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    Gas regulator for barbeque

    Swap the regulator over. Blue works fine unless the temperature is down around 5-10 C or so ... summer caravanners exist happily with Butane except in an unexpected cold snap. Almost all BBQs are happy to run on either Butane or Propane gas. I refuse to pay the extortionate amount for 'BBQ'...
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    What light bulb do I need?

    Show us more of the luminaire (light fitting) and lamp holder inc cable entry etc.,.... Link to maker and model number of it could help (or the retailer if maker unknown). E27 edison screw (ES) lamp is 27mm diameter. Small ES (SES) E14 is 14mm diameter so a measure might help. Or even...
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    Telephone with Router Issue

    Have you tried powering off both Dect base and $ky Router... connecting up ... powering Dect base first then the Router? ... and waiting for a bit (minutes) for everything to get up and running? Apparently there's a Voice light that should be solid green, is it/was it? Dodgy BT phone...
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    RTS turn off

    June 27th is R4 LW (low frequency) audio end date https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work-warning/news/radio4lw Reports elsewhere of retuning/closure announcements being made from LBH on the network of tranmitters: 3x 198 kHz LF transmitters Droitwich, Burghead and Westerglen that also transmit...
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    Air con unit question

    Different type of indoor unit... Ceiling mounted.... like you see in shops and offices. Floor /low wall- mounted types exist, too. Or get in loft exchange unit(s) and lots of room outlets connected by pipes... There may even be 'on ceiling' units that draw in from the back and blow out from...
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    Attaching multilayer 16mm pipe to copper 14mm(?) in France

    https://forum.completefrance.com/topic/9843-copper-pipe-sizes/ suggests in France copper pipe is specified as external diameter / internal diameter with 16/14 mm being one common size... Ask Dick Strawbridge or another ex-Pat (via such forums) who will have come across the same issue? I have...
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    New TV Aerial

    It's not. WF100 is copper core, copper braid and copper foil screen. LCC100 https://goldwingcable.com/cables/lccf100-cai-approved-coaxial/ is copper core, tinned copper braid and aluminium-ised plastic foil screen. Thankfully not too bad (CAI approved***) especially as you have installed it...
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    Freeview aerial comparison

    Unless you are in the game, with direct negotiations with these types (and I retired so got out of that 20 years ago) you are just speculating. If in the game you'd not be able to say and keep your job!
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    Freeview aerial comparison

    Not confirmed anywhere e.g. by BBC or the Government, just speculation based on known Contract dates ($ky/SES) and estimated Lifetime of the birds (which has always been conservative). No I wouldn't.
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    UPVC black runs

    Dirt. UPVC cleaner, or soap and water.
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    Cleva Lawnmaster collection box flap conundrum !!!

    Small child sat to hold that flap closed would be one solution? A screw or two to hold it in place would be a pita for emptying but... Perhaps a bungy around the black handle and a screw or two in the orange lid would work to close it more?
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    Freeview aerial comparison

    Until the boat rocks (or is a very expensive sat-following motorised job). Or especially if there are trees between the boat and satellite, or even canal-side and it if placed on the land by the mooring. Tricky enough finding a pitch with a clear view on a caravan site sometimes. You have...
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    Pneumatic flush concealed WC

    +1 to try shortening pipe slightly. Or even A new length of pipe if too short. They may well come in different diameters, I suspect, for different brands. A very small ty-rap might help. An aquarium shop may have something to suit as similar small pipes are used for oxygenation.
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    Flymo

    Ferrules but probably not essential in the repair. Soldering flex wires in screw terminals is deprecated. Don't!
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    Consumer unit for EV

    Speak to your proposed Sparks... Many will supply and fit EVSEs, with the make of your choice; and be more flexible in positioning rather than what is quick an easy to do. It can be slightly complicated if Solar Panels and / or Battery storage is present or wanted in the future... Then a...
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    Freeview aerial comparison

    Location Location Location Already asked for by me in your cable thread ... Signal prediction tools allow estimates of signal levels. Then gain/loss calculations can be done. From that we can see if a 6-8 dBd gain log periodic will suffice outside (or with roof materials losses as you seemed...
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    TV coax cable

    Complete crap. If you have all copper WF100 use it!!!
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    TV coax cable

    5G check out the free filter supply of them for likelihood of mobile pole/tower locally: https://restoretv.uk/ NEW aerials may / should already be filtered group K... Too much signal can cause overload and pixellation in the same way as too little. Very nearby postcode of a shop, pub...
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    TV coax cable

    CT 100 was dreadful stuff... Air spaced. No longer made. Other brands use the CT100 name for some really dreadful coax. Avoid! Webro WF100, Philex (spit) PF100, Triax TX100 are known brands. All copper core, braid and foil are the key with foam core dielectric.
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    TV coax cable

    https://www.aerialsandtv.com/knowledge/cable-connectors-and-leads/the-three-main-types-of-coax-cable You have low loss coax with pretty poor braided screening. ProPower seem to be a CPC/Farnell own label brand? Their website is not playing ball so I can't tell if all copper or nastier stuff...
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