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    Proper name for power lead for hair straightener

    Your search - chs model eo37 hair straightener spares - did not match any documents. Try googling that and see what answer you get smart arse!
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    Proper name for power lead for hair straightener

    Can anybody give me the correct technical description for a swivel cord lead as used in women's hair straighteners to prevent the lead from getting into a tangle, so that I can google it to try and find a site that sells them, as I am having no luck.
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    using masonry paint to touch up metal clothes poles

    Would it be OK to use homebase masonry paint to touch up paint on metal drying green clothes poles which have already been painted with proper exterior paint but I ran out of, and I have just noticed bits I have missed? :oops:
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    Fitting numbers to PVCu doors

    Can brass (or plastic) numbers be safely attached to this type of door with screws or must they be stuck on, and if so with what please? My reason for asking this question is that I was under the impression that PVCu doors were hollow inside and would not be strong enough to take wood screws.
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    decommisioning a bulkhead light and making it safe

    quote "are you saying the double switch is on the inside, directly on the other side of the wall to the outside light and is the cable terminating behind the switch?" The twin switch plate controlling the outside light and the light at the bottom of the hall is on the internal wall at the...
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    decommisioning a bulkhead light and making it safe

    There is an old hideoous bulkhead light outside my front door that I would like to get rid of, but keep the wiring in place in case at a later date when I am in better health I could replace it with something more modern. I would also like to be given the alternative option of what would I...
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    Tumble dryer has started to trip RCD

    My 6 year old Hotpoint TCD80 condensor TD has been performing extremely well (except for the mechanical noises mentioned), until last week when it tripped the 30amp RCCB or RCD once while running at the hot setting and then was perfectly OK for the rest of the time it was used. A week...
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    Anybody own a Hotpoint WM74, WM75 or WM76 washing machine?

    Can anybody who owns one of the above models of Hotpoint washing machine please tell me the capacity of the inner drum? We have just bought a new Bosch 7Kg washing machine and the struggle and strife maintains our WM76 Hotpoint had as big a drum as this and I totally disagree with her. It...
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    Hotpoint WM76 needing Gaviscon?

    Thank you for your quick response. Where should I look for the heater bracket please, and by grey powder, can I take it to mean you are referring to the dust deposit I have spoken of which was lying at the back of the machine? I can state that this residue is lying underneath the centre...
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    Hotpoint WM76 needing Gaviscon?

    My Hotpoint WM76 makes a metallic noise on 1000 and 1400 spins as though something was striking the chassis in time with each revolution of the drum or near enough! This is the only time the machine makes a noise! It is not the drum bearings, and it is not the spider starting to...
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    Did I buy a crap PIR from Wilkinsons?

    ban-all-sheds Thank you for your continued assistance. Much appreciated! I had looked at the B & Q site you have highlighted as a possible source of a lamp, and you may have noticed that all of the lamps illustrated are marked with a red cross as being out of stock. I tried a search of...
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    Did I buy a crap PIR from Wilkinsons?

    Had a look at the fitting in daylight from ground level and the lamp is completely black along its full length between the terminals. Does that mean it has burnt out, and all that is required is a new lamp or could that be a symptom of something more serious? I can't even source a lamp...
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    Did I buy a crap PIR from Wilkinsons?

    I hate to say it, but I have got to agree with you. The fact that the first pir lamp I bought from them had to be returned after two days proves this :oops:
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    Did I buy a crap PIR from Wilkinsons?

    I thank everybody who replied to my post. The chances of me looking at the lamp now are even less as we have had a fall of snow during the night! However I feel a lot better now having been told that there is a good chance that it is only the bulb that has blown. What drew me to remark...
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    Did I buy a crap PIR from Wilkinsons?

    The PIR I fitted at the back door will not come on. It has worked perfectly for just over a year. (Notice how these things happen just after the warranty runs out.) I cannot extend the ladder to climb up and have a look at it just now due to health problems and the extreme cold, but I can...
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