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Curious said Alice 3

My W11 auto screen saver set to save power after 10 mins seems to have stopped operating. Possibly after last W11 auto u...
4 comments posted 8mos
posted by tim
4 comments posted 8mos posted by tim

FIT index-linking threatened

For early adopters, it looks like there are plans to renege on the deal we signed for index-linking of our Feed-in Tari...
9 comments posted 8mos
posted by chris
9 comments posted 8mos posted by chris

Re: Gunge in the F&E tank - what to do?

> When draining water elsewhere from the system, it never has brown gunge in > it, it’s nice and clear. The boiler filt...
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posted by harry.m1byt
0 comments posted 8mos posted by harry.m1byt

OT: OVO pricing

It is time to renew or change my OVO electric supply tariff. I have 4 choices: 1. Extended Fixed. 2. 1 year Fixed Loyal...
93 comments posted 8mos
posted by davey
93 comments posted 8mos posted by davey

Earth leakage woes pt 2

I wrote recently about my cooker, an unexceptional Beko fan oven with induction hob, tripping my RCD. Turns out, even a...
33 comments posted 8mos
posted by roger
33 comments posted 8mos posted by roger

OT: custom guitar string set?

Is there a reputable UK-based vendor (not Amazon, *bay, I mean a proper website) where you can order a custom set of st...
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posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
20 comments posted 8mos posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

One for Progaemmers and Gerdeners

I have an Access database which is getting unwieldy so I Googled: "how to save and load tree data to from database" AI...
36 comments posted 8mos
posted by jgnewsid
36 comments posted 8mos posted by jgnewsid

Why do UPS have such tiny batteries?

I'm looking for a UPS (I might DIY, depends on what I can find to buy) to run our VOIP phone, ONT, router and some othe...
44 comments posted 8mos
posted by cl
44 comments posted 8mos posted by cl

Wiki Suggestion

For some reason my under "blanket" has started to leech its blue dye, as a consequence my bedding, towels and flannels...
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posted by jgnewsid
3 comments posted 8mos posted by jgnewsid

OT - impressive bit of civil engineering

And just in case any of you were thinking of using the M27 over Christmas, you might want to think again if you weren't...
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posted by Jeff
10 comments posted 8mos posted by Jeff

Old Elu Machine not working

I have in my shed an old and not much used ELU planer-thicknesser: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SyvwxRdNc2YDjE179Yesterday...
4 comments posted 8mos
posted by timw
4 comments posted 8mos posted by timw

Greenhouse glass

Has anyone bought any recently? Actual glass, 2 foot by 2 foot, 3 mm thick? It seems to be like hn's teeth here, but ple...
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posted by pastedavid
26 comments posted 8mos posted by pastedavid

Light fittings

We've just moved into a house that needs lighting in the garage. In the old days I would have asked for 6ft twin floure...
16 comments posted 8mos
posted by none
16 comments posted 8mos posted by none