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How do flatbed microwave ovens work?

This is what I think of as a magnetron, as used in conventional microwave ovens with a turntable: http://www.hokuto.co....
20 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nowhere
20 comments posted 8yrs posted by nowhere

Smart Meter

My electricity supplier has recommended a tariff which would save me money over the year, but signing up for it also in...
41 comments posted 8yrs
posted by davey
41 comments posted 8yrs posted by davey

Heat shrink tube fixing

I'm looking for a shrink tube that shrinks down really tight. I made a fishing rod some 30 years ago and used shrink tu...
21 comments posted 8yrs
posted by pfjames2000
21 comments posted 8yrs posted by pfjames2000

British gas smart meter beeping

My British gas smart meter display unit won't stop beeping. It's a pay as you go meter but has plenty of credit. The con...
25 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Tracey
25 comments posted 8yrs posted by Tracey

Samsung TV's Ambient mode - TV ad

It suggests that the TV can put on its display, a copy of the wallpaper hidden behind and by the TV, so that the TV bec...
24 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
24 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Earths can be dangerous

I've disconnected the earth from a lot of my kitchen appliances, for one simple reason, to get a shock you have to touc...
172 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nowhere
172 comments posted 8yrs posted by nowhere

Convert lock from key operated to combination?

We have a night latch - one of these: https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/product/era-bs36212007-double-locking-nightla...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Broken bits from corded curtain rail

Wehave three curtain nrails in our lounge. The nylon or plastic moving bits pn one of them has snapped off leaving the c...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by pinnerite
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by pinnerite

OT: trivia

Perhaps surprisingly, the man who wrote "Planet of the Apes" also wrote "The Bridge on the River Kwai". He was a French...
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posted by mjadams25
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by mjadams25

heavy Library shelving on metal stud wall?

Hi all, I am trying to put up a library shelving on my metal stud wall ( the wall is 4.2m x 2.5m ) and I am using metal...
13 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Veera
13 comments posted 8yrs posted by Veera

Camera battery

Looking around for a Coolpix replacement battery, and most seem to specify "genuine Nikon" or, worse still, "original N...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by stuart.dot.noble
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by stuart.dot.noble

petrol lawn mower recommendations?

Hello, Every year I say I am going to get a new mower but never get round to it, but I feel the time has come! I curren...
71 comments posted 8yrs
posted by reply
71 comments posted 8yrs posted by reply

Chain fly screens

Do these work?
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Huge
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by Huge

Preventing Wifi download copyright infringements

we have two holiday cottages on the farm, and there is a WIFI access point provided for their use which is on a VLAN is...
30 comments posted 8yrs
posted by andrew
30 comments posted 8yrs posted by andrew