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    Turbo button

    yes thats correct if i remember rightly mine ran at 8mhz or 66mhz. There was a cable that connected from the turbo button onto the motherboard. Was used for legacy apps (mainly dos applications) Though i dont know what the turbo button would be doing on a keyboard...
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    Ceiling Joists and upstairs fishtank...

    You should be alright, as long as its beside a main wall , and the load spread over a number of joists. (though depends on the direction your joists are going , you will either get 2 supporting the tank or 5 i think) Remember you have 1/2tonne of water alone in the tank on that small area...
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    ro filter connected up to american fridge?

    Thanks for hte quick replies. For the ro unit and replacing the filters, yes im aware, but i have to replace these anyway every year. I would rather replace the ro filters than having to replace the ro filters and the fridge filter (from a quick google they are expensive some up to £40...
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    ro filter connected up to american fridge?

    I have ro 5 stage water filter (bought originally for the marine fish tank, but has a t piece going to the sink tap) , in the near future i shall be getting an american fridge with ice making facility/water etc.. Obviously the fridge has to be plumbed up to the mains. Can it be plumbed up...
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    Fish Tank Stand and Hood

    what size is the tank ? Roughly the weight of the tank will be the amount of litres + say 10% and then rounded up to be on the safe side.
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    Metal chinmey lid has blown off.

    My Metal chinmey lid has blown off with the strong winds, and im assuming its best to get it replaced asap to stop water getting into the boiler and causing it to rust. (its an oil heating system) The lid was attached by 3 metal clips that look like they are rivited togethor. Can you buy a...
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    Last radiator is cold

    My sister has purchased a house. When she puts the heating on, all the rooms in the house are warm except her sons bedroom. The radiator in his room has to be bled every 2 weeks. Im also assuming her sons bedroom is the last radiator in the house when the pump is on. Upstairs is her...
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    no light coming on after bit of a flood..

    yes sorry should have said that already, All wiring (kitchen/hall way/upstairs hall way /living room) has been checked out. all is fine. When the light switch is on, its only the kitchen one where i get a shock (ie not from the light switch when i switch on to the porch area) All...
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    no light coming on after bit of a flood..

    Earlier in the year (may), i hit a radiator pipe on the upstairs alot of water flowed into the walls and also downstairs (via electric light switches) I cleared up as much water as i could and let it all dry out (light switches where taken out from the wall). A lot of the water flowed towards...
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    LED spotlights

    i have had both the gu10 led lamps and the energy efficient gu10 lamps. The kelvins are fairly high (ie very blue white light). Almost past daylight lamps. For the kitchen as in main light (even if there are a few) theres not much light coming out of 'em (the ones i had had 17 or 18 leds)...
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    Metal halide on a timer

    yes you will need a contactor If it was 150w metal halides you wouldnt need one and could get a way with a timer. the load from a 250w when switched on will cause the timer to arc (? i think thats the correct terminology) This is something i have read alot on (use 2 * 150w for fish...
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    Fish Waste on Lawn?

    no its all good ! all natural fertiliser It doesnt smell at all, i use to do it (till i upgraded to a marine tank) Outside is fine, but defn. wouldnt do it inside the house for household plants!
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    Equation to work out how much stones?

    havent been on here on a while, never realised people had replied! Well i got 2 tonnes of the stones, that roughly did 32m2 or 16m2 per tonne. hope that helps in future for anyone! again thanks for the replies. nick
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    lawn aerator and scarifer help.... please

    Yes! , i use kill the moss first, when it turns black, use the lawnraker. the first time i did it on the front garden (100m2) i got at least 20 black bin bags of the stuff. The 2nd year i did it i got about 6 bags of moss. You could possibly get more, but i went up and down /left to right...
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    Equation to work out how much stones?

    just around the garden where i have bark (borders) , will be putting down an underlay. Also in some areas where i have decking, the drop from the decking to the bark is 6", would like the stones built up to that height. I have pink stones at the side of the garden, i shall possibly be...
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    Equation to work out how much stones?

    Im looking to get some stones put out in the garden. Looking at gettting at least a tonne bag (i think that should be enough) But worried that it mightened the stones are 40mm in size, is there an site/equation i can go to work it out to see if thats enough?
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    lawn aerator and scarifer help.... please

    i have a small garden (100m2 and front garden about the same), i have the Qualcast Lawnraker 32 (which is on that site you sent) its ok does the job,if any gripe about it, the grass/moss collection basket yoke is a bit flimsy and could be better designed. Still i use it after every time i...
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    Oak Decking?

    i think oak would be bad for decking (though over people will be able to confirm or say im talking cr*p!) Oak soaks up a lot of water and can swell easily
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    New Modem Slow

    the new modem you have is a software modem, What sort of modem was in your old machine? As for connection speed, when you dial out , it trys and connects to the fastest speed possible. Your machine and the destination modem negoiate it, until they agree a speed/ listen correctly to each...
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