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New Year's Quiz 2020!
Greetings, Gentlemen (and/or Pammy) What with all the overflowing seasonal goodwill and whatnot over the last couple of weeks I thought it would be a bit of a hoot to hold a New Year's quiz. The...
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Any GIMP users here?
Gentlemen, How do you superimpose one photo onto another? I'm trying to combine the front and back photos of a PCB so I can follow which traces go to which components, so they'll both need to be made...
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Satellites
Poke your latitude/longitude into this tracker <>and find a suitable time (preferably just after twilight) when the "leader" is in view, marvel at Elon pissing 60 satellites a week into the sky for...
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DC power plug 6mm 2.1mm
I wonder if anyone can help. Looking for a replacement DC barrel plug to fit a BT Homehub 5A power supply. I believe the plug is a "Type B 6mm 2.1mm" according to wikidev which has gone offline at the...
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Hmm, bulb dilemma
it's probably a SOX one that needs a ballast Send it to clive (not really he's probably got dozens of them)
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Skilled man tools
Why do most car mechanics pride themselves in using the correct spanner for any nut - yet plumbers who have less sizes to cope with just maul stuff tight with crude grips?
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OT: Ping Pamela
Well, I've studied economics for nearly half a century. How long have you studied it? Where do you live now. ?
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Re: car people only please...
It's not unusual to get erroneous error codes which don't come back once cleared. I had quite a few on my previous car - Volvo V70 - some of which looked serious, but never were.
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16A Surface mounted inlet plug for caravan or similar
I can get one to IP44 but these have exposed pins. I can get a named inlet plug for 32 with a flap and IP67 from Screwfix but struggling to find one that is IP67 in 16A. I can go to eBay and get one...
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OT . What is this gadget?
This was situated outside a garden centre. Does anyone know what it is? /
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New boiler and flue question
We have an ancient (40 yrs+) New World back boiler in our kitchen fireplace. Serviced annually and still working well. Somewhat underpowered as the place has been extended. It is going to die...
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Anyone been to RS Components Trade Counter at 'Gatwick' ?
From: 30th December Gatwick closed All other branches open 8:00am to 16:30pm Tuesday 31st December Gatwick closed All other branches open 8:00am to 16:30pm Heathrow, Watford and Bermondsey addresses...
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Swimming pool fatalities
Reading in the news about the father and 2 children that drowned in the swimming pool, the mother is adament that they could all swim. I dont understand what could go wrong with the actual pool to...
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Another Dyson question...
HI Folks I've ended up with the ex-house Dyson DC44 for workshop use. We gave up trying to fix the darn thing, and bought a new one for 'posh' indoors use... It's a bit like Trigger's broom - and has,...
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Fuses - again
Fuses are available as 1A, 2A, 3A, 5A, 7A, 10A and 13A yet only 3A and 10A seem to be in common use. I've been checking some fuses (when I got bored over Christmas!) and many seem to be far higher...
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