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PC fan wiring

I have a number of ARCTIC F12 fans .... these have standard 3 pin connector for plugging onto a mother board Anyone abl...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rick_hughes
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by rick_hughes

Home electrics - peculiar landing light behaviour.

Hello, I am not an electrician. Upstairs landing light is part of the downstairs lighting circuit. The landing light on...
39 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pastedavid
39 comments posted 6yrs posted by pastedavid

Parkside battery SDS+ under £25

Soon after these were last on offer, I saw them being resold for upto £45 on Ebay. I already had a basic 20v Parkside b...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by a
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by a

Frsot-free freezer ices up suddenly

We have a supposedly frost-free freezer which mostly works as designed: the cooling fins on the heat-exchanger remain c...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by me

High level toilet cistern.

So the new one arrived yesterday. Bought from Screwfix, but not a stock item so delivered from the factory (or whatever...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

ALEXA Smart Plugs - More questions

There is one oddity, which I have not been able to resolve... I have fitted a car charger, in my garage, idea is to giv...
38 comments posted 6yrs
posted by a
38 comments posted 6yrs posted by a

OT Working from home

I hear a lot of those "working from home" want to make it their normal practice for the future. However they have just...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry130747
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry130747

Best bargain smart phone?

My present phone makes phone calls and texts - but that's all. I want to buy a modern smartphone for PAYG, but I'm amaz...
68 comments posted 6yrs
posted by ianREMOVETHISjackson
68 comments posted 6yrs posted by ianREMOVETHISjackson

Bumis cludgy seats

I'm a fan of Bemis lavy seats and over the years after buying crap I always come back to Bemis wooden ones but that is...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Generators

I'm considering getting a small generator for emrgency use. At present I would use this 'stand alone', with no connecti...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news0073
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by news0073

OT lock doon

It amazed me in the early 60's that they could lock down Aberdeen now look at what is happening....
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Motorway NOx

If you travel at 60 mph instead of 70, you'll spend 16% longer time covering a given stretch, will the NOx emission rat...
46 comments posted 6yrs
posted by usenet
46 comments posted 6yrs posted by usenet

bbc 1 fake Britain

good prog on now about fake Pyro glass
17 comments posted 6yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
17 comments posted 6yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT:Day for night

Something I only just realised, having never really given the matter much thought, is that a lot of night scenes in fil...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by mjadams25
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by mjadams25

OT Mattress

My wife want me to start looking at new mattresses. Any advice - Traditional v Memory Foam? Shop v on-line? etc.
35 comments posted 6yrs
posted by JohnP
35 comments posted 6yrs posted by JohnP