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All being well - I tracked down a SDM1901 actuator

I was on the scrounge earlier for a used/faulty Sunvic SDM1901 CH valve actuator, to keep as a standby for the one I in...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

BIG mower

I want this. The Americans will probably already have one for their "yard". https://www.brielmaier.com/en
49 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nowhere
49 comments posted 8yrs posted by nowhere

Safety - Lift

In my local Tesco the lift from the baselent carpark has a paper notice stuck inside saying "In an emergency phone 0121...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere

LED driver

I have a 6W ceiling light with 30x 2835 LEDs in series, the driver is externally mounted and is on the blink (flashed f...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by usenet
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by usenet

Builders and electrics

So they need to remove some lights to take down a ceiling at a school. Not a problem, turn the lights off at the switch...
40 comments posted 8yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
40 comments posted 8yrs posted by adamwadsworth

OT: wireless relay for medium-HiFi stereo

A friend of mine plays in a couple of pub bands, and I'm making some you-tube type videos for him from live performance...
14 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newshound
14 comments posted 8yrs posted by newshound

Wood glue

Need some glue with decent gap filling properties to glue two bits of ply together (face to face) And not really possib...
27 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dave
27 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Outdoor security camera system advice

Hi all, I am looking to install some security cameras outside my house. After doing some research., there seems to be s...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by leenowell
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by leenowell

Why are motors not current limited?

How hard can it be to put some kind of electronic limiter on a power tool so if you over-stress it, it doesn't consume...
35 comments posted 8yrs
posted by imvalid
35 comments posted 8yrs posted by imvalid

OT: Kitchen sound system.

For years, we had a car radio/CD player mounted under a high level cupboard powered from a mains PSU and using a couple...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cliveta
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by cliveta

58w fluorescent on a PIR

58w fluorescent on a PIR, with mag-ballast in a utility room. The tube finally refused to strike up last week, so I ins...
24 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
24 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Fluorescent light and starter question.

Hi all, So, I have a couple of 6' single TL-D 70W tube fittings in the kitchen and the other day one started flickering...
38 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
38 comments posted 8yrs posted by news

Ping F**k It

One with a difference. Changing a diaphragm in a WC ball c*ck today. Dropped the seating washer into the water in the c...
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Somewhere
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by Somewhere