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Mains smoke alarms - cheep every few days

Every few days (I think) one or both of the mains smoke alarms cheep once. On line search suggests that low battery sho...
24 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wibble
24 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

Central heating - that time again

We are heading for a cool week with maximum outside temperatures forecast to be around 14C to 16C. In spring this would...
35 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wibble
35 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

Pond pumps: mans or low-voltage?

Any opinions on the relative merits of mains-powered pond pumps as opposed to low-voltage DC? One advantage of the latt...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mail
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by mail

Installing a new font - problems

I have two users on my computer, one administrator and one user (me). I run it as a user almost exclusively, except whe...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

Which boiler to buy, reliable - nowt fancy....

Our electric bills at work were sky high last year with electric heaters plugged in around the place, and we've no hot...
24 comments posted 7yrs
posted by rsandr
24 comments posted 7yrs posted by rsandr

Re: OT Magic trick?

On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 08:05:26 +0100, ARW snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nobody
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by nobody

combo hot water tank supplies meager flow

The hot water supply to the bathroom wash hand basin here is little more than a trickle. Being located in a flat, the t...
31 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
31 comments posted 7yrs posted by mikehalmarack

OT Magic trick?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7tRr49qZfo So, how do you account for this well known trick?
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry130747
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry130747

Should have fitted the kitchen myself :(

So we warned them that our house is 300 years old, and every other bit of work we've done has showed damp. They strippe...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by vir.campestris
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by vir.campestris

What to do with half a day in Dorset

Suggestions Doing Avebury circles on the way down Final destination is Wareham
28 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
28 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

vernier-caliper

I've just purchased a vernier-caliper https://www.screwfix.com/p/magnusson-vernier-caliper/4269v On the packaging it sa...
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by junk
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by junk

Homoze.

Anyone got one? Saw it at a friend's place. Basically a garden etc hose which expands about 3 times when water is in it...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dave
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by dave

Spur off a spur?

Is it permissable/advisable to connect an electric towel bar using a fused spur, connected to a spur? That's what our e...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by firstname
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by firstname

Toshiba Netbook NB200

I have one of the above which was often useful, but now lives in a cupboard because it runs XP Home, which is no longer...
54 comments posted 7yrs
posted by News
54 comments posted 7yrs posted by News

Tom Scholz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYXgfzVjrTwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYXgfzVjrTw how cool is tom scholz?.....he u...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta