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micro switch suggestions?

I have a max/min thermometer which uses 2 AA batteries for a digital display. It doesn't have a re-set switch which mea...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tpmccann
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by tpmccann

rewinding tractor starter motor

I had a mishap this week when the main terminal on a tractor starter motor became loose and rotated allowing it to cont...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Erbauer impact driver

Srew bit stuck in drill
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Allen
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by Allen

Silly Bergers

"Engineers are working around the clock to clear a ?monster? fatberg 1km long which is clogging a sewer in Birmingham....
31 comments posted 5yrs
posted by magpieinkcap
31 comments posted 5yrs posted by magpieinkcap

SOT: injection process (computer)

Whenever I run CCleaner, I now receive a warning about an injection process taking place (coming from Bitdefender). If...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newsgroups
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by newsgroups

Multiple front door locks

The main door of my flat has 2 yale type locks and a Mortice lock. The mortice lock key is the only one I ever received...
24 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
24 comments posted 5yrs posted by mikehalmarack

Cracks in walls?

When it was freezing cold over winter I noted that our back doors were catching, but they've since sorted themselves ou...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Greying ceiling above boiler

The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey having got that way over some years from previous...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Thinking abut a cordless hedgetrimmer

I'm cross--posting to DIY and to Gardening. I have had two Bosch AHS 55-26 (corded) hedgetrimmers in the last 10 years....
66 comments posted 5yrs
posted by lalaw44
66 comments posted 5yrs posted by lalaw44

PC Power supply

The power supply in my home build low profile HTPC has become very noisy. It is a Zalman ZM500-GT 500W and very good un...
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite

OT - Smart meters and EDF Energy

Tuesday. I was called from a Manchester number by the usual Asian phone jockey. To my surprise it was a genuine call. M...
20 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

Everest Windows

My wife bought a bungalow a few years. The previous owners had installed Everest double glazed windows. We could not vi...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Amazon

I guessed at Jeff Bezos' email address and fired off a complaint. Lo! And Behold! It got a response from a senior exec...
1 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255