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Earthing/grounding technique
Apologies if this has been posted already but I missed it. Photo on page 1 of this PDF: In the show, one of them says, 'And we should mention, it might even be easier to understand if you used the...
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Continental europe having problems with 50Hz
They've lost 5 minutes worth of cycles since mid-January
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Gridwatch down?
Just looked and it is not responding. Cheers Dave R
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OT: Scaring pheasants off
DIY of a sort I suppose: I'm calling upon the experience and imagination of this group ... I currently have a cock pheasant frequenting our garden; he brings with him 2 or 3 hens, and sometimes as...
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Fixings for secondary glazing
For light acrylic secondary glazing what methods of fixing could you recommend? NT
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Hitachi Cordless Drill
Many brownie points to Hitachi Power Tools (UK) Ltd. for repairing my just-out-of-warranty cordless drill FoC. Thank you!
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OT: Grown up kids
My sister just emailed, lamenting the fact that her son and the wife of her other son are going to Siri Lanka on holiday together next week and they've only just thought to mention it to her. I...
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It's another Clive...
this time with a weird CFL fault, it lights dim & pink NT Teardown and autopsy of a CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamp) with a strange defect from manufacture - it has very dim pink light and never warms...
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SWA colours
The man cave project goes ahead. The old sectional garage has been demolished, and I found to my surprise that the SWA feeding it is blue, red, and yellow. Is a new sparky going to balk at this and...
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Which fuse or MCB trips first?
Take a 3 phase incoming supply to a main distribution DB with a C100A rated main switch. This DB has a C63A 3PH MCB to power DB1 that is about 15m away with some 16mm SWA. You then use different...
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RIP Trevor Baylis
As long as you don't have windmills and solar panels on the grid, rotating turbines have enough energy stored in the spinning masses to do a marvellous job of stabilising the mains over periods up to...
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What wood glue or filler to use to repair some toy bricks?
I have some toy wooden bricks that I want to repair, they are fairly intricate in shape as they have a keyway thats slots onto a vertical T-shaped key. I can get them basically back together by gluing...
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Overflow pipe sizes
Should pipe marked 3/4" solvent weld to 21.5mm fittings - successfully?
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Thames Water.
Lots round here have been without water for 3 days now. Thames Water (in part) blaming it on increased demand after the thaw. Interesting theory - do people water their garden just after the snow...
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What LED cycle type bulbs to buy
Hi All, I have a couple of lamps I?d like to upgrade to LED, but am unsure what bulbs to buy...,, First is a Coleman camping light that has 4AAs arranged 2 in // in series w ith 2 in // such that I...
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