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    How to do washing using off-peak?

    Or put the liquid soap container in the bottom of the empty drum and the clothes on top.
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    What voltage should I recharge my battery at

    "Lion" is the brand name, it's not a Li-ion (Lithium Ion) battery!
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    Blanki g cooker isolation under sink to pass EICR

    Absolutely! I've coded that algorithm myself, just for fun.
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    Blanki g cooker isolation under sink to pass EICR

    Satnavs use a modified version of Dikstra's Shortest Path First algorithm, which is the foundation of the OSPF routing algorithm used by Autonomous Systems in the Internet. This is not really surprising, as the road system is a network too.
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    Wire gauge for low power transformer

    The whole thing needs to be in an enclosure - you should not have single insulated wires or those connectors just lying free in the loft.
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    Diy house rewire

    Basically as described by ericmark way back in post #4, but the details will vary between LABCs. "You complete your request, and pay the fee. They will visit, and want to see plans and tools, at least they did with me. If they think you have the skill, they will give the go ahead, they can...
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    Earth question - Shaver socket

    That depends on the opinion of the body defining "Pure-bred" in any given case.
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    Earth question - Shaver socket

    It's called microchimerism. There's a recently published book about it called "Hidden Guests" by Lise Barneoud.
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    Earth question - Shaver socket

    It does work like that. If you have an older 1/2 sibling from a different father then some of that father's DNA will have found its way into you via your mother's blood. The placenta is not a total barrier.
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    Moving fibre router

    Better replace the existing with a longer fibre cable than extend as every coupler introduces losses and reflections. If you decide you want to move the router, the cables are not expensive. You need to be carefull of minimum bend radius so as not to damage the cable. A 10m cable is about £14...
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    BT phone line/service 'upgrade'

    Mine, fortunately, doesn't, as my router is nowhere near where my phone wiring runs. I have a separate little Grandstream voip adapter that plugs into the LAN in the office (aka rear bedroom), which is where the phone wiring runs from, and all the analogue phones hang off that.
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    BT phone line/service 'upgrade'

    In terms of physical equipment, yes, it will be. Just as it is compulsory for you to have a copper line and an NTE5 or equivalent for your current service. FTTP+NTU or SDSL to the house and then a router+voip adapter into which the phone &/or extension wiring is plugged. Small battery backup...
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    Old wall light wiring

    Its available
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    10mm Steel Wire Armour cable to man cave

    Using the armour alone as the CPC requires some calculations to see if it is adequate. Steel has a higher resistance than copper and in some cases a third core can be needed in addition to the armour. This is something for your electrician friend to work out as only he has all the information...
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    Adding New Kitchen Socket on the ring

    ChatGPT often doesn't know what it is talking about. In fact it doesn't know anything, it just reformats stuff it finds online without having any idea if the information is accurate. It certainly does NOT understand what it is "reading", nor can it make intelligent extrapolations from that...
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