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Pulley wheels

For various reasons I wish to run a thinnish pull cord via 4-5 pulley wheels. Does anyone know if smaller pulley wheels...
18 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tpmccann
18 comments posted 6yrs posted by tpmccann

Flooding and electric cars

Had to go out yesterday morning but on our return trip many of the roads we had to travel were already flooding and a n...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by tricky.dicky

A bit windy

Call out this morning. Not only did the ladders manage to slide across the roof bars (and I fitted them properly) the r...
88 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
88 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Flickering and darker red neon switch for fridge

Hi guys. The fridge is not cooling more than 10 Celsius or about 42 farenheit. The very bottom of e freezer is hot! And...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by NoFreezer
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by NoFreezer

LED TV power off

One of our TVs is a 32 inch Samsung, which has an excellent picture. 2 years ago the power board blew so i replaced it...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nospam
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by nospam

Room/2D CAD Mac?

Hi, What's a good and inexpensive basic CAD for Mac? I need easy dimensional placement and layers for things like walls...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tw
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by tw

Ping Brian Gaff

Hi Brian, On my recent post on the cheap car head unit, you suggested using capacitors in series (or dearies / desires a...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by cpvh
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by cpvh

OT: small modular reactors

This isn't a bad summary of the current position https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/02/article/tomorrows-nuclear-reactors-s...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by newshound
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by newshound

Ebay returns rant.....

....And a heads up. Received an item, it doesn't fit, ie. it's incorrect. So i've tried to return it through ebay's pro...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

bargain: AoE 3rd Ed discounted on Amazon UK

A heads up for the heavy read electronics types, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521809266 H...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by email
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by email

OT Batteries for renewable energy.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/total-and-opel-plan-european-battery-gigafactories?ite=21437&ito=2122&itq=6...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry130747
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry130747

Stormy day, all interconnectors are on 'import'

Although the wind always blows somewhere, it isn't always the right wind in the right place at the right time. With dem...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Aero.Spike
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by Aero.Spike

Storage: which kind of Bags

Having a lot of stored Junk, we have the problem of bringing it down a ladder and sorting it and then putting some back...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by mail.invalid456
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by mail.invalid456

Yet another smart meter question

I'm being continually bombarded by letters and phone calls from both my gas and electricity suppliers to install second...
158 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
158 comments posted 6yrs posted by me