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Solar PV plus battery and standby generator

One for Adam maybe; what has to happen in the event of a power cut when a 13kVA genset automatically starts up and trig...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Heating System Spec for Office

Hi all OK tenuous for DIY, but I am looking to produce an upgrade spec for our office heating. Building is 17m square w...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Phil
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by Phil

Adding a single socket spur

I've got a friend turning up later this month with his electric car. He's going to want to charge it overnight, so he's...
56 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mark.carver
56 comments posted 5yrs posted by mark.carver

RAM question

I'm thinking about an upgrade. Is there anything to choose between Crucial and Kingston? Similar price. Thanks
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newsgroups
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by newsgroups

[CC] IPCC Report to be released today

The IPCC report due to be released later today appears from media reporting to be a unsurprising catalogue of doom and...
45 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Aero.Spike
45 comments posted 5yrs posted by Aero.Spike

Fuel pipe for leaf blower

Hi All, Dug my Ryobi petrol leaf blower out of the shed (again hasn't been used in years) and it has a fuel leak caused...
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by leen...
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by leen...

OT - Fibre in Water Project

A lot about this on the news this morning: Wouldn't it be easier to use the gas mains? I would assume the environment i...
34 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jmlayman
34 comments posted 5yrs posted by jmlayman

UK-DIY's "Economic Experts" LOL!

Can our 'economic experts' here who predicted the pound would collapse catastrophically against the euro post-Brexit ki...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by cd
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by cd

Paint edging kit

I have never used a paint edging kit. Are they any good or should i go back to tape and roller? TIA
22 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite

Paint rollers

Is it very important what kind of roller is used for different paints? I'm about to paint a previously rendered and pai...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by me
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by me

Jug for Krups coffee machine

Does anyone want a jug for a Krups coffee filter machine (type 176A)? You are also welcome to the machine itself, for p...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newsgroups
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by newsgroups

Help! I seem to have killed my telly!

I turned on my Pamasonic TX-L26X 10B TV last night and, as often happens, it reported that new stations had been found....
67 comments posted 5yrs
posted by watt.tyler
67 comments posted 5yrs posted by watt.tyler

Curved wooden doors

How would you make something like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224409740552'solid oak curved kitchen dresser doors...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by theom+news
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by theom+news

Identify a 36 tpi screw

Trying to identify a machine screw. Certainly not metric ... can anybody help identify the thread ... OD is 0.156" so a...
23 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rick_hughes
23 comments posted 5yrs posted by rick_hughes