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Should new LED light fittings have built in components to combat glowing when switched off due to induced volts or capacitive coupling.

Why when I do a google image search to try and help someone and then post a link to the page I find I can see it when I have checked after I have posted but it disappears later. Is it google or the forum.

My steam iron suddenly tripped the RCD in the consumer unit. Testing the element between the live and earth terminals I expected to get open circuit but actually read 17.5 Mohms not a short circuit. Before I throw it away just wanted to check if that was likely to be trippimg the rcd or there...

Does anyone have experience of these carburettors...

Not getting a spark on petrol lawn mower, read on line that if you measure between electrode tip and plug body a resitance reading of 5 - 20 Meg ohms is ok. I have 2 which both read open circuit which I would have thought was better than any resistance at all. There is continuity between the cap...

Does anyone know if the Aqualisa Aquatique Thermostatic Exposed Shower Valve cartridge is serviceable. It is not leaking nor is the flow changing just that the water temp. is fluctuating ( getting colder ) after being on for more thhaan a few minutes. Replacement is rather expensive and...

As per the title. Is any one else having trouble with slow running on Safari and a "pages not loading" message on Firefox

An elderly neighbour has developed dementia and although he remembers to lock the entry door he forgets to take the key out which means the carers cannot gain access using the key kept in a keysafe outside. Is it possible to get a lock that will lock and unlock from the outside with the key...

I need to replace the cable on our electric lawn mower as it has gone hard and is cracking. I've noticed this on a few garden appliances over the years but our hedge trimmer has a nice supple orange that I much prefer for easy stowage. They all seem to be advertised on the internet as 3182Y...

I have an old windows xp pc that is going to the recyclers. My local computer expert tells me that no meaningful data can be recovered from the hard drive as it has recently been formatted. Is he correct and it's safe to leave the old hard drive in or should I remove it. The PC itself does not...

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I want to run a device from a usb battery box but it will not run on more than 5vdc will this circuit drop the volts. I already have a few of these transistors that I could utilise. Read on the internet that it could be done this way but there were no details supplied so if anyone who is...

I have the above which needs replacing. There seem to be a few OEM ones that pair with the existing BD 951 relay box. Has anyone any experience of different manufacturers and whether they are as temp. sensitive as the Honeywell one. They are much cheaper but I don't want to waste money on one...

I have an Ideal Logic 35 that has to be topped up every day as the pressure is dropping & it eventually comes up F1 error code. I have also noticed that the diverter valve head keeps clicking on and off when the heating gets up to temp. and the boiler shuts down. Could this be the cause of the...

Can you transfer jpeg files loaded on to a usb that were loaded using Microsoft op system onto a MacBook Pro or does the stick need to formatted for apple OS.

I have an old MacBook Pro laptop with Safari version 13.1.2 with which I am having problems on more and more websites functioning correctly, whereas they are OK with Firefox. Firefox will automatically transfer all my Favourites from Safari but not log in details. Does anyone know a way round...

I have been reading articles about carbon capture for cars & heating systems. It appears to be available for industrial boilers but I can't find anything for domestic ones. Any one know if this is not feasible or already available for combi boilers.

We have a Grundig Freesat box which is behaving strangely. If I do a first time installation it scans & shows 100% signal strength, then searches for all the channels available & lists them as normal. But once it has finished scanning the major channels 1 to 5 etc.are fine but some channels...

Cananyone help with this post https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/forum-playing-up-one-other.600902/

For medical reasons we need to keep the heating on for 18 hours a day. With the room stat. set to 17.5 degrees C it takes the boiler approx. 45 to 60 mins to heat the house up to temp.depending on the ambient temp.. Once up to temp. the boiler cycles on/off throughout the day to maintain house...