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ep3000 programmer not working on water
Hi I have just had boielr replaced also not potterton but i kept my programmer as i have not probs with it simple to operate.i have ended up with a system boiler and the engineer disconnected one tank...
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OT: Labour Election Fraud (they're at it again!)
Looks like JC got an unfair boost from the students he bribed to vote for him: latest-pm-election/ So enthusiastic they voted for him more than once!...
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6 years ago
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Online banking OT
At least it is not political! 2nd. attempt! Local storm took out the power and now a couple of brown outs where the PSU kept the computer going! NatWest push Trusteer Rapport security software when...
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Economical descaler?
I've just made a hay steamer for my livery yard (OK its a wheelie bin connected to an Earlex walpaper steamer). They will be boiling five litres a day so I expect it will scale up fairly quickly...
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repairing plasterboard
I own a flat that tenants have made a bit of a mess of. The stud walls are covered with 12.5mm plasterboard which has been directly painted - no plaster skim coat. One of the sockets has been ripped...
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6 years ago
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CCT and spiders webs
We have some CCTV cameras in the garden record the doings of local wildlife overnight.I looked at some of the video today and found 2 cameras virtually unviewable due to spiders webs. They seem to...
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6 years ago
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Cutting concertina plastic door
bout 3-4 cm to come off. Unfortunately, it seems to have metal rods running through it. Best way to do? Thinking dremel.... Or tin snips maybe for the plastic?
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6 years ago
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Decent make of 1/4 turn lever taps?
Hi, I've had some taps from an online retailer (proper bathroom fittings vendor, not some misc junk shifter) and I'm not happy with them... I've had splines work loose (too fine), a cartridge fail and...
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6 years ago
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Digital Meter
I got involved with someone who was wiring a external LED Floodlight into some old wiring. The light didn't work and from a brief tracing of the cable back to the switch I suspect it has 2 lives....
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Any tips on digital projector feature for artwork?
What digital projector features would be most useful for tracing artwork onto a large canvas? Do more lumens mean the projector needs less room darkness to project the image clearly? Is the ability to...
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6 years ago
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Council tax increase
Only peripherally to do with DIY, I'm afraid... Last year I had a loft conversion done on my bungalow: it was a long and messy job and I moved out for nearly six months. I decided to remove the...
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6 years ago
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Knives.
See this failing government want to have knives bought on line collected in person. Presumably to prevent kids buying them. How does a kid buy things online? Or rather pay for them? Or is this just...
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air compressor problem
We have a small air compressor similar to this On start up it will occassionally struggle to get up to speed. It just rumbles and rocks. Has to be turned off and on again. Is this likely to be easily...
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Garden taps and frost
I'm in the process of adding two taps to the garden. Both involve longish runs of standard 1/2" black plastic (?) pipe which will be surface laid in a ditch and will terminate in brass garden taps...
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OT:Dynamic David Davies or "thick as mince" ?
Well not quite: Brexit secretary David Davis took part in less than an hour of discussions with the EU on the first day of substantive negotiations with Brussels before his early return to...
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