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Earth Rod

2 parts to an earth rod Q. On advice on another forum - I need to install an Earth rod when a new TT circuit is install...
11 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rick_hughes
11 comments posted 4yrs posted by rick_hughes

electricity provision

Is it true that the UK had a power emergency last week and had to beg Belgium for some leccy? Bill
7 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
7 comments posted 4yrs posted by wrightsaerials

OT nearly at 'so long and thanks for the fish'

I have been using this newsgroup for over twent years, most recently via Google groups. It has now got to the stage wer...
24 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wardjfb
24 comments posted 4yrs posted by wardjfb

OT: Dog breedism

We have a labrador puppy, roughly 4 months old, she's ####ing awful, honestly I haven't the time to detail all the misd...
38 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rsandr
38 comments posted 4yrs posted by rsandr

Times Radio

Listening to Times radio on the Sonos Speakers with bass turned up, there is terrible rumble at some 64Hz resonance. Th...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by jon
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by jon

Todays whinge - Security floodlights.

I presume the lamp in ours failed last night (typically just as we'd spotted a hedgehog). Of course went to replace it,...
49 comments posted 4yrs
posted by jethro_uk
49 comments posted 4yrs posted by jethro_uk

Looking for clamps for rectangular pipe/section

I'm looking for some clamps to hold things on to some square steel box section. I need two sizes, 60x60mm and 60x20mm....
12 comments posted 4yrs
posted by cl
12 comments posted 4yrs posted by cl

EV (cars and bikes) and EVSE (chargers)

Hi, Has anyone got a good link to what happens when you plug your EV into an AC EVSE? E.g. what the proximity and contr...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by not
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by not

New starter was not bad today

We made a "bit of dust" but when he cleaned up he was so vigorously moving the vacuum attachment it was blurred on the...
22 comments posted 4yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
22 comments posted 4yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Stone Slates slip

A couple of stone slates on my roof have slipped. I'm guessing expansion and contraction from the recent weather may ha...
22 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nick
22 comments posted 4yrs posted by nick

Bent/Bowed garden shears

Trying to fix my neighbour's non-cutting shears and they appear bowed, ie when closed there is daylight in the middle....
12 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nospam
12 comments posted 4yrs posted by nospam

Sharpening rotary shaver cutters

OK. So I just fitted my second set of replacement shaver cutter heads! £28.74 Amazon! Mindful of the various contributo...
16 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tim
16 comments posted 4yrs posted by tim

Portable air conditioner with stored settings.

Does anyone know of a portable domestic (from price POV) air conditioning unit which will start operating when the main...
20 comments posted 4yrs
posted by roger
20 comments posted 4yrs posted by roger

Hozelock AC1 hose timer - service/repair?

I've just dug out a long unused Hozelock AC1 automatic watering timer. The internal valve actuator seems to work, makin...
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wibble
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by wibble