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Torx sizes

Have these ever changed? Like imperial to metric, etc? Needed to get the back off my laptop. Instructions said T5 Torx....
10 comments posted 4yrs
posted by dave
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by dave

probably things will have blown over by then.....

Hello James As you may have heard in the news, the energy regulator, Ofgem is expected to announce the new price cap la...
14 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
14 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Lifting manhole cover

Whenever our cesspit has needed emptying, the cast iron manhole cover has been lifted by levering a screwdriver underne...
18 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tonkski
18 comments posted 4yrs posted by tonkski

intermittent sounder

I need a sounder of some sort that will sound briefly once every few minutes. It's to remind a van driver that he has th...
19 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
19 comments posted 4yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Richter or Merkel ?

In the film San Andreas, do we use the Richter scale or the Merkel scale to measure earthquakes? We should remember thi...
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Hill Start Assist problem on 2019 i20 Prem NAV

The hill start assist holds the car for the full 3 to 4 seconds but as soon as the clutch is lifted by a very small dis...
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by John
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by John

Back not unlocking

I have a double glazed back door with a multi turn lock. Sometimes, which seems be more regular, it will not unlock wit...
2 comments posted 4yrs
posted by jon
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by jon

undertakers

what is it you catch only from having intercourse with a dead body?
19 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
19 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Roof Insulation

To follow up on my post about sloping ceiling insulation and the possibility of using Celotex I bought one of these fro...
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by jgaines_newsid
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by jgaines_newsid

Solar PV / current sensing

HI Folks Recently had a solar photovoltaic system installed - 14 panels on the roof, and inverter which charges about 5...
16 comments posted 4yrs
posted by adrian
16 comments posted 4yrs posted by adrian

25mm MDPE blue water pipe - slightly over size

Just a quick sanity check. My digital calliper shows my blue MDPE mains water pipe as about 25.3mm external diameter. I...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wibble
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by wibble

Very OT - which is more environmentally friendly?

Blow your nose on a tissue. Options are: (1) Flush down the bog to enhance the beach (2) Put in the bin to go to landfi...
22 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wibble
22 comments posted 4yrs posted by wibble

OT: CBD - miracle or snake oil?

I was talking to a guy in his shop about this that and the other (mood/sleep/BP/pain etc.)and he asked if i'd tried CBD...
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rsandr
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by rsandr

Espagnolette window handles - hopeless design

We have a conservatory with 15 fanlight windows, opened using espagnolette handles. It's 8 years old, and so far I have...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by jeff
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by jeff