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  1. littlespark

    Thoughts on an endoscope

    For work, not medical…. Local wholesaler is offering these. Don’t know whether to go for it, or would it just be another toy that sits unused on the van.
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    Oven and hob diversity

    Morning lads. Todays job is to go to in laws and firstly replace a cooker hood that went fzzzzz! Which is straightforward. But I’ve also got to change the gas hob for an electric. Following an incident where gas was left on by increasingly forgetful mother in law. There is an existing 32A...
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    Grommet strip alternative

    I’ve been having a brain fog moment. I’m looking for edge protection for a straight cut in steel trunking. “Grommet strip” in a search on CEF only brings up the small, flexible stuff for round holes. The stuff I’m thinking of is straight, not flexible… usually black, but would prefer white...
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    Dewalt drill parts

    Is there a supplier of dewalt parts, namely the clutch of a 18V SDS dewalt drill. The rotary stop of my drill must be worn out as the chisel spins with little resistance when it should be straight. Hammer drilling and non hammer drilling seem to be ok. I’m hoping I can just replace the...
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    Collective thoughts about issue… Pub kitchen

    Been asked to look at local pub kitchen as a circuit was tripping. The circuit appears to be a repurposed cooker circuit, fed in 6mm t&e to two MK double sockets. Second socket is fed in 2.5 from the first. The load is 2x twin fryers… at 2.6kW per unit… so 4 units, but only 3 are ever used as...
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    Cooker hood venting

    Ive been asked to replace a cooker hood thats gone "pop" and just by speaking to the customer on the phone, i think i know why. Apparently, the ducting goes straight up, and through the roof... Not sure if its a bungelow, or goes another storey before going out the roof. To me, i expect the...
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    UK Have I missed something? (Colours)

    Was in YESSS this morning and noticed they had drums and drums of PINK sleeving. 4mm, same as their brown, blue and g/y. I thought maybe someone had ordered the wrong colour into stock, but the lad said it was right. Is it used on DC cables from PV to identify pos and neg??
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    VAT or no VAT?

    Hello. Long time no see. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in treadmills, weights and a great number of super fit individuals who are making me feel totally inadequate as a specimen of human being…. Anyway… The customer has baulked at my invoice due to the cost of materials… and is suggesting that he...
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    Radio teleswitch turn off

    Just seen Lorraine Kelly on the telly saying that off peak teleswitches will stop operating in June this year. Suppliers will contact affected customers apparently. This was talked about years ago.
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    IP confliction

    My home CCTV system has started popping up this message suddenly… and I can’t get it to go away for good. I’ve tried setting a DHCP as shown below, but it still appears. Also tried disabling the DHCP and changing the “111” to any other number under 253… but after 10 minutes or so, the...
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    My kid’s moving out! House buying.

    Just gauging the collective intelligence here on perils and pitfalls of renovating a possible house my middle daughter (19yp) wants to buy with her own money. She pays the bills, daddy does all the donkey work. The market around here is slow at this time, so there’s not a huge choice of...
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    Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

    Seasons greetings to you and yours. Come on then, show us what you got from Old St Nick….. I’ll post mine later…. Still building it!
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    Problems with my roof

    I mentioned it a couple of times on other threads, and will link to here from those.... I found this diagram on t'internet showing how my roof has been constructed... closest anyway. In my situation, the cavity wall on the left there has been removed, with a steel beam holding it up. Modern...
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    Solax inverter fault

    Was at my parents at the weekend getting their tree down out the attic, and I noticed their inverter was reading 0.0W…. Popped in again this morning to check it was getting power before I thought about cracking it open. Can anyone explain what everything means compared to what I think they...
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    Hive connections

    A neighbour asked me to connect up a Hive wireless controller. Seemed easy enough, it uses the same standard back plate and connections. Straight swap there… and disconnected the wires going to the room stat, and linked through in the wiring centre. That was before I went on holiday, and now...
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    Boat engine electrics

    Anybody got experience with boat engines? I’m going to have a look at why the engine won’t start for a family member up at Edinburgh. Just want to know what to look for I’ve been told it turns over, but doesn’t start Owner knows there’s a number of battery’s, but don’t know if 12/24 volt or...
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    Air pump for camping

    You may have read elsewhere that I managed to break the hand pump for my inflatable awning for my caravan, so I’m currently looking for an electric equivalent. However, im looking to see if I can find a pump that will do the awning (low pressure) and double up as an emergency tyre inflater...
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    W4D5 ENGLISH smoke detector rules

    What’s the rules regarding locations of smoke detectors in an English property, and are the 10 year battery aico with RF acceptable? Yes, I had to get my passport out and cross the border. The ground floor flat consists of front door straight into lounge. Door into hallway to kitchen, with...
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    W4D2 University open days

    Missed doing this with the middle daughter- she didn’t want to go to uni, but the youngest has been going over her options, and getting sorted with UCAS… So we go a list of university open days to look at.. Guess I’m driving to Stirling this Saturday.
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    W4D1 - FB does have its positives

    Facebook… used to be “the” social media giant, but now overtaken…. And populated by the older generation… (I’m not there yet!) Up here, there is a “borders memories” group on there that post up photographs of events and whatever that people have taken in the past… and this cropped up… The Home...
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