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  1. rsgaz

    Have I been hacked?

    It's still there, under "find threads" at the top... https://www.diynot.com/diy/find-threads/unanswered
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    How freaky is this

    Daddy Pig wears normal style glasses, but they're not held up by either his ears or nose! o_O
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    Warning flashing up on car screen

    https://public.servicebox.peugeot.com/APddb/ Peugeot don't seem to give out details like fluids types, they want you to pay to have it done at a dealer, of course. :(
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    screwdriver extension and accessories?? (can't find what I need)

    He's talking about this type of bit set... They are 4mm hex shaft/shank instead of the quarter inch we're all used to. For mobile phone/laptop repair etc. Always comes with Pentalobe for Apple products, spanner bit(snake eyes), etc, the oddball types you need for those devices.
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    screwdriver extension and accessories?? (can't find what I need)

    The Dart bit holder does that...
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    Drilling joists to pass cables

    Armeg Wood Beavers are very quick through joists/studs/etc, and these particular ones being the stubby version, are handy for tight spaces... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00MISEWJM ...but you do need a cordless drill with a good old amount of torque for the larger sizes.
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    Battery adaptors.

    This is the underside of a Makita to Ryobi adapter. You can see it only has the positive and negative pins. ... But, if you look under a Makita tool, you'll see extra pins which do the current sensing/temperature monitoring/etc... What I don't know however, is whether the battery itself...
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    What kind of fuse is this?

    Does the lamp look OK?
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    Mystery pipe

    Either way, don't cut/damage it!
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    Mystery pipe

    It's pipe, not electrical conduit... https://www.toolstation.com/jg-speedfit-b-pex-barrier-pipe-3m/p67945
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    BT Master Socket loose Test Socket / Faceplate connection poor

    Just replace it! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324794801281
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    CSCS Cards

    As far as I know, they are just re-sellers, which book you onto the courses ran by the proper organisation in the first place, which is... https://www.cscsonline.uk.com/ The test is just laughable though. It proves you can read, that's about it!
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    Cable/water pipe distance and Catenary Wire

    Whatever you want! As long as the wire rope itself is protected from any chafing by only being in contact with the thimbles and clamped by the rope grips. Not directly looped round/through any of the other hooks/loops/etc. Spiral the cable around the catenary, rather than tying it on. edit...
  14. rsgaz

    How can I change the spindles on my staircase?

    You can use them to read/take the angle with a bevel gauge and use that to set the bevel angle on your mitre saw.
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    Can’t remove cylinder lock from door

    How near is the letterbox? Tools exist to open them from outside...(skip to 4:00) Stick to a key!
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    RJ 45 Plugs

    Correct. And gigabit won't 'just use the other three pairs', it'll fail to negotiate a connection at all in the first place, because it uses the green and orange pair first, to make it backwards compatible.
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    RJ 45 Plugs

    With a 100 meg connection, the browns and the blues do nothing. It's just the orange and green pair that do transmit and receive. Blue pair would normally be used for analogue phones using a Line Jack Adapter in offices/etc, so I just naturally use the brown pair as the only real spare pair...
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    RJ 45 Plugs

    To get it up and running for now at 100 meg, transpose the browns where the greens normally go, at both ends. i.e. use the following, incorrect colour scheme... 1 white-orange 2 orange 3 white-brown 4 blue 5 white-blue 6 brown 7 white-green 8 green
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    RJ 45 Plugs

    You want the type with a "loading bar" then... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254424804682 ...which holds the wires higher and lower in alternating sequence to make them fit closer together.
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    Wall fixing advice

    Yep! Yep!
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