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    What have you bought today?

    I had a nice kettle I think it was kenwood When that packed up up i bought a Tesco rapid boil The lid only opens a little way and the indicator isbarely noticeable Apart from that it does the boiling and switching off fairly well
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    Instructions, should they be required, what should they say, etc.

    The towns christmas lighting was controlled by din rail timers at various points The boss told me told me to set the timers like it was nothing :D I got up the ladder to the first one and realised I hadn’t a clue how to set it . Eventually got a manual and figured it out. Another time I had...
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    lighting adapter to 3 pin plug

    Radial or ring shouldn't matter , preferably radial MCB protects cable Area or number of outlets , there's a lot of variables with that. It's set to try and avoid overload
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    Raising clothes lines

    Ok I’ll read up on that
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    Raising clothes lines

    I’ve 3 clothes lines about 4 feet apart going wall to wall What’s the best way to raise them when not in use I’ve about 2 foot extra height on 1 wall for fixings to raise them
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    ring main socket behind sink unit

    Im not in uk but at a guess it’s inaccessible but not maintenance-free
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    Keybox that's actually secure?

    Back in the day wasn’t there advice about not leaving upstairs windows open Thieves could arrive and climb ladders and enter the house:D
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    Kitchen light suggestions

    I'm not really seeing any major issue If you choose to fit a 60w led batten it will be a helluva lot brighter than a 13 w led bulb Whether it will appear to be 6x brighter i dont know The 60w batten would be way too bright for me anyhow I’ve a combination of a 9w bulb on a pir for all the...
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    Keybox that's actually secure?

    Have you examples
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    Instructions, should they be required, what should they say, etc.

    When I worked in computing the boss said never read a manual . So I never did then or since until i realised sometimes you should A lot of timers anyway would be a nightmare without the instructions handy
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    How crap is this

    Ya ok
  12. M

    How crap is this

    Don’t know what that means
  13. M

    How crap is this

    Ah here ! Let’s not totally lose a sense of humour
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    Keybox that's actually secure?

    Problem with keyboxes is you’re telling thieves where your keys are A bit like the encrochat phones that criminals were all using with abandon They thought they were safe because of the encryption but overlooked the fact that the phones would immediately be a target for law enforcement to crack
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    Would this be a fire risk?

    Not much .As said currents are small .
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    Would this be a fire risk?

    Probably nothing to worry about based on the limited info
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    Kitchen light suggestions

    The major gain in lumens/watt seems to be from incandescent to led .As already said ,obvious enough when you upgrade bulbs. Not so much from fluorescent to led batten as fluorescent was already fairly efficient Way more light from a 2*58w fluorescent than a 120w incandescent lamp
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    Sump plug very tight.....

    You said small tools I would try it with the bar and correct socket
  19. M

    THAT T Shirt

    Will you apologize to farage:giggle:
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    THAT T Shirt

    I saw it and I don't want to go hunting farage with a pickaxe :D
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