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Anyine taken a garage to court?

I took my car in to have two centre prop shaft bearings replaced and they have damaged the front coupling to the transf...
70 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tnp
70 comments posted 7yrs posted by tnp

Ladder: use at near vertical

I've got a tight passage at the side of the house where a ladder cannot lean at an adequate angle for normal use. I'm t...
37 comments posted 7yrs
posted by bill.shitner
37 comments posted 7yrs posted by bill.shitner

Re: Drayton Digistat SCR receiver problems (2025 Update)

"http://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/digistat-receiver-scr-not-working-stopped-working.452609/#ixzz3zDxCWx4E"that has wor...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by caedfaa9ed1216d60ef78a6f660f5f85_14583
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by caedfaa9ed1216d60ef78a6f660f5f85_14583

NICEIC

Just driving home from work today and some woman on radio Sheffield said that she worked for NICEIC. When the presentor...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Lubricating oven rails

Hi All I have an oven which has telescopic rails which allows certain shelves to slide out on arms. They are now gettin...
34 comments posted 7yrs
posted by leenowell
34 comments posted 7yrs posted by leenowell

Resistor value

This is the resistor from my macbook power supply. It *look* to me to be black, orange, white (or grey), silver, brown....
41 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim.downie
41 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim.downie

Macbook pro PS gone phut.

My wife?s MacBook Pro power supply went phut yesterday. If had a look inside and a reasonably sized resistor has burnt...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim.downie
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim.downie

Hospitals

Delighted to say wife came home yesterday, after her fall last Sunday, and Operation Monday. While she was there, I wen...
209 comments posted 7yrs
posted by News
209 comments posted 7yrs posted by News

alarm batteries

Just had a power cut (70 minutes not too bad a fix time for an 11kV fault I suppose) OK, I did have to get up to silenc...
63 comments posted 7yrs
posted by usenet
63 comments posted 7yrs posted by usenet

Downlighters - how many in a kitchen?

As part of a kitchen extension I've pulled down the old lath and plaster ceiling and now need to get the wiring sorted...
79 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nothanks
79 comments posted 7yrs posted by nothanks

PCD?

All along the newer dual-carriageway section of the A46, from nottingam to Newark are signs saying "PCD 30m ->" or vari...
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by usenet
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by usenet

OT: Omega Speedmaster

Gentlemen, This is possibly a long shot, but this group has surprised me in the past with the breadth of knowledge of i...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by CD
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by CD

Aldi inspection camera - any good?

Has anyone got one? £40 Photo here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Al6CjkffKHWUg74zV-W4Z0WWjNUC8A?e=qy3Oct
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by stainburn
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by stainburn

Filling up gravity central heating

The water to the header tank was turned off and the system drained down. Swapped the mid position vale and it will now...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth