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Portable Carbon Monoxide tester?

We have a mains powered CO tester in the same room as our log burner. However I am wondering if there is a sensitive po...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

OT SHOCKING

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Crikey. We have a little gas capacity left

It's cold. F****NG cold. The Dutch interconnector is borked. French and Belgian interconnectors running flat out. Wood...
34 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tnp
34 comments posted 5yrs posted by tnp

Lidl plus app - life hack?

Just about worth having but a faff messing with your phone at their already frenetic checkouts! Anyway I was wondering....
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Was someone after a stubby cordless screwdriver?

I recall a post...... These are in Lidl, Chorley at least. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KmIv0_3YQM-6Dl8ZDgssTI3FNHqY...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Naming Taps, first, second, bottoming

Can plug tap sometimes mean second and sometimes bottoming? Here is RS's plug taps selection, some of them look like th...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rgdavidson
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by rgdavidson

Click mechanic

A bit below the belt in a d-i-y newsgroup but has anyone any experience of using the above? I had planned to replace th...
47 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim
47 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

android 6 issue

My old phone has suddenly started to display something - samll - in the top right of the screen. Looks like memory and...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by JohnP
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by JohnP

Testing a 14 pin audio IC

Ten years ago I bult a low-noise pre-amp based on a 1970's article in Elektor magazine. It used a TBA231 dual op-amp IC...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite

Double Countersunk

Countersunk screws I understand, they have been around a long time. But double-countersunk - what does that mean? I am...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

Decorating - hairline crack

Hairline crack I have a couple of fine cracks in the skim of my kitchen from when it was extended. (skim on Plasterboar...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by JohnP
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by JohnP

Two Internet questions

The first concerns Thunderbird and sending emails, the second concerns Firefox, Google Street View and screen shots. In...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by me
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by me

OT: Digital Speedometer

My latest car has a screen instead of the traditional instrument binnacle, so far so good. It displays all the informat...
160 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
160 comments posted 5yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Old electrician

I wonder if this will apply to Adam one day. I just heard about a guy (for real, apparently) who was an electrician who...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news0073
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by news0073