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Maintenance Free Junction boxes using Wagos

I am soon to replace a couple of below floor junction boxes on the ring main owing to a change of floor covering meanin...
48 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
48 comments posted 5yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Best hollow-wall fixings through tiles?

Many thanks to everyone who pitched in on my computer sound thread. Here's a more traditionally-DIY question: I have to...
67 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mail
67 comments posted 5yrs posted by mail

DIYWiki

what has happened to the DIY wiki seems to be permanently offline? Richard
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by tricky.dicky

System Maintenance Notification in Win 10

I have a Windows notification which says "system maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it. I have never seen this b...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

diy smart multiway trailing socket.

Reading all this I'm glad I have an old house with a cellar, so was able to do what I wanted hard wired and with a coupl...
1 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

diy smart multiway trailing socket.

Adding to my Home Automation thing that seems to be going pretty well so far (good lockdown project ) and with my inter...
74 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
74 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Car clock

How does my car clock work? It cannot be quartz or radio controlled as it runs slightly fast. It cannot be synchronous...
59 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newsgroups
59 comments posted 5yrs posted by newsgroups

Installing patio on feet/ legs/ pedestals

Hi All, I am finally getting around to sorting out our patio. I am thinking of using porcelain tiles and have seen thes...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by leen...
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by leen...

Oiling of garage door

A new motor was installed for my Everest Garage door in 2010. The door needs oiling or greasing. I am unable to do this...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Pauline Gough
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by Pauline Gough

Feeding audio into HDMI

My setup in the workshop is a bit weird. This old Acorn and a modern PC share a monitor - DVI input - via a DVI KVM swi...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

lithium explosion

from Jan 2021 but posted on Pi day fpr some reason. https://youtu.be/pRaGIHFLeUg
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by whisky.dave
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by whisky.dave