electrics - "strange" shock risk?
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:16:03 +0100
The other night I noticed a table lamp fitted with a "low-energy" lamp
(one with three loops of glass) was playing up. It seemed as if the
actual lamp fitting was the problem so, reaching inside the shade and
carfully holding the insulated base of the map itself I attempted to
press it upwards, to see if this fixe ...
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Gas flue repair
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:27:09 +0100
After six visits the Vokera engineer (paid for by Vokera insurance), has
said that he cannot repair the boiler because there is damage to the end
of the gas flue.
The repair, still not done, has been going on for over three months and
they tell me that now. Plenty of visits where they say that they don't
have ...
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Energy Saving Lightbulbs
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
Can anyone please tell me if there any energy saving lightbulbs on the
market that have an equivalent output to 150W incandescent bulbs? Its
just I find that the manufacturers claims don't hold true when it
comes to equivalent output.
Many thanks! ...
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I can't believe no-one has posted on here today so testing
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:51:33 +0100
I'm getting no new message headers today on this newsgroup so this is a test
post only.
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Intruder Alarms
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:26:19 +0100
Hi,
I'm looking to up-date my very old intruder alarms and quite like the look
of a wireless set up. Does anyone know how reliable they are in that are
they prone to interference from other wireless devices e.g. mobiles,
internet connections, cordless phones etc?
Thanks
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Underfloor heating retrofit questions
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:50:00 -0700 (PDT)
HI,
I was wondering about retro-fitting underfloor heating to my house and
am interested to know peoples opinions about the practicality of
this ? The house was built in 1980 and has a concrete floor
downstairs and normal chipboard on beams for the top floor. Is it a
practila matter to chip away channels in t ...
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Steam Press
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:50:50 +0100
Probably off topic ------ but does anyone have any experience of these for
ironing clothes and if so what brands Thank You
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gutters
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:56:19 GMT
Hi,
Just a quick question as I have never climbed high enough to find out
for myself: how secure well do gutter clips clip the gutter? I would
have thought they would hold it tight enough to keep the gutter in
place when its windy but OTOH shouldn't there be enough slack to allow
the gutter to expand/contract i ...
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freezer not getting cold enough
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:52:39 -0700 (PDT)
I have a scandinova upright freezer about 5 years old. Red warning
light flashing intermittent with normal green run light and failing to
reach normal run temperature - it's not getting below
-5. The compressor and air circulation fans are running OK. I have an
engineer coming to look at it on monday but at the ...
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Shredder recommendation
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:37:03 +0100
Can someone recommend a shredder for "light home-office" use that will
last for more that 12 months!
The past 3 have all broken down mechanically (never been overloaded
with paper). I took the latest box of scrap apart to see what the
problem is - and what seems to happen is that the actual shredding
wheels are e ...
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