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Lighting Incompatibility?

Gentlemen, Is there some reason why one cannot have flourescent tubes and LED floodlamps running off a common supply? I...
45 comments posted 5yrs
posted by cd
45 comments posted 5yrs posted by cd

OT Hare coursing

At the risk of giving Tim more air time, could posters consider signing the attached? Mind the wrap. Click this link to...
106 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim
106 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

FCU on 20A radial circuit - OK?

I assume it's OK to put an FCU (to run a light, so will be fused 3A) on a 'radial' circuit wired with 2.5sqmm on a 20 a...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by cl
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by cl

Travis Perkin.

Do a click and collect for some wood. Paid online too. Bring a paper copy of the email, it says. Man in the timber yard...
23 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
23 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

Re: Vegans (was Re: OT: Covid Jab)

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:51:25 +0000, Vir Campestris snipped-for-privacy@>>> Did I make most of that from raw ingredients...
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Damn Scottish starlings.

If they were migrating geese then there could be some free roasted xmas dinners :-). Perhaps those 11Kv lines are a bit...
27 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
27 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Keep taking the tablets

Quick little electronics hack project for those interested: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Wacom_tablet_upgrade_-_s...
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by see.my.signature
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by see.my.signature

OT postpersons

Like here do other parts of the UK have post persons in shorts all year round ?....is it a kind of competition as to who...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT bloody xmas,,,,

what is the big fuss over the English Xmas holiday we celibate hugmananny in the near of scotchland stuff xnas
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT: Email warning

If you get an email with the subject "William Shatner Sings Christmas Carols", for goodness sake don't click on the link...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

TOT 'Smart' meters

We live in a building divided in three, two of the properties being holiday lets. I finally gave in to the nagging and...
29 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wardjfb
29 comments posted 5yrs posted by wardjfb

Gas boiler not lighting - Gas valve?

Our gas boiler has decided of course that this is the week to breakdown It's an Ideal Mexico Super CF4120, this is a fl...
22 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nsgp
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by nsgp

You are a (different) 4th year apprentice

and have applied and got a job with a different firm. In your excitement you write a text to your girlfriend telling he...
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth