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Powerline adaptors

BT have recently changed my telephone connection to Digital Voice. This has involved a new outside telephone line, a ne...
88 comments posted 8mos
posted by me
88 comments posted 8mos posted by me

Using Peltier dehumidifer for lenses etc

I have a small Peltier dehumidifer as per https://housefresh.com/pro-breeze-review/ Ignore the review - the item works...
5 comments posted 8mos
posted by nospam
5 comments posted 8mos posted by nospam

Whiff

I dropped a bottle of HG sticky label remover onto the kitchen tiles, unfortunately the neck of the bottle snapped off....
8 comments posted 8mos
posted by usenet
8 comments posted 8mos posted by usenet

One ring main *intermittently* trips RCD

We found this morning that power to part of our house had tripped out at around 5:30 this morning. All the over-current...
10 comments posted 8mos
posted by me
10 comments posted 8mos posted by me

Odd Radiator Behaviour

Well, it may not be odd, but I'm not sure what's happening . . . The radiator in the attic room only gets slightly warm...
19 comments posted 8mos
posted by patchmoney
19 comments posted 8mos posted by patchmoney

any roborock/google home users ?

Following the death of my Ecovacs, a combination of Amazaon special offers and memories of seeing "roborock" getting a...
4 comments posted 8mos
posted by jethro_uk
4 comments posted 8mos posted by jethro_uk

Brush for boot scraper

I bought a boot scraper like this in 2021: It has worked very well. However, it has been kept outside, and the brushes...
1 comments posted 8mos
posted by chris
1 comments posted 8mos posted by chris

Grid voltage mystery

Tonight we noticed that some of our LED bulbs were a bit dim. On checking our solar inverter stats we saw that the volt...
12 comments posted 8mos
posted by timdownieuk
12 comments posted 8mos posted by timdownieuk

Lump of steel…

Amongst some of my father’s old tools I found a lump of steel. https://photos.app.goo.gl/nUz1GG5YGV1pmDmu7 It measures...
4 comments posted 8mos
posted by timdownieuk
4 comments posted 8mos posted by timdownieuk

OT: A Question for Radio Hams...

ISTR we have quite a number of the "copy, copy rubber duck - you're hitting me at 9 pound mate" brigade on here, so hop...
3 comments posted 8mos
posted by cd6699
3 comments posted 8mos posted by cd6699

OT: Affinity suite free

I believe that some of you are interested in graphics, photo and publishing programs. In preparation for the eventual w...
0 comments posted 8mos
posted by chris
0 comments posted 8mos posted by chris

Strange E-Mail - scam?

I just received the following E-Mail:- Dear vehicle owner, This is a notification from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing...
30 comments posted 8mos
posted by cl
30 comments posted 8mos posted by cl

Diversity applied to a cooker circuit?

Just watching some discussion on a local Facebook group about installing a range cooker. Replacing another cooker. As f...
8 comments posted 8mos
posted by wibble
8 comments posted 8mos posted by wibble

Reform/Farage

My Grandfather is over 100, he fought in D-day, and he thinks that Nigel Farage is the right man to sort Britain out. H...
57 comments posted 8mos
posted by noinv
57 comments posted 8mos posted by noinv