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This is the wiring to a 3 phase motor run through a converter connected to a normal 240 supply Is it OK that there is no neutral connected ? If I am replacing the wire to this, what are the modern colours to use.

Just found a display on our car that shows the tyre pressure and temperature of all 4 wheels. How do these systems work? is there remote sensors in each rim ? I always thought they just relied upon the ABS to determine if a tyre was getting a bit flat, but this seems a bit OTT - is it stupid...

If I blocked the gap that allows a little white light to escape, and covered the missing bit for the reverse light with a clear plastic sheet Would it Pass ? @Mottie https://i.postimg.cc/hG57M4H6/x-RTL-5601.jpg

It would appear that the best exam grades ever was the year that schools and teachers didn't function due to Covid, now they are all back to normal, grades have started to fall to prependamic levels - Is there a lesson to be learnt here? schools and teachers are a major burden on the tax payer...

The pipe has rotted in the fuel tank and the heavy pickup thing cannot be attached - so I need to fit a new pipe. However, as per the image, I can nae get the pipe out, it must be glued in or something. How are these pipes replaced ? calling @Burnerman

I have a single phase induction motor, that wont run in one direction, it blows the fuse everytime, it works fine in the other direction would switching the wires to the capacitor over help, the switch is back to front (it runs backwards when in forward, then when in Reverse it tries to...

washing machine packed in (or at least making a lot of crackly noises) would guess it needs a set of new brushes - these look a bit worn Can't find the exact code number on any spares sites Bosch Washing Machine WAB28061GB11 Loads of stuff looks very much the same, is it worth just taking a...

I suppose it is a little bit ball shaped, a turned peice of wood, 2 inches across. I want to drill a hole 'precisely' (+/- 0.1mm) exactly through the centre. I would like to start from both sides and meet in the middle (to avoid break out) Any clever ideas ?

Rather a fancy bird box that i'm turning, it is going to need a drip groove cutting into the underside - but how deep and how wide should it be to work ?

we have a whole load of these that are a little too fat to go into the slots. they are old and I suspect dampness has allowed them to swell a little? Will nipping them up in a vice or squishing them a bit by whacking them with a hammer restore them ? I take it they will just re-swell when...

I have some decking oil that will give he furniture I am restoring as close to the colour i am looking for - but what could I finish it off with and would it stink for years ?

who could I be thinking of ?

Comparing it to others this one is neither fully in of fully out, I have tried very lightly tapping it with a hammer and gently pulling on it with pliers - but it won't budge. How do I get it working again. ?

Just come into possession of a couple of lathes but I don't know a great deal about them, hoping someone here does. Here is the cross slide and the brass item in the centre is what the cross slide screws into. This brass boss thing is split and my guess is that it sort of works as a locking...

Thinking of getting some brushes but would like some advice first

Putting tapered edge board up, (just the tapered bit gets taped and plastered. Does it matter if there is a couple of mm gap between boards ? or is it important that they butt together. I'm thinking the plaster will fill a 2 or 3 mm gap. Also the bit that goes up at 90 degrees to another...

Been given a box of these, what are they ? 100m long, M8, cage is 22.1mm OD

I am making a simple bearing for a handle - if I put a couple of little grooves in as per my example. would this help keep grease from squeezing out of the ends ? or would it be better off without the grooves. this will be the centre pivit for a handle to turn on (close running fit) it will...

At the moment we have a hard wired programmable (4 periods a day) thermostat mounted in the hall. In a bid to save some money this winterwe are wanting to just heat the three main rooms downsatirs, and just allow a small amount of heat get into the rest od the house. To do this we need to...

Lockdown, furlough, face masks, shortage of toilet roll, vaccines just what we need https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62764402