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    How to use a crimp tool - uninsulated crimps

    The better option with no crimp is to put the whole wire around the screw, and leave a short stub of wire on the other side. Similar to this one, although the cable tie to the gas pipe is not desirable, and the label has been located incorrectly at the back where no one can see it.
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    Can i add hardware so i can upgrade to windows 11?

    Forget it. While it may be possible to shoehorn Win11 into such a thing, there is nothing to be gained from doing so. If you want the latest version of Windows, buy a new computer.
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    how much is this property worth in rent?

    A property is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. As for whether it is 'too much' or not - that depends entirely on what business will be operated there, the expected turnover, costs and profits, which is why it's usual to compile a business plan with details of everything, including...
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    How to use a crimp tool - uninsulated crimps

    4 holes, the markings are not all in the same location relative to the holes. It's a rather nasty piece anyway, and good luck crimping 10mm² with that and not incurring some kind of hand injury. This: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solsop-Hydraulic-Crimping-Pliers-Aluminium/dp/B0BMF6YYHT?th=1...
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    Leasing a Van

    New will be reliable. Anything used is a roulette wheel. Diesel is useless for short start-stop journeys, far more suitable for extended motorway driving. Petrol better for shorter journeys. Both diesel and petrol will get more expensive. Hybrid is the worst of everything bundled up into a...
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    What can I use

    No. Even to hire such a thing for a week would be far more than £100.
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    Leasing a Van

    Leasing is ideal for people that want to drive around in a shiny new van, and change that van for another shiny new one every few years. Basically paying an expensive subscription to always be driving the latest piece. If you intend to keep a vehicle for a long time, leasing is a total bust.
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    2 way TV signal booster

    50% is marginal at best. Amplifiers amplify everything, including noise and interference. Some introduce noise of their own. The quality rating from TVs is often misleading, as it's probably after error correction, which inevitably will be good if the error correction is working.
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    Popping noise and flickering lights but no fault found?

    Exceptionally unlikely. If these 'switches' are those in the consumer unit, then the busbar is loose, or some buffoon has fixed the circuit breakers in and missed the bar connection. This is a serious problem and requires immediate repair.
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    telephone Master Soccket

    No. If that cable plugged into the socket is what connects to the other sockets, then plug that into the router, If not, then they will be wired to the back of the lower half of that socket. Remove the two screws, pull the lower half away, and there should be wiring connected to that. That...
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    Bidirectional RCD socket or RCD FCU, are there any?

    Such a thing should never exist, as there are zero uses for it. Hopefully no one will ever consider making one.
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    Popping noise and flickering lights but no fault found?

    Get someone else. Loose connections are not found by ripping wires out. They are more usually found by poking things with a stick. Loose wires do not fix themselves, the problem will get worse until something fails open, melts, goes on fire, or there is a big bang as the main fuse is taken out...
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    Open vented CH - 2 port valve actuator replaced, now boiler overheating and pump noisy.

    That probably flushed a load of ancient crud from the tank into the pipework.
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    Water in bathroom pull switch.

    Your daughter needs to contact her insurance company and they will arrange whatever repairs are required to this other persons property.
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    CBB65 start capacitor?

    Normally arranged like this, connect one wire to A and the other to B.
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    Branched ring socket layout

    The arrangement suggested could be used, if the primary aim was to waste as much cable as possible and maximise inconvenience by having a circuit that supplies multiple rooms.
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    Integrated Kenwood dishwasher KID60x16

    When dishwashers leak they need to be replaced. When any component in a dishwasher needs to be replaced, any attempt at replacement will cause a leak, and then it's replacement time.
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    Blocked smart meter install: Bunched tails in floating Henley blocks – how to get it sorted?

    Correct. The connector blocks all need to go. Those MIMS cables at the end will need some form of connection, but taped up mess certainly isn't it.
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    Blocked smart meter install: Bunched tails in floating Henley blocks – how to get it sorted?

    The DNO fuses are in the green metal casement as seen towards the bottom of the second photo. The other fuses are partially visible in the first photo, the black ones behind the hanging cables and the grey connector block.
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    Best valves for controlling mains cold vs low pressure hot?

    There isn't, and even if there were it won't solve anything. The problem is the high pressure cold will be dramatically higher than the feeble hot water. Reducing the flow by partly closing a valve won't change that. Yes, it's terrible and will cause problems 100% guaranteed. This is why UK...
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