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What would cause lots of MCBs to trip together?
Three phase DB. Turned up and tried to turn the lights on, to find that all the MCBs controlling circuits with lights (and some without), plus a submain that also had a lights circuit running from the...
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Builder required - Lincoln area
My DIY skills are limited and increasing mobility problems make even simple jobs difficut or impossible these days but this is an area I would never have attempted to take on anyway! We are looking...
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Hens Teeth, Unicorns, Rocking Horse Droppings, Braided 3 core cable for an iron.
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex. The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron (doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release...
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Drill hole in tiled MDF
I have a concealed cistern behind MDF, which has been tiled. I am fitting a new flush valve in place of the old syphon. It's mostly done, but I need to recess the button. That needs a 40mm hole...
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Plaster crack
Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got that hollow sound. Any easy fixes?
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What do I actually need a TV Licence for?
I am finding the BBC increasingly naff. It spends as much time on adverts for its own programmes as ITV does on commercials. Also it wasted money on things like outside broadcasting where it adds...
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Some Important Dates in World Currency History
Some Important Dates in World Currency History Various sources, 9/22/19, Wall St. Journal No one can say whether digital currencies will one day be the global payment of preference, or whether perhaps...
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Garden chairs, or, building the same thing over and over.
I built some chairs for the garden... in itself probably not that interesting since they are only treated softwood and designed to be functional rather than "fine furniture". However I though the...
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BBC live delay ?
We were both watching PM question time tonight (wed) Me on my desktop and she on laptop. Desktop has cable connection, laptop wifi. The desktop was running about half minute behind the laptop. How...
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Wheelie Bin Compactors anyone?
Fortnightly collections and small wheelie bins have always caused a bit of an issue, but now Rother council have decided that bottles have to go in the re-cycling rather than a separate bin thus...
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Miele dishwasher G1220 SC - how to remove the kickplate?
We have the F70 issue and i can see what to do after you've got the kick plate off - but can't see how to do that! It's a freestanding model and I can't see any screws or feel any underneath it. Miele...
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What's a ballpark price for replacing a small combi?
Our rented flat in North London needs its gas combi boiler replaced. It's a two bedroom duplex flat so not tiny but not enormous. What sort of price should one expect for replacing the boiler?...
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Radiator valve head operation
A question about the central pin in the thermostatic head of for instance of my radiators is not coming on. I've taken the head off and if I rotate the top part (ie hot to cold) the central assembly...
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Picture message?
I have just received an email from what seems to be O2, it just says.. 'Hello, Here's a picture message you've been sent from 079077??????. You can send a message back from your mobile phone. But...
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Re: [CC] Global temperatures: Last month was second-warmest August on record.
Apologies, it was Iceland not Greenland: Not from that article - the BBC coyly forgot to mention it. Fascinating. In your BBC article, the glacier in question is moving too fast. In my BBC article,...
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