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Battery Tester

I've got a few 12V lead acid batteries knocking about and I'm not sure of their condition. They measure over 12V but I'...
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by patchmoney
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by patchmoney

Heavy Duty Descaler

I remember asking this when I moved into my last house and I have the same issue again, the lower part of the toilet bo...
24 comments posted 4yrs
posted by jgaines_newsid
24 comments posted 4yrs posted by jgaines_newsid

CR2032 died during the heatwave

Odd that, the last one died during a hot spell too. It was the original the came with the 2011 mobo upgrade and lasted...
1 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Kill-file

Is there an efficient way to get rid of these numpties who have taken to posting on the group? The problem with 'author...
25 comments posted 4yrs
posted by newsgroups
25 comments posted 4yrs posted by newsgroups

Tree fellers

I hired a firm to remove a fallen tree in my garden, and, just as in all the jokes, there are 3 men in the team. :)
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by NOTsomeone

How to change the Anti Gravity Valve

Will i need to drain the central heating system to replace the anti gravity valve?
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Old Tom
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by Old Tom

Sizewell C

Approved, but sounds somewhat tentative. Do I remember something about Hinckley C strike price dropping if Sizewell C go...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by usenet
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by usenet

Electricity questions (longish)

I volunteer at my local history Archive. We occupy school-rooms attached to a local Methodist chapel. Roughly every fou...
42 comments posted 4yrs
posted by me
42 comments posted 4yrs posted by me

Solar panel wattage

It's not a big issue, i'm just rigging up some LEDs at the back of the garden and it's only 20 quid but could this 40x20...
42 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rsandr
42 comments posted 4yrs posted by rsandr

Floor ? Ground?

What is this new affliction people suffer from when they call the ground the floor Oxford languages: Floor the lower sur...
22 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tpmccann
22 comments posted 4yrs posted by tpmccann

Rotary switch

I need an IP65 32A rotary switch disconnector. Are there single pole & N variants? .... TLC and the like only seem to ha...
2 comments posted 4yrs
posted by rick_hughes
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by rick_hughes

OT: Why don't we cover mountains in wind farms?

Why don't we cover mountains in wind farms? Anyone who's climbed a mountain will tell you it's much windier up there. Pl...
114 comments posted 4yrs
posted by CK1
114 comments posted 4yrs posted by CK1

ha ha

Londons burning .....
2 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT: New nuclear fuel find announced.

Kwaqsi Kwarteng has announced £75m to be bid for by companies able to secure a UK nuclear fuel change. Finally, the gum...
1 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tnp
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by tnp