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    Mini/Micro cordless tools.

    battery will be a lot more expensive and you are buying into a battery system Screwfix/B&Q own make, lots o fcheaper makes, BUT i have no experiance of the cheap makes, I'm pretty much all dewalt for my DIY - as i wanted to last for some time, sometimes the shops Aldi/Lidl do them - I would...
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    Mini/Micro cordless tools.

    do you mean a multitool - or dremel ? Decent , that will depend a lot on budget and whats its going to be used for cordless, Cabled
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    Track saw improvisation

    yes, i use that as well, I have an off cut bit furniture board , i have use a few times before i got the trend guide cheap
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    Chatting with AIs

    very often tells me its guessing , today working on my weather dashboard coding, kept saying oh i will recheck properly this time , oh i will check the code properly and not guess !!!! - loads of times got things wrong and kept saying i guessed oris it calls it also AI Hallucinations...
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    Track saw improvisation

    i purchased one years ago from toolstation a silver line one i think it was , uselss clamps did not fix properly and fell off - i still use but clamp it down, with irwin or Lidl quick release clamps I also purchased a trend version when on offer at FFX and 3m so i can cut 8x4 sheets and used...
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    Chatting with AIs

    so i have been working all afternoon on spme code with claude -
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    Chatting with AIs

    here is the article i wrote https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/ai-tools-and-how-wrong-they-can-be-general-observations-anecdotal.655244/ somewhere i have the full word document Now i have been using deepseek as well and thats useless too
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    Chatting with AIs

    yes, so have i and so wrong so often , language is OK, and i have paid for the PRO version, i have done the same and had the same inconsistancy - i did write a paper (actually got ai to write) just how badly wrong it is - i'm putting together a whole weathersation database and dashboard with a...
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    Fujifilm Cameras

    you will be amazed how quiclly you use up space on photography large files and edits and manipulation if you go down that route - My Nicon 35mm scanner used to produce large files and then in photoshop with many layers soo got large and versiion control i have been looking at that sort of...
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    Fujifilm Cameras

    what drives you getting for it , many years ago black strip i think used to be the ones - no idea what it is now
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    DeWalt DCS356 multi tool trigger lock

    my lock broke , so i cannot test on my dewalt - sorry i cant help - but it has cut through materisl very easy and i tend to use various saxton tools blade now - i have cut a lot with the heavy duty blades - trying to think what i did recently in the utlity mke over where i did cut a lot of...
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    Fujifilm Cameras

    sorry to hear you are not well, wow - missing all that beautiful winter & spring opportunities , get your bum out if you can now
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    Ceiling light wiring help

    maybe and then the red and black may have been joined , but that wont make much difference - and my other questions - show a photo of the old celing rose - EFLImpudence - showed the diagram and as i asked what are you measuring with - turn up sensitivity - do you have a multimeter
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    Ceiling light wiring help

    what do you mean by what are you using do you have a multimeter likely you have live and neutral IN on 1 of those T&E then the other Is live back to switch and then switched live return - so 1 the reds would go together and then when you measure between the 2 blacks - it will be 0v and then...
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    Ceiling rose removal to "normal" connection?

    maybe , not sure about that depends on how the lights are wired https://flameport.com/electric/lighting_circuits/lighting_switchwires_twoway.cs4 https://flameport.com/electric/lighting_circuits/lighting_switchwires_twoway_2.cs4
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    Ceiling rose removal to "normal" connection?

    you may not find all the ceiling rose look like that - as often you have the switched cable - a twin cable - would goto the middle set of three and then to the switch and then backup from the switch - so often you have a black which is live or switched live - BUT it looks like you have 2 T&E so...
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    Bot check

    ignore wrong forum
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    Electric company wont connect me

    you are leasing the property , why not talk to the leasholder / estate agent and say somethign along the lines - until electricity is back in place i'm not interested , they would have to get the power backin before they could lease to anyone else OR is this such a bargin and location that you...
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    whats the cost to fix all the issues on your current car, 2nd hand prices are staying high , my daughter is currently looking , maybe better the devil you know , than buying some unknown car and bills We have a 62plate citreon and parts are already a big issue to get , even from what breakers...
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    Boiler fused spur and power cut

    why not change the spur to a 13a socket and put a 13A plug (with a 3A fuse) on the lead to the boiler , thats how mine was installed 2 years ago ... i dont see why not - someone else may show any regs, but i had a bolier fitted in 2010 with a plug and again in a different house in 2023 then you...
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