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How long should a CMOS 2032 battery last ?.
M/B was new in 2011 and battery died in 2017 so I replaced with a Duracell one that said 'made in Indonesia'. It has now failed, voltage down to 1.3 V, so I have put the other one of the packet pair...
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3 years ago
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Unvented CH question
Would you expect to be able to drain down the radiators while keeping the hot water side pressurised and running on a modern unvented system? (ie system boiler and separate cylinder, not a combi) The...
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3 years ago
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Hard wood planks
Hi, Have several hardwood planks that were set aside 20 odd years ago for a project that never got started and I've forgotten what species of wood it is. Can anyone help identify it by looking at...
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3 years ago
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Kitchen Planning - Larder Unit
Hi. I'm thinking about a 600mm wide larder unit in order to accommodate a combi microwave (CW) and maybe oven. If I use the larder unit space above the CW & Oven or just the CW, is there is an issue...
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3 years ago
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Printer recommendation?
Only peripherally DIY I'm afraid, but there's a wealth of knowledge and experience here. My printer (Canon Pixma iP4850) has just expired beyond hope of resuscitation and though I find I need a...
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3 years ago
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PC Ram channels
I've a PC with 2x2 Gb of ram in it (DIMM1 and DIMM2), and i've a spare 4Gb Shall I stick the 4 in DIMM3? Or swap it with one of the others? Or not bother at all? Its a core i3 running Win 8.1
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3 years ago
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ha ha no planning permission...
A council is looking into whether where the PM's adviser stayed had the correct planning permission. A council is looking into whether where the PM's adviser stayed had the correct planning...
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3 years ago
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Magnetic phone chargers
I had come across the magnetic chargers where you simply put a suitable phone on a charging surface, but I have just noticed there is another type, which is a wired type. You fit a tiny adaptor in the...
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3 years ago
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Deioniser sachets
Occasionally, I need to measure the pH of garden soil. Ideally, I should use de-ionised water for this, so that the pH of the water doesn't influence the result. But I don't have any, and my freezer...
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3 years ago
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Re: A little OT: electric kettle versus kettle on induction ring
Drink green tea, you only heat to 80C?a saving of 20% of normal cuppa and less energy wasted in evaporation and the eddy currents. Also less energy lost to kettle material and room as Delta with...
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3 years ago
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Putting tap into barell
I bought a kit putting a tap in a plastic barrel. I 've succeeded in getting to the stage where the fitting is in place but can find no way to tighten it to the barrel wall as the entire fitting...
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3 years ago
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OT: Carrot supermarket swindle
When buying something expensive (eg some vodka) at a self serve supermarket checkout, place it on the scale and press carrots (the cheapest thing per weight).
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3 years ago
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breakages ....
Does anybody else have a wife that continually breaks things? ..... latest is the bit of wood that weighs down a blind....how can you do that ? .... it got stuck ....
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3 years ago
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Re: OT Floyde...
chant.... Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty repeat...
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3 years ago
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Egg Colour - follow up
There was a post a few weeks back re egg colour and Blue Eggs were mentioned. While shopping today- we needed some nice bread ( I out of yeast)- in M&S, I checked if they had any Blue eggs. The did,...
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3 years ago
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