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Does anyone know of a cheap supplier for this, in approximately 3m lengths who can deliver nationally? I plan to buy a fair bit so not bothered about shipping costs. Please don't just say something like 'look for someone local' because I already did! I've made some rough calculations about...

I have a shed base (6ft x 8ft), and having taken away the shed I'd like to now build a small block building in the same place. The slab is about 80-90cm type 1 compacted, then about the same concrete on top with mesh in the middle that goes to the edges. I'm wondering if I can get away with...

So do you have a thermostatic mixer valve on the shower? If it's working fine, then that's good to know, the only solar thermal system I looked at the owner said they'd been told they needed a water softener, and un-vented tank to give decent water pressure on the hot. If it can work fine...

For Solar thermal you get 70% vs 25% efficiency with PV, which means three-times the panels for the equivalent PV power, so sounds great if you're short of roof space, but OTOH you must pay for un-vented tank with possibly multiple coils which is expensive and then to stop it scaling up and...

Not sure I follow you. There's a 5-yr warranty on most of their stuff and then are you saying it can never be repaired after? I think I'd want to see some evidence of that. Note: I haven't bought any of their kit, or any solar kit for that matter, I'm just interested in the subject.

It is a big topic but it may be worth just sticking to one brand. For instance Victron have a pretty active forum: https://community.victronenergy.com/index.html And they supply most (probably all) the parts you need with the necessary protocols to connect them all. If they don't support a...

They should just create one shouldn't they? Lots of youtube channels that you want to check out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoj6RxIAQq8kmJme-5dnN0Q https://www.youtube.com/c/OffGridGarageAustralia Not so many for UK but try this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQU0PxupHGzl_67c8cQ__uA

We have a Bosch dishwasher that we've been using for years without issue, but after about 5 years of use we started getting rust-like spots on our cutlery. This seems to be caused by the rubber film over the basket breaking (I don't really understand how), and then the metal of the basket...

Always good to have access to a workshop. I had that in my old job. They wouldn't let me near the lathe but I could use the pillar drill, band saw and sheet metal bender which was enough for many small projects. They also had loads of off-cuts and scrap which was probably as valuable as the...

Indeed I have, but I've ordered the Makita adapter now anyway. I guess I have to pay for this special adamantium adapter if I want to use their attachments.

I said 'normal drill chuck' I didn't say 'normal drill'. You underestimated me, it's OK I get that a lot ;).

That's a problem. I was unable to find that out.

By normal drill chuck I meant three-jaw, square isn't going to work in that. Wait.. did you mean hex -> square and then I find a square earth auger?

I've seen this adapter from Makita (327687-6 Adaptor D). It adapts a normal drill chuck to their earth Auger. It's a bit on the expensive side for a piece of metal with a hole in it at about £40. Amazon have loads of similar items for SDS, SDS plus and SDS max, but there's no hex-> earth...

bulbs.... that's another story altogether. Best would be to replace every single bayonet with de-rated bulkhead. e.g. like this: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/replacing-a-bathroom-light.500507/ But what do you do when your other half likes her lamp shades? And it totally changes the...

The other day I dusted off my power meter (an old Maplin one not sure how accurate it is) and started taking measurements. Makita twin 18v battery charger: 1W Electric toothbrush charger (with the toothbrush fully charged) 2W Most 5v USB phone chargers: 2W Budget Tesco microwave oven (with...

So I found a few things out since my first post, after many hours of research. 1 - Wrong forum. Meaning no disrespect to anyone here, but I think I'd have more luck on eevblog as there are people with similar kinds of questions there. Anyhow, since I started here, I'll post here what I found...

I call that needing batteries. Also they tend to be those irritating 12v things presumably because it makes the transmitter circuit a fraction cheaper. I asked for a latching solution and I'm pretty sure the devices you were suggesting are not. They may be but it wasn't clear. The ones I...

I have 3 similar devices already in a drawer in the garage! Although I think all the remote batteries have run down now. I was wanting something wired (and latching) for this. Since this is a DIY/hobby forum (or at least I consider it to be) I was hoping for help in putting something together...

Yes, it's what I've been thinking about for a while: The best way to bring low-voltage signals into a Wiska or other box with 20mm knock-outs. You can get an M20 rj45 panel mount, but I don't have to have LAN cable all the way into the box. For a latching relay I only need three (maybe...