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Web site errors
Just in the last couple of weeks I am getting a lot of errors when trying to access some websites that previously I've not had a problem with. The error message is "The connection to the server was...
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3 years ago
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series to parallel
My neighbour has two infra-red beams across the two entrances to his property. The alarm condition is 'open circuit'. The receivers are close together so the two alarm outputs are connected in series...
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3 years ago
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New smoke detectors and heat alarm.
Had new smoke alarms and heat detector fitted yesterday, with radio link for synchronising operation.
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3 years ago
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Bloody customers
Went to a job today where the customer said the landing socket made a fizzing noise when it was used. Late 60's early 70's build and probably the original socket. So I just swapped it. The customer...
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3 years ago
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Smart Water Meters
I read some gumf the other day, saying Arqiva are rolling out a comms system for Smart Water meters (it's the meters that are presumably smart, not the water) What is a smart meter, have I already got...
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3 years ago
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Email client with permissions?
Looking for an email and couldn't find it, so looked in the deleted folder and found it along with many others that shouldn't be in there. So i've just wasted an inordinate amount of time trawling...
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3 years ago
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Elbow Grease - weird rash
For several months now, I have had an ongoing itchy rash on the back of both hands, close to the area of my thumbs. For quite a while, I have been racking my brain trying to work out what might be...
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3 years ago
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Replace Bosch Oven Light - GGrrrr
Hi all Not sure how common a problem this is or whether it is a design flaw. Whenever I need to replace the oven light, the glass cover that protects the bulb is always seized in, probably something...
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3 years ago
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Regarding charging (batteries, not customers)
In view of recent discussions here, as I drove my motorhome back from a short trip today I thought it might be worth reporting the behaviour of the batteries and chargers, so I made notes. There are...
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3 years ago
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Advice to people about to buy a Stihl pressure washer
Dont. This one is three years old. It failed within a few weeks of purchase the shop said 'pressure switch' and fixed it under warranty - or did they? Last week it started getting 'lazy' with...
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3 years ago
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Hedghog Highways, fencer failed to make
OK I need some suggestions. I asked the person building my new fence to make a couple of hedgehog highways in the base, but he forgot, and I could not see this till somebody sighted came around. He...
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3 years ago
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MDPE fittings, the good the bad and the ugly
I've been doing a little bit of MDPE plumbing just recently and it's not going well. Previously I've not had big problems with getting watertight and long term reliable connections. I have quite a lot...
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3 years ago
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Decent replacement phone battery supplier?
I've got a rather elderly Motorola which is a superb phone for what i need. However its now some years old and in need of a new battery. Can anyone recommend a battery seller who supplies decent...
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3 years ago
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Scale Inhibitor
I am shortly to move to a bungalow that needs a lot of TLC. I want to ensure that we do sometghing to counteract hard water. It is either a water softener or an inhibitor, Do the latter actually work?...
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3 years ago
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Can we agree...
...that T i m knows everything, is always correct in what he says and that no amount of help and information will ever persuade him otherwise. That way we can all save time and effort in responding to...
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