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Cable needed for 7KW EV charger

My garage is not joined to the house, a metre wide path separates it. At the moment power to the garage is via a 13 amp...
27 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
27 comments posted 7yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

DIYish. Linux question.

Why does octoprint on a RPi not find the printer if you plug it in after starting the RPi but works fine if the USB is c...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dennis
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by dennis

Ring or radial?

I'm speccing up installing sockets in a brick garage. It currently has a CU with an adjacent pair of double sockets on...
16 comments posted 7yrs
posted by theom+news
16 comments posted 7yrs posted by theom+news

Bathroom Tiles

I decoration is a personal thing but do you think that tiling a bathroom in all white tiles (30cm x 60cm) with dark gre...
16 comments posted 7yrs
posted by voyager1space
16 comments posted 7yrs posted by voyager1space

Re: DIY Optician

They do look intriguing. I use and like varifocals but there are times (and in differing circumstances) where they're n...
29 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mail
29 comments posted 7yrs posted by mail

Problem reading USB attached disk drives

I'm trying to read some old SATA drives using a Liteon Ultra enclosure. windows disk management (Win10 Pro)sees the dis...
12 comments posted 7yrs
posted by iain.gordon46
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by iain.gordon46

OT Giant RC model aircraft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7-lUBm-Guw
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry130747
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry130747

Sealing shower waste

Hi All I am installing a new shower tray and the waste it comes with has a very thin washer that goes on top of the tra...
13 comments posted 7yrs
posted by leenowell
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by leenowell

OT:EDF Electric 'Car' tarriff

Just noticed this after paying my quarterly bill. There is a tariff supposedly for EV cars that you own *or* have the '...
13 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Solar Panels <> Resilience

The incoming power to our section of road failed at 3am Sunday and it was 2.35pm (yes, just below the compensation thre...
38 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nospam
38 comments posted 7yrs posted by nospam

In praise of Royal Mail

We were out for the day on Saturday, delivering son to uni [1] and arrived home just after half past five. Half an hour...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by News
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by News

Is this CU right

It is getting to the point where I am ready to install my main CU so just checking for any "gotchas" that I have not co...
33 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
33 comments posted 7yrs posted by tricky.dicky