Recent content by frank999

Thanks for the tip on the snake camera - handy, the USB camera on a 5/10mt cable I tried wasn't much use - i think I suffered the same issue you outlined - too much glare - didn't see how to turn the light down, but then I didnt use the app that came with it (reporting back to its Chinese...

Thanks both, well found, worth a go ! Firefox has a 'copy clean link option, which though is not always available for some reason, this extension also does a similar job: https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon Yes, boo - down with tracking !

I recently added some pipe to a circuit using traditional solder - however I did not flush the pipe, and a little bit of solder ended up inside a new Grohe Kitchen Tap, the tap was stuck, and unfortunately was forced, cracking the small ceramic part inside, school boy error I know. I have...

'It would take a lot of work to discover what has gone wrong' - guess we'd need to do a BigClive.com style breakdownof the headphones ... But I'm now paranoid of plugging small devices into this new Ikea charger 'So the actual charge, is set by whichever of the two has a lower charge limit'. I...

OK, so I tried testing the headphones: https://www.amazon.in/Hellboy-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headset-Headphone/dp/B08MFKYY1K .. but I think the batteries are stuffed, so cant get any good readings, ie its not taking any curent (0.018a 0.086w @ 5.12v) I had up till I stuffed the batteries (by...

The spec is 5v 1a for the Ikea 'charger' = point taken that it is not actually a chargrer - could one say inverter ? I have an IOT device I have also bought the charger for, again the IOT device rated at 5V, 1.0a and comes with no charger, it has no battery - so one could presume that is a...

Thanks all for your replies, will try and answer best I can. I dont have a TV any more. The USB sockets on my laptop (used the charge the lights and headphone) are wearing out, so decided I need to stop using them - hence the search for a charger. So surely the below devices must have some...

Hi, I have been looking for a quality mains USB charger/hub, and wishing to avoid the terrible chinese tat chargers found on Ebay - often designed and constructed not to UK Electrical Safety Standards (even though some say they are). I took guidance from BigClive.com - who did a teardown on...

@Madrab so inessence your filling in and waterproofing with say AquaSeal and Silicone, any voids or gaps around the bath edge, so to create the fall for water to go into the tub, if it should find itself behind the strips at all ?? As I will be raising the bath up to meet both the Cladseal...

@Madrab you posted just before posted mine, thanks, yes your suggestion makes sense.

Do you mean - where additional sealing strips from behind the finishes (ie panels in my case) are not used behind trims ?? I definately think the Part E Sound Matt has exasperated the problem, combined without anything to stop movement, such as T Legs or batons, as you suggest. Next time I...

Fair comment, still feel though they should not dress it up as something its not, tap is in my workshop still waiting for Angle Grinder treatment, will report back the contents of said tap as and when ...

Hi, I have fitted a number of bathrooms using PVC Shower Panels, and suspect the Silicon seal between the panels bottom trim and the bath lip has failed. Where the panel meets the bath lip I have used Cladseal Shower Trim:~ https://claddingplus.co.uk/cladseal-shower-trim/ I am proposing to...

I'm hoping to find out a little about whats happened here, so I can avoid making the same mistake next time, caveat emptor, buyer beware ! I would hope someone like Screwfix to supply a trust worthy product ... but I guess they are simply pedling others wares ...

Thanks for your comments, I need to hack open the old tap, see what it is, one should see if its brass or not, also do the magnet test, I will post up some pics of the hacked tap. Could the arm be made of something different to the body, it feels like it is quite a thin 'light' metal component...