Recent content by spile

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    New wireless router and VPN?

    Wireguard works well on a raspberry pi.
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    IP camera that can focus close up to read the meter numbers.

    Ours was supplied and fitted for free - Octopus
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    IP camera that can focus close up to read the meter numbers.

    I would echo the comment about getting a smart meter. No cost and usage conveniently available.
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    FttP and VoiP

    Cordless phones in your house would use DECT, not Wi-Fi, to connect to their base station.
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    Will a cats whisker radio still work?

    50MHz BBC and 220MHz ITV respectively from memory
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    REPLACING A PIR

    I changed mine due to false alarms. Modern sensors that use infrared and microwave fixed this.
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    Satnav

    It’s free on mine . I have to use an installer that puts it on an sd card.
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    2 Floodlights and External PIR wiring ?

    Run the cable to the PIR connector then a second cable from the same connector to the LED at the front. From that connector run a third cable to the LED at the side.
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    Drill/Cut hole in Cooker Hood chimney

    I believe the normal way to install cable is to channel cable into the wall and bring it in behind the hood.
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    Mum Leaving Plusnet

    I recommend posting this on the Plusnet forum. Staff frequently pick up and deal with issues like this.
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    JUST BRUSH CLEANED THE BATHROOM DRAINS, THICK JELLY LIKE SUBSTANCE?

    Pour them down dry then add the boiling water from a kettle.
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    Cat 5e or Cat6

    Neither do Plusnet FTTP
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    Plusnet...

    Option 1 then. She will get a letter, a router and a transfer date. They have a vulnerable people help line. My 90 year old father in law was swapped from PN to EE last week. Very straightforward process.
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    Plusnet...

    1. Accept the transfer to EE 2. VOIP 3. Forget landline and go 100% mobile In a few years having a phone tied to a building rather than an individual will be as quaint as a red telephone box.
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    Installing wiring wired video door bell

    I would get a Power over Ethernet (PoE) doorbell camera. One cable to cover network and power.
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