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Off-peak circuits for storage heaters

I'm trying to get to the bottom of why our Village Hall is using lots of daytime kWh even though the hall's not being u...
22 comments posted 5yrs
posted by timstreater
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by timstreater

HDMI output from PC.

Before I start chasing things - ie RTFM - should the HDMI feed from a graphics card also be capable of carrying system a...
23 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
23 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

OT: Have you never ever ...

Bet on or been to a horse or greyhound race? I haven't, or I may have been dragged into the company Grand National swee...
44 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
44 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

The ginger one on the ground looked tasty

The ginger wimmin protestor on the ground looked tasty. I would say yes if she asked me back for a coffee and my wife wa...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by invalid
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by invalid

Fire rated downlights

On an EICR some downlights got marked as C2 since they're not fire rated. These are classical bulb-in-a-hole lights goi...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by theom+news
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by theom+news

DVD Player advice

Need a new one as the old one has loading problems and is now in the bin. Want a cheap one as it hardly gets used should...
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by JohnP
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by JohnP

JCB mitre saw query

A neighbour arrived at my door as the local knowledgeable about electrics clutching his some 4 month's old mitre saw. "...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by robkgraham
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by robkgraham

OT: Using Word 2019

Just a longshot this, but before I get mired in Microsoft Support if someone here is familiar with the software and can...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Symbols on TRV Valve

Just noticed one of the TRVs leaking - from the pin. Tried various thumps, twists and tightenings, but it's still weepi...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by patchmoney
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by patchmoney

Mains failure

Next door neighbour - a widow of 89 who lives on her own and is getting pretty frail, had a total power failure yesterd...
166 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
166 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

OT: One small good thing about using Amazon

This is your quarterly AmazonSmile donation notification. Your chosen charity, Combat Stress, recently received a quart...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by smithski
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by smithski

Garrard 3000 will not start

I was trying to reconnect an ampolifier inside the case of a long unused home-made record player. It was on its side an...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite