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  1. JohnD

    Old films of British life...

    And did you have the chance to buy a half-price council house?
  2. JohnD

    WFP opt-out

    Anyone who doesn't need it can opt out. Unless they are greedy money-grubbing prosperous types.
  3. JohnD

    WFP opt-out

    More nonsense. It was a Brit who had emigrated.
  4. JohnD

    Isolator on extractor fan

    With luck your hearing will go as you age, and you won't notice it.
  5. JohnD

    Finally, a grown-up government.

    She might be looking up at us now.
  6. JohnD

    Please identify the screwdriver type for this screw?

    If it does not have the faint subsidiary cross that identifies a Pozi so I would first try a Phillips for fit. When you have the absolutely correct tip in a screw, it "feels" correct with no slop. Do not use any turning force until you have the right one, or you will damage it. If you...
  7. JohnD

    No travel to the USA for ….

    Tranny?
  8. JohnD

    What sort of damp is this?

    You tape it tightly to the wall. No gap.
  9. JohnD

    WFP opt-out

    When two people share a house, they each get a share of the WFA. When one person lives in a house, they get it all* If they have an income above 35k, they have to pay it back, by a change in the income tax coding. It may be simpler, in that case, to opt out. *I used to look after the...
  10. JohnD

    Isolator on extractor fan

    You can get very good quiet ones now, with ball-bearing motors on rubber mounts, and redesigned fan blades. Also online fans by the same naker, but more powerful and very suitable for a steamy bathroom. You are allowed to have switches inside a bathroom, provided they are away from any fixed...
  11. JohnD

    size of battery needed for my solar panel

    No, it was charged up, and waits in a box until/unless the 12v battery in the car goes flat. A hybrid is a car with a petrol engine and an electric motor with a 400 volt* battery, It has a 12v battery which operates the central locking and turns on the computer and the 400v bsttery. The 12v...
  12. JohnD

    Isolator on extractor fan

    You can replace a piece of string. There is usually a joiner. When you post some photos we will know more.
  13. JohnD

    Old films of British life...

    Rose-tinted glasses. TB, ringworm, polio, war damage, cold wet houses, back-street abortionists, organised crime paying off the Sweeney.
  14. JohnD

    What sort of damp is this?

  15. JohnD

    What sort of damp is this?

    No, the relevant difference is that they are not cold external walls. On the other side is an enclosed space which is most likely heated. Cold external walls are prone to condensation. Warm internal walls are not.
  16. JohnD

    Well done wind

    The retail price of electricity varies, over time, with the wholesale cost. You buy electricity from a big lake, into which the various generators pour whatever they can sell. The suppliers pump it out, and sell it to you by the bucketful. It is all mixed together and you can't buy a bucket...
  17. JohnD

    WFP opt-out

    If you want to opt-out ov receiving the Winter Fuel Payment for the future, there does not seem to be a online form. But you can send a letter with the details, and to the address, shown below. https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/report-change-circumstances
  18. JohnD

    Well done wind

    Wind at 29% just now And solar is 12% Not much, but every little helps on a chilly winter morning. More than Battersea Power Station used to produce. But with no smoke. Might be more by lunchtime
  19. JohnD

    Curcuit tripping after connecting to plug socket

    You've probably connected it wrong,
  20. JohnD

    size of battery needed for my solar panel

    14AH, I think. Backup battery to turn my hybrid on if the 12v battery runs down. It is supposed to stay charged for 12 months.
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