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Wire insulation problem

Hello all, I have a "little Acorn" trail cam, it is a waterproof digital camera which automatically takes photos when i...
24 comments posted 7yrs
posted by chade
24 comments posted 7yrs posted by chade

Insulating the garage ceiling: worth it?

As the nippy evenings and cold nights become more frequent again, I'm once again thinking about insulating the garage c...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by lalaw44
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by lalaw44

trailing edge or leading edge

I have a PSU for a LED panel. The PSU says 'dimmable. Leading edge or trailing edge.' Well it is dimmable. I tried it w...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by wrightsaerials

moan #2 - dimmable or not

Looking for a multi-light fitting. 4 spot lights on a bar. Screwfix designates most as "non-dimmable" but doesn't inclu...
25 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wibble
25 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

Moan moan hole saw arbor moan

Just trying to match a holesaw and arbor on the Screwfix site. The arbor suggests maximum and minimum sizes of hole saw...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wibble
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

Standardisation? Why aren't things all the same?

Bought a bog yesterday, Come to fit it today, the flush unit is too big to go through the hole in the cistern. The hole...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by rsandr
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by rsandr

Ctrl+Alt+Del

Someone needs to reboot Gareth. After crying ?conspiracy? because his message of love and joy to the masses was delayed...
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posted by justsayno
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by justsayno

Dishwasher leak

I have tracked down the source of a significant leak in my 12 year old Bosch dishwasher. There's a worn O ring on the w...
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posted by NOTsomeone
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Ground Source Heat Pump Maintenance

I see Croydon is fitting ground source heat pumps to heat a 44 unit high rise. Amongst other things, they say it'll cut...
29 comments posted 7yrs
posted by patchmoney
29 comments posted 7yrs posted by patchmoney

Facebook/ Messenger.com and Wish

I don't normally use either application, though I do have a Facebook account, which also seems to be the same account u...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

hotpoint 6115 oven door hinges

Anyone got any idea how to remove oven door and then get the hinges out. This is a quite old oven >20 yrs and nothing th...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by johnedhudson
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by johnedhudson

Killfiles

I use Gravity in which the killfile is known as the Bozo bin. Out of interest, just now I counted 322 posts available b...
19 comments posted 7yrs
posted by k.type
19 comments posted 7yrs posted by k.type

Power sockets with 3 cables

Interested to know how others do this, particularly the professionals. When spurring off a socket on the ring, there's...
54 comments posted 7yrs
posted by millerhouse.spamtrap
54 comments posted 7yrs posted by millerhouse.spamtrap