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Curtains/blinds motors. Part 2
So having discovered the first unit would not connect to the smart app and thence to Google, I ordered another (which was cheaper) on Friday came yesterday (from China ???) Identical casing, but no...
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new career at GCHQ?
The puzzle is aimed at those who think and see the world differently and who can bring a new perspective to problem-solving
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Gas strut bar stool. Repair, reuse or scrap?
The seat broke off one of our breakfast bar stools. A quick search suggests replacing the seat isn’t much cheaper (if any) than replacing the whole stool. So, wondering what to do with the base....
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Mower Matters
I've been taking the ride-on mower out the last few days, in between rain, as the grass had got quite long. So I did it in two parts as when the grass is long it takes about twice as long. The mower...
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Reliability of pressure reducing valves
We have always had issues with one of our toilets l. The cistern is mains fed, and I feel that it would be less problematic if it was fed with a lower pressure feed…. The obvious solution would be...
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Will PVA cure without clamping and with restricted access to atmosphere
Question as above. I am cluing a couple of pieces of board (edge to edge (don’t need a massively strong bond). Was being a bot cheap, so used PVA rather than epoxy… Only thought after that I could...
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Converting a klaxon from 240V to low V DC
An old 2C/GPO mains powered telephone bell outdoor repeater/sounder. To be used outdoors as a portable flooding-imminent alarm , in the theory that no one these takes notice of car alarm or house...
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Wagons Roll... Automatically.
(Finally got round to reconnecting to Usenet. Forza eternal September!) I'm trying to find some information about about using the control mechanism of a "follow me" golf cart to control a "garden...
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You won't see a newspaper article like this nowadays
An article from the Daily Herald, 9 November 1961. Catalogue ref: LAB 8/2201 Although immigration had been encouraged because of the post-war labour shortage, many of those who arrived in...
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New shed roof covering
The felt roof covering on my shed appears to be leaking. The shed was build by the supplier in 2018 so its only lasted 6 years - I was expecting a bit of a longer life out of the roof covering but...
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Toilet/washbasin electrical safety
I suspect I have asked for advice on this before! Current situation is a single place toilet with separate room for handwashing. Farm premises with visiting drivers and light industrial...
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I broke it again...
Or at least it looks like I have as seeing no new messages or threads for some time. Brian
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OT: Sod's Law
The brightness of my TV started playing up last week. Top half of the screen was as normal, but in the bottom half the brightness gradually dropped off going further down the screen until the picture...
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Magnetic filters for CH and DHW systems
Three questions: 1. Do they use electro-magnets, traditional iron-based magnets, or neodymium magnets? 2. If the last two types, how do they get switched off for cleaning out the magnetic crap they've...
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light and flexible roofing sheet
I am building a beehive, a long hive not unlike the Drayton seen here is to have a lightweight lift-off barrel roof, for which I need a weatherproof flexible sheet that I can form around curved timber...
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