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SV Seeker
Don't know how many have been following Doug and his quest to build a 76' boat from scratch in his front garden, but this is a bit worrying:
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Re: Converting a gas cooker to LPG - conflicting advice!
then look up Sabaf's web site. and get the right brass jets. the gas pressure will be controlled by the regulator mounted on the Propane or Butane cylinder 37mBar for propane or 28mBar for Butane its...
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Loo screw
One of the screws fixing the loo to the floor appears to be loose and to rotate without tightening up. I ascribe this to it having gouged out a wider hole in the chipboard underneath the tiles. What...
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Air lock in kitchen tap query
During some work on our central heating the heating engineer drained the water in the system, to fix a leaking motorised valve. Also during the work he turned off the mains outside water supply valve...
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water by-law question
If you are fitting a freestanding shower, should you fit isolation valve to H&C feed valves?
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DAB Radio in car
My DAB has been breaking up recently and the radio automatically drops to FM. This is a bit annoying though die to the slight time difference. Grubbing about on a Facebook Group someone asked if I had...
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Country Lanes
That description would include almost all rural roads. Round here they have taken to adding kerbs to some bends which has the interesting effect of creating a flooded area for aquaplaning whenever it...
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How to Cure chronic Pain
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Scanning 2D profile for 3D printer?
3D printerists. I would like to print a base 'box' for a CCTV dome camera but it's a weird half round / elliptical shape. Whilst I could probably measure it at various intervals and translate that...
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Oh look. No solar , sod all wind
Indeed it does degrade, I can't recall by how much and preventing degradation and ultimately fire in the heap was always top prority. Most of the sites using coal pulverisation rather than chain grate...
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Junior Apprentice
Ignore the main subject but watch the apprentice carpentry in the rear
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OT: Thanks to whoever posted the link to Starlink
A quick THANKS to whoever posted a link to the Starlink tracking website ( a short time ago. I used it to predict when they might be visible and it was an amazing sight, just now, to watch the line of...
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Soldering a thermal fuse?
Hi All, Connector heater packed up after falling over whilst on. After much head scratching I found an O/C thermal fuse. I?ve got a replacement (157 degree), I?m planning mechanical fixing with some...
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Gate Intercom wiring troubleshooting - fuse blown in gate controller now connected.
I have just purchased a new video intercom system which consists of an outdoor unit with key pad, camera and RFID access and then a 7 inch internal monitor. The monitor is connected with a 12v...
 
Wi-Fi
Have BT FTC here. Wi-Fi sometimes seems slow. Do a speed test on the PC desktop here which is cabled, and it is pretty consistent - even without switching off everything that might be using the...
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