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It was fifty years ago today (well, yesterday)

Off topic, but a bit of light relief FIFTY YEARS AGO Can you remember what you were doing exactly fifty years ago yeste...
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posted by wrightsaerials
106 comments posted 5yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Re: The Boris Burrow :)

Remember there is one in the thames esturary as well,not far from a large liquified gas storage area. Brian
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posted by briang1
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by briang1

OT: synchronous condensers

http://watt-logic.com/2021/02/15/synchronous-condenser/ A bit of technology I had not come across before (although appar...
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posted by newshound
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by newshound

Noise at flue

I have a Worcester Bosch Danesmoor 15/19 boiler, it’s been recently serviced but the flue noise seems to be buffering, n...
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posted by Calumbr
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by Calumbr

Single push button wc cistern lid removal...

Hi all, I'm trying to get the lid off a Roca single button flush wc cistern and having some difficulty! I've unscrewed...
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posted by invalid_unparseable
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by invalid_unparseable

Re: The Boris Burrow :)

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Anti-Frost Precautions in Loft

I had a pipe burst in a loft and am pondering the best solution to prevent this in future. All pipes were already lagge...
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posted by mitch...
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by mitch...

Oil boiler r8uns but only occasionally fires

Boiler: Camray 5 circa 2001, oil, non condensing Symptoms: It seems to be on, and yet it hasn't fired. Sometimes after...
18 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tnp
18 comments posted 5yrs posted by tnp

Drayton TRV4 sensor head & valve life expectancy

I've got about 18 radiators with Drayton TRV4 valves. I'm not sure how old they are as I can't see any date stamps, but...
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posted by nospam
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by nospam

Re: DIY surgery ...

>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Not quite ...but has anybody had success in using an upper abdominal >>>>>> belt with the "l...
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posted by jk989898
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by jk989898

Ballast running a UV germicidal tube...

Is there anything different about running a UV germicidal tube than a normal fluorescent tube? A vendor is advising tha...
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posted by jk989898
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by jk989898

Sad story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-49797830 I recall that where I worked, we were told by management to "n...
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posted by JohnP
26 comments posted 5yrs posted by JohnP

Safeclene - uses for?

I've ended up with a number of 300ml cans of Safeclene. It is an AF computer cleaning product described as "Non-flammab...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nospam
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by nospam

Fluorescent tube ballast & control box....

I was looking at a friend's UV water steriliser which would not start it's UV tube. We opened the control box/enclosure...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jk989898
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by jk989898