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According to the reviews of the storage boxes on Amazon (all using aluminium as a shield), they don’t always work, hence I wondered if lead would be better? Sorry if is not the right sub for this mods, but this technical sub seemed the best place for my question.

I will be away from home for 4 or 5 weeks, and yesterday I approached a police speed trap van while doing about 41/42 in a 40 limit zone, and quickly dabbed the brakes to get it just below 40. I know they are supposed to give you an allowance but am concerned that if they write to me, I will...

I have placed an order for a new GR86 with Toyota Online, but they want me to insure the vehicle before it is registered so that they can tax it at the same time, but my insurance company NFU Mutual naturally require the registration number. Toyota Online say that many insurance companies will...

I want to see what I can get for my money, as I may need to buy a car to use for only a month or so, hence looking through the printed edition would be useful but I see that they have stopped printing it. Do they have a website displaying car makes and values like the old books, I have searched...

The bracket is about 6mm thick x 75 x 35mm, see pic, and needs to be significantly reduced in size or cut off, and I was thinking of using my 4” Wolf Grinderette and wondering which type of disc would be best, so that I wouldn’t need to apply too much pressure on the plate, so as not to damage...

I ordered some countersunk self tapping stainless screws from eBay and for the same identity number, they are thinner than Spax wood screws, hence is there a universal standard for screws or do different manufacturers use a different standard, or is there a different standard for different types...

Is there such a thing as a ladder stay to use on the corner of a building, where the sides of the ladder will be at 135 degrees to each side of the corner, see pic.

I seem to remember that they were different. There was a leak, but I am not sure which one, as the overflow pipes are next to one another. I am away from home so want to order the ball valve to be delivered as I am self isolating. I turned off the mains before leaving.

I intend to travel along the M4, M25, and M11 starting around dawn on Christmas Day, anyone know what the traffic is normally like?

Please recommend a non-contact voltage detector pen that I can use to check for live cables in UK domestic situation, ie 240 volts AC, AND possibly low voltage DC, eg 12 volt car or lower voltage battery operated items? Am I expecting too much to detect 240 V AC and 12 V DC? Will they detect...

I know that I can listen to an internet station on my iPad or computer, but what functions does a radio need to have for me to listen to an internet station. These 2 radios are described as DAB+ digital, but can I listen to internet radio on them:-...

A UK Power Networks electrician says the Proteus Heating Contactor, that Eon fitted between the meter and the consumer unit is faulty. Eon do not appear to have a phone number dedicated to electrical faults, and it appears that you have to go through their general enquiries phone number, ie for...

I have a 3 phase supply at my property, one for the normal electricity, another for the night storage heaters and the third is not in use. Yesterday I came home to find no heating AND the Elster A1140 meter digital-display is blank, ie not working. Is it possible that the meter is faulty and...

I have been self isolating for a year and only used the car for about 6 very short journeys. I have also run the engine at about 1500 rpm for 12/15 mins every 2 weeks. A week ago, I think it just about started when I went for my 2nd vaccine. I want to leave at 6 am one morning to go on...

Derrick the boss of Mathewsons, said on Bangers and Cash that everyone should at some stage in life own a Bentley. You can buy a 1990s Bentley for around £10,000 from Mathewsons. I could probably afford to own one for a year, consequently I wonder what they are like to own and drive, although...

The water in the toilet rises up when I flush it and on standing the water has a slight brown tinge to it, consequently I assume that a stool is stuck over the top of the U bend. I don’t want to plunge it out as it may get stuck somewhere else. Wikihow.com says use an Enzyme to dissolve a...

I am trying to live without watching live TV, have stopped paying the licence fee, have informed TV Licensing, and I have disconnected the TVs AND the aerial from the aerial cabling, hence there will be no signal at the household aerial cable outlets. However, I have a 30 yo 14” Sony Trinitron...

The gaiters on the rear shockers of my 1998 Corolla have perished and are almost nonexistent, and a piece of the rubber gaiter is sticking out of the shocker body where the piston goes in, I have removed what I can but the bit left is not long enough to grip. The car bounces 1.5 times when the...

25 years ago, I used International Paint's "Concrete Floor Sealer" and Bright Red "Garage Floor Paint" on my garage floor, and it's still going strong, has not pealed or faded. However, there are some chips in the paint, a few small areas of abrasion and damage from spilt spray-gun cleaner...

l bought a cheap B&Q tipped saw for my father and it cut wood like butter, so I would like to buy myself one for cutting branches of a tree, so just wondered how many teeth per inch should I look for?