breakdown cover again - prices for existing customers
Maybe one for law experts? I took out breakdown cover last year for my car at £66.94 and the renewal is £77.28. After a bit of typing on their website - a very similar car to mine at a nearby...
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2 years ago
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Flange?
What's the best size of flange to get? I'd prefer a black one.
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2 years ago
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Stainless steel - possible to solder or weld?
As title
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2 years ago
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Quick electrical question
I have bought 3 new shaver sockets, which I want to install side by side in our bathroom. Is there such a thing as a triple width surface mounted back box? I'm not sure of the height, but probably...
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2 years ago
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Quick question - Notepad on W10 will only run minimised - X-post
Subject says it all. I can start Notepad and it appears in the task bar but it won't display on the screen. No idea if this is a recent W10 "feature". Initial searches not helping. Cheers Dave R
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2 years ago
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Best diameter hole?
What's the best diameter hole to drill through a length of wood to simulate a vagina? Is circular best?
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2 years ago
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Where to buy long lengths of square elastic (not the covered dressmaking type)?
I'm after some long ( metres) lengths of elastic. They're for an old Kum-Bak tennis trainer where the ball is suspended on a length of elastic. The ideal is plain square (I suppose round would be OK...
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2 years ago
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Grrr. Microsoft edge installs new version withut asking
Turned my PC on today and the first problem was lack of USB keyboard or mouse, so I resorted to unplugging and re-inserting the USB connector on the back of my PC. I noticed that the hard disk light...
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2 years ago
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OT: New product at Tesco's ?
There was a display in our Tesco's yesterday for: "Steak and Ale Pie, Hot Shot Hot Dog, and Chicken Tackle Masala." Does nobody proofread these things?
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2 years ago
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Vintage electrical backbox - how to replace?
I'm re-wiring a 1930's bungalow which must have been rewired in the 1960/70's(?). I've come across a old double socket backbox, which is 60mm deep and was mortared in - took the best part of a morning...
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2 years ago
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OT: What's with the Proms this year??
The BBC fuck up everything they take over. This year its the Proms. I tuned in to find a bunch of coons playing what sounded like Jazz. Jazz! At a prom concert?? WTF are they thinking? Honestly I have...
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2 years ago
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OT: Number of tablets per card in a blister-pack
I'm on various medications, long term. These are prescribed and dispensed as 4 weeks = 28 tablets at a time. Depending on tablet size, these are on blister-pack cards of 7, 14 or 28 tablets per card,...
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2 years ago
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Mimeograph letter or not?
How to tell? Googling the phone number then its from an estate agent making out its a personal letter of house purchase and private phone number . So just junk mail, but interesting in telling whether...
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2 years ago
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