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Washing machine door lock replacement dramas

Hi All, Our Hotpoint washing machine has developed a fault and the error code says it is a faulty door lock mechanism....
5 comments posted 8mos
posted by leenowell
5 comments posted 8mos posted by leenowell

OT - 3 pin home charger for EV

Can anyone recommend a cable for slow charging a Mini EV from a standard 3 pin domestic socket. New to all this - a ran...
14 comments posted 8mos
posted by patchmoney
14 comments posted 8mos posted by patchmoney

2 stroke carburettor primer bulb question

A friend has asked to look at a nearly new Stihl strimmer that he’s been given that won’t run. The fault is fairly obvi...
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posted by timdownieuk
5 comments posted 8mos posted by timdownieuk

Individual Time Removal

I have a tile with a built in soap holder next to my bath just in the place where my elbow bashes it if I am kneeling t...
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posted by jgnewsid
21 comments posted 8mos posted by jgnewsid

UL voltage rating, is it RMS?

I have done a bit of web searching but I've not managed to come up with a definitive answer. Is an Underwriters Laborat...
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posted by cl
7 comments posted 8mos posted by cl

Modern wire sizing.

I know nowt. I have a roll of "2x42 speaker cable" which indeed has 42 strands of very thin copper wire in each cable (...
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posted by pastedavid
16 comments posted 8mos posted by pastedavid

OT. Curious said Alice

About a month back I got 4 pages of legalish jargon notifying me that *Elite Insurance Company Limited* was placed into...
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posted by tim
4 comments posted 8mos posted by tim

Internal fuse of Sharp multifuctional microwave blown

Suggestions about what might have caused this and the likelihood of there being a DIY repair option would be much apprec...
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posted by mikehalmarack
23 comments posted 8mos posted by mikehalmarack

WiFi mystery solved?

I have a key for a neighbour’s house, and when they go away I put in some battery-powered Blink cameras covering their...
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posted by aero.spike
2 comments posted 8mos posted by aero.spike

Replacement handles for workmate lookalike

One of my faithful workmate lookalikes has got its handles broken from being banged around on the back of the boat. The...
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posted by cl
5 comments posted 8mos posted by cl

Lights Out!

Gentlemen, I was in my workshop earlier today buggering around, when - with no provocation at all - the lights all went...
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posted by cd
6 comments posted 8mos posted by cd

OT: Andrew

A massive fall from grace! You know where he went wrong, don't you? He was just too honourable. And that laudible charac...
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posted by cd
70 comments posted 8mos posted by cd

Amazon,co.uk secure verification

I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by the verification system. Tried customer services,...
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posted by reading.mostly
9 comments posted 8mos posted by reading.mostly

Ladder hinge

I want to hinge an Aluminium ladder at the top so I can swing it up into the loft. This won't be load bearing other than...
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posted by nothanks
9 comments posted 8mos posted by nothanks