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Balancing hot water/central heating (to activate radiators)

Several rads just haven't always been getting hot when the timer switches the central heating and hot water on and it's...

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posted by user150

29 comments posted 1yr posted by user150

SOT: car battery question

My car would not start at all yesterday, so I called the AA. The patrol checked the battery, found it was a fail and it...

27 comments posted 1yr

posted by newsgroups

27 comments posted 1yr posted by newsgroups

Temperature data logging (Central heating and stuff)

Evening all, Hope most of you are keeping well. ;) It's been a while since I was here last after my replacement of an o...

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posted by noreply

3 comments posted 1yr posted by noreply

Google thinks the grid can't support AI, so it's spending on solar for future datacenters

Curious how this squares with some peoples scepticism :) https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/google_solar_energy_data...

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posted by jethro_uk

9 comments posted 1yr posted by jethro_uk

Electric shower available as 9.5kW or 10.8kW

Why do some manufactuers of electric showers (such as Mira) provide models which are available in either 9.5 kW or 10.8...

54 comments posted 1yr

posted by pamela.private.mailbox

54 comments posted 1yr posted by pamela.private.mailbox

C2 EICR on lighting

This is a rather old house that has a whole house RCD that includes the lighting circuit. The RCD is relatively new and...

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posted by fredxx

15 comments posted 1yr posted by fredxx

OT: What else does my car know about me?

Yesterday I took the car back to main dealer after two rear punctures with less than a 1000 miles on the clock. Whilst...

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posted by tricky.dicky

57 comments posted 1yr posted by tricky.dicky

Converting a Macbook pro to Windows

We have an MacBook Pro that is redundant but what we don’t have is a laptop that runs Windows (which would be handy for...

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posted by timdownieuk

25 comments posted 1yr posted by timdownieuk

OT Cruise control and changing gears

So I thought that cruise control always turns off when you change gears. But new car and van do not. But to make it mor...

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posted by adamwadsworth

31 comments posted 1yr posted by adamwadsworth

Progress!

As suggested way way back, I have invested in a VGA switcher! Bit of brain ache from sorting out the various male/femal...

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posted by tim

4 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

Do neck massagers work?

A few years ago, hitting 50 and joining the "wake up with neck pain" club. I am on a waiting list with the Orthopedic H...

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posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

1 comments posted 1yr posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Vaillant Ecotec F61 Fault

Had an F61 fault pop up on my Ecotec Pro 28 boiler while I was away. Reset the boiler and it's been working fine for th...

6 comments posted 1yr

posted by patchmoney

6 comments posted 1yr posted by patchmoney

Texecom Tamper Cancel

Hi Guys I fitted a Texecom alarm system many moons ago with a Veritas R8 Plus panel and Excel keypads. I am pretty sure...

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posted by Phil

9 comments posted 1yr posted by Phil

Adhesive for roof tiles

What is the best product for sticking dislodged terracotta pan tiles back onto the mortar that they were bedded down in...

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posted by timw

8 comments posted 1yr posted by timw

Cutting Feltguard without a trip to A&E

As per subject, Cutting this stuff with a Stanley knife is almost impossible. How do others do it. For those who don't...

3 comments posted 1yr

posted by Andrew97d

3 comments posted 1yr posted by Andrew97d