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  1. Alec_t

    HW Cylinder - lose heat through convection

    Does the flow pipe from the boiler enter the top or the bottom of the heat-exchanger coil in the tank?
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    HW Cylinder - lose heat through convection

    Fixitflav beat me to it. I don't see how convection as described would occur in the usual layout.
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    Looking for a way to confirm leak...or not.

    Any condensation on the cold pipe might show up on a kitchen roll test?
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    Water pressure issues - any advice please?

    I've recently been experiencing occasional 'low pressure' warnings and heater cut off with my shower. Only in the last couple of months. I do wonder if the water companies have been instructed by the authorities to reduce pressure generally, to save water, given that the UK's water supplies are...
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    New invention

    If your invention is a product, then bear in mind that as soon as you put it on the market there will be a Chinese copy of it on sale at half the price a week later !
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    Which wood tio make an external door out of?

    Ensure the support-framing of the T&G has diagonal bracing to prevent door sag.
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    Fuel pump not running after I shorted out nc contacts in fuel pump relay

    Contacts 85/86 would normally be the relay coil terminals. Shorting those ought to blow the fuel pump fuse. I'm surprised you still get ~12V at the pump.
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    Fuel pump not running after I shorted out nc contacts in fuel pump relay

    If the fuel pump normally operates intermittently and you were running it continuously for a prolonged period its coil may have burnt out? An Ohmmeter test of the disconnected pump coil should indicate its state.
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    Artificial intelligence

    ChatGPT (probably other AI tools) has a problem in that it cannot reliably tell fact from fiction. It admits it if you ask it. So its responses aren't guaranteed to be accurate.
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    Links to screwfix

    If you copy and paste the link you can see that it gets redacted. So looks like its's down to DIYnot to fix.
  11. Alec_t

    Dealing with screw 'nib'

    Small grinding wheel on a Dremel? Centre punch if thread is small diameter?
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    Driver door wont lock .. interuor lights dont work .. driver window swtich dont work .

    ..... and if you do manage to reconnect the wire, make sure it and any joints are well insulated from nearby metal.
  13. Alec_t

    Remove old kitchen tap...help!

    +1 regarding the screwdriver slot. The rod in post #5 seems to show one.
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    Driver door wont lock .. interuor lights dont work .. driver window swtich dont work .

    If the thin wire was part of an individual circuit then yes, that could be the culprit. If it was just one strand of a multi-strand heavy-current cable then no.
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    Driver door wont lock .. interuor lights dont work .. driver window swtich dont work .

    Are you absolutely sure you connected the battery with the correct polarity?
  16. Alec_t

    Weeding tool

    ...... or a tack-lifter.
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    Need help with replacing Flush system on 20 years old toilet

    If you can't buy a replacement diaphragm, a complete new syphon is pretty cheap. Or you could cut a new diaphragm from polythene sheet.
  18. Alec_t

    Very puzzling toilet seat

    Next to each metal hinge there seems to be a plastic clip. Is that removable? Might reveal/enable some release mechanism.
  19. Alec_t

    Tripod & Bipod

    Plain rubber sheet should be sufficient. That grid pattern looks to be superfluous decoration.
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    Oops garage doorway damaged.

    Looks as though 7 courses of bricks have been dislodged. Hopefully the post #2 method can rotate those back into position.
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