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Novel use of HWC insulating jacket, but is it safe ?

While looking for an over-sink water heater (do they still exist?), Toolstation thought that I needed to see their wond...

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posted by Andrew97d

2 comments posted 1yr posted by Andrew97d

battery air compressor

Following my recent successful post asking for advice about portable battery jump starters I thought I’d now ask if any...

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posted by nige.danton

16 comments posted 1yr posted by nige.danton

OT: YouTube subscribed sites

Viewing my YouTube subscribed sites on my PC ( Windows 10 & Firefox) my subscribed sites are listed in alphabetical ord...

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posted by chris

10 comments posted 1yr posted by chris

OT Smart meters

The smart meters installed by Ovo ten years ago have been replaced today. The old ones hadn't been very smart since I tr...

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posted by peter

0 comments posted 1yr posted by peter

Happy Christmas all you pensioners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrvmY5s2mo -- “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocit...

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posted by tnp

22 comments posted 1yr posted by tnp

Adhesive tape on Travertine

My bathroom has travertine covered walls. The YIGII stainless steel hand towel holder came with a self-adhesive pad on...

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posted by pinnerite

1 comments posted 1yr posted by pinnerite

MK recall double sockets, high fire risk

https://youtu.be/sRIc9YIfkn4?t=54 These appear to be their lower cost, lower quality versions of double mains sockets, m...

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posted by junk

23 comments posted 1yr posted by junk

Remote (that is, when away from the house) control thermostat

Having been away for a few days with the CH on a low setting, it took a couple of hours to bring the house back up to t...

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posted by wibble

9 comments posted 1yr posted by wibble

Clean a Blu Ray

I had a Blu Ray which my player was struggling with. I tried to clean it with what I thought was a clean hanky but it w...

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posted by jgnewsid

16 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Nissan Leaf Fuse Box

So this pile of sh**e car's owner's manual doesn't say what each fuse does. Also, it indicates the passenger compartmen...

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posted by not

11 comments posted 1yr posted by not

another battery question

Another post talking about unexpected car battery failure has prompted me to ask: I’m thinking of buying a reserve batt...

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posted by nige.danton

19 comments posted 1yr posted by nige.danton

OT: win-10 and apps I add to it

How can I get Win-10 to allow me to choose as a default app, an app that I have put on the machine (a VM) into the Prog...

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posted by tim

12 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

dirty tree and a turd

Voice recognition does not like record players. Harumphh.

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posted by crn

1 comments posted 1yr posted by crn

Tchaibo Watt-o-meter only reads 218 volts

As per subject, my DVM reads 238 volts and I have noticed the Tchaibo? device reading low on mains volts for a while so...

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posted by Andrew97d

19 comments posted 1yr posted by Andrew97d

NAS Speed SSD -v- Spinners

I have been re-vamping my home network to try and keep things more logically, in particular separating multimedia from...

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posted by jgnewsid

17 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid