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Water softener and green seepage

Since having a water softener installed, some of the Yorkshire fittings***** have a green powdery leakage. Clearly, the...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by headstone255
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by headstone255

Netbook, back again

Having another attempt to get this netbook working on wi-fi. It connects to the web if connected to the ethernet cable....
144 comments posted 7yrs
posted by noname
144 comments posted 7yrs posted by noname

Moving a consumer unit - a couple of questions

Our house consumer unit is currently on a stud wall in the downstairs loo, we are planning to extend the loo into the a...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cl
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by cl

A1 A2 DC Relays?

Where did the assignation come from originally? I'm currently playing with a system that has a 24V DC control panel and...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nastii.snotgobbler
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by nastii.snotgobbler

OT Project Splatter

https://projectsplatter.co.uk/the-project/ Something I heard about on the radio that said badgers were twice as likely...
70 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
70 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Is this an Access panel in pavement

In the pavement outside our house is a 200mm square concrete "plug" or panel in a pavement slab, probably about 50mm th...
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by robert
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by robert

Funicular railway power question

Last year we rode a funicular railway with a single overhead wire and a large bank of resistors on the roof that got ve...
34 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim.downie
34 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim.downie

OT Cats.

One for Pounder here!...
12 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry130747
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry130747

An old cable I am not familiar with

Steel braided PVC cables found in an Airey house. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Oldcableaireyhouse.jpg Possi...
21 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
21 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Re: Cyclists: Scourge of the Streets?

On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 21:31:00 +0100, ARW snipped-for-privacy@bluey>Tuesday 9.15pm Channel 5 >https://www.radiotimes.com/t...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nospam
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by nospam

USB Stick Oddity

I have a 'New Jersey Sound' NJA 240 portable sound system that I use for background music at parties and bbq's It's pro...
32 comments posted 7yrs
posted by andrew
32 comments posted 7yrs posted by andrew

Re: Why would a gas boiler make soot?

The analyzer is actually called a flue gas analyzer not and oxygen analyzer. A half decent one costs about $4500 CAD. S...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jason.arthur.white82
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by jason.arthur.white82

Ceiling mounted water resistant security camera?

I've nearly completed the slow and painful re-cabling of the 3rd bedroom/ office. 13 Amp laid, and about to be connecte...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wibble
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

3-way immmersion heater electrical connection?

We have a hot-water cylinder with 2 immersion heaters. (2 heaters ecause we have no other means of heating bath/shower...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by maurice
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by maurice