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Seagate abandon remote access to their 'Central' NAS
Well you could have something like a Raspberry PI left on permanently to give you access, very little power, no fan or anything. I'm not sure what OS a 'Seagate Central NAS' runs but if it's Linux...
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Lighting wiring centres
I could do with having a tidy up of the lighting circuit in the garage, which includes several internal and external lights and corresponding switches, drivers and PIRs. I thought about those...
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What glue for mower seat cover to frame?
I need to re-glue the cover of our ride-on mower's seat to its metal frame. The cover is fairly standard cloth backed PVC (or similar) and it has to be pulled tight over the cushion to even reach the...
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Maplins remaining 'bargains'
Worthing store still has a pile of bacofoil 'digital' tv aeriels reduced from £49 to £29 !!!!. Various reels of cable, including CAT 6 for more than you could pay online anyway. :-). 'Bargain' lucky...
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OT An interesting point stemming from the EU survey
A phone call to Barclaycard explaining things should have given you the means to withdraw money.
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How to slacken single spout mixer tap
It is normal taps hot & cold (kitchen) with a central spout. The spout has become stiff to swivel so was planning to take off and clean to see if this eases it. It has a grub screw at the rear which I...
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Strange connection on sink bottle trap
We have a small washbasin in the downstairs loo which has a bottle rather than U or P trap. It has strange connection on the downstream side of the trap: - it's got a half-round connection into the...
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How to fix loose patio bricks?
I'm close to clueless about DIY stuff involving cement, so I'd much appreciate advice please. The outer edge of bricks of my garden patio are falling away, as you see from my illustration. I've bought...
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EU survey on appliances and right to repair
You might want to respond to an EU survey on appliance repair. Even if the resulting legislation doesn't apply to us, having a market of 500M people just next to us where spare parts and product...
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I didn't want to be a plumber..
So, first morning of the long weekend. Have you noticed that wet patch says she! Fortunately near an existing access point in the landing floor. A 15mm copper pipe with a slight weep although her...
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IEKA
Both sound revolting.
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Moving alarm keypad live?
Hi All I am about to move the keypad for my alarm to a new location. I have taken the front of and there are 4 wires connected red, black (assume these are power) green and white. With a resistor...
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Voltage optimisers
Just fitted my first ever voltage optimiser. Not much to it but I am puzzled. I tapped of the 10% drop terminals. The incoming supply to the optimiser is 251V and the outgoing load is 236V. So where...
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Stereo car radio with one speaker?
While I'm fiddling with the Morris ... I have a spare radio, fairly modern, complete with USB socket, but stereo, of course. The Morris has one speaker, in a pod. Were I to wire both stereo outputs to...
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TSB online is still absolutely dire
Numerous complaints from the site about wrong login details, failing part way through the login. Sometimes having accepted my login it reports the server is to busy to service my request. What a mess.
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