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With good reason : That's just a small selection. The common theme is that once a cell goes into thermal runaway, there's little you can do but withdraw to a safe distance. There's often little time between the first warning signs, and the first cell conflagrating - and in quick order, all...

There are a lot of alternative suppliers - in our town we have a choice of Openretch (and ISPs using them) or Fibrus. But if OR, they have nothing to do with anything past the fibre-copper NTU. Depending on the ISP, you either use the ISP supplied router, or you use your own. Using the ISP...

That sums it up for me, and these days the fad du jure is to add the "AI" label. In much the same way, while most "smart" things are anything but, I see many "AI" things reported which are anything but - mostly just machine learning. My option for controls is (for the time being) to just put a...

Says the person posting a stat showing hybrids (a form of EV) as twice as likely to be in a fire as petrol by sales. Of course, that infographic is a good example of misleading numbers. By using "per 100k sales", it conveniently ignores the fact that while EV sales have been climbing, the actual...

Pedanticly correct - but the effect is the same, it's an extra insulating layer over the basic core insulation. Once it's removed to allow termination, the cores only have a single layer of insulation.

You can get additives in "gun" or "aerosol" forms. In both cases, you remove the bleed screw or plug, attach the adapter, then inject the additive it - either using a gun as though squeezing put sealant, or using internal pressure in in an "aerosol" style can.

That's more than a bit on the short side. I find it hard the believe that nut 2 or nut 3 won't turn independently. You should be able to undo nut 3 - but might need 3 spanners (and hands) to turn nut 3 while holding "nut 1" (which is the body of the flexy end fitting) and the body of the valve...

Agreed, language changes over time. But that's no excuse for not caring. What irks me more than the sort of thing we're discussing here - is when people make no attempt to follow the extant rules of grammer, and doubly so those with a "it doesn't matter, people know what is meant." The problem...

FWIW I would generally use less for voltage and current, but for volts & amps I'd tend to use fewer and less somewhat interchangeably. I'm as guilty as anyone of making such grammatical errors. But could I suggest it's counterproductive to have threads hijacked into lengthy discussions on...

Well I thought I knew a bit about the risks with Li batteries ... till I went to a talk/presentation last week. Given by someone from the science arm of HSE, he showed some of the research they've been doing. * High failure rates * Failures occur quickly giving little warning - there's a...

In this case we know it's fairly common, so perfectly reasonable to anticipate that such changes are likely. Sadly, we know it's all to common for corner cutting clueless ****wit idiots to do just that. It's one thing if they just don't connect the CPC - then it's possible (if you can find all...

Me too, I 'kin hate the solid floors in our house (and the large slabs of weetabix too). Not least because the kitchen floor is solid and unheated so is always cold. If anyone tells you a concrete slab won't be cold because it's insulated - they are either lying or ignorant. Think about it...

Back then, the building trade was a wild west when it came to electrical work - with anyone who thought they knew one end of a screwdriver from the other doing the electrical work. Kitchen fitters had the worst reputation for that. The result was the changes to building regs in 2005 making most...

Hard to pick a favourite - but Maggie would probably be mine. I'll have the steak. How would you like it ? Raw And the vegetables ? They'll have the same !

Oi, what are you doing with MY wife ? That sounds just like her :rolleyes:

Well you can do it with a workmate - but it's 'kin 'ard work. Doing the sides is passable, but the door wobbles a lot unless you clamp it so tight it risks marking the door. Doing the top & bottom means clamping the side of the door, with the workmate cockled over and working high up in the air.

Yes it can be a DIY job, and you don't need a lot of tools - of course, there's an element of it depending on your skills and tools to hand. I only do the rebates (hinges & latch) with a chisel. And I only use a hand plane - plus a circular saw and guide rail to take the bulk off first. The last...

My first broadband was 512k, which we thought was brilliant - especially being always on and leaving the phone usable. Those were they days ! My first (borrowed) modem was 1200/75.

As a stopgap measure, in some rooms I have Salus RT510RF stats which I've paired with two receivers - one receiver in the room controlling a thermo-hydraulic actuator on the radiator, the other in the cylinder cupboard to switch the pump*. Eventually the plan is to hardwire everything as I...

Let me translate that ... So a drop-in replacement, you just might need to upgrade one or two items - such as rads and pipework, otherwise known as "the entire system" !