How it Works

Welcome To How It Works.

Here you can find out about how almost anything works! Ask anything, from how solar panels work to how the heart works and we'll our best to explain.

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doddieboy

graffiti

some low life yob has left his mark with red spray paint on my pebble dashed garage wall , what is the best method to remove it , any sugestions . thanks

chadrob40

Safe Cracking

We have all seen a movie in whch a thief, or spy cracks a safe simply by turning the dial and listening with their ear or a stethoscope. Is this possible, or simply done in the movies?

Bannie

British Gas PT5 Thermostat

Having replaced the batteries the PT5 refuses to 'talk' to the boiler so I have hot water but no central heating and now the display is intermittent. Is there anything I can do before calling out...

chrissa1

Java Applet out of date

I keep tabs on my daughter who works for P&O on the liner Ventura, by using the Ship'sTracker powered by Java. "Ths applet is out of date. Please clear your cache", came up when I clicked on it this...

rescuer

Cod liver ol capsules

How do they put the cod liver oil in capsules?

yobanfa

rubiks cube?

hi all, ive seen a rubiks cube on the internet with lights on it and not the stickers, where can i buy one from? as i cant the the web page it was on. Thank You All

merrygerry

How to transfer photos from a samsung G600 mobile phone to my PC

The CD that came with the phone ( 15 mths old) doesnt work on Vista. Have tried to download the latest device but won't work. Any tips? Thanks

northboy

electric key

received a new key from scottish power today which i buy electricity for to put into the meter. i registered this key in my leccy box,then went to the launderette to put leccy on it,they said that it...

monty0703

Room sizes

If a plan of a house gives a bedroom size of 15m2, does that include the walk-in wardrobe?

Stenographers

Do stenogrpahers keyboards have shorthand keys on them? I have always wondered how they manage to type so many words in such few keystrokes.

sprayer

Hyperlinks

Not sure if this question is in the right place, but it says "how it works" and I want to know how this works. I Know how to copy and paste a web address on to an email, but some that I get only have...

fleebee

blackberry - switching the voicemail off

Please can anyone tell me how to do this? It does not say in the manual..... v frustrating!

kelfoan

Tumbledryer not getting hot-Why?

My condenser tumble dryer is not heating up. There is some heat produced but not very hot. I have cleaned out the filters . Any suggestions why this is happenng

Bazile

Visiting the AB site

Every time I go unto this site , it automatically ' welcomes be back ' as in Welcome back ' Bazile' This is not a concern at home - but at work some people know that i use this site . There is nothing...

bednobs

are ms word clip art pictures copyrighted?

or could i use them for public consumption, on say a presentation?

sanjaydesai

double sided tape

Please tell me where I can find the cheapest but high quality double sided tape. I have been to CStaples and they seem to be too pricey! I am willing to order from anywhere in the UK. Thanks!

eash

EBay

I've never used eBay as I don't really understand it to be honest! But I now would like to sell a printer that someone gave me for free but have no idea how to go about it! Would anyone care to...

melodydriver

Can I get a freezer to work in the garage!

Hi there, we have a fridge frezer that we keep in the garage, the problem is every winter when it gets cold the freezer won't work. i understand that it won't work below 10 degrees C, so we went to...

lonestar48

Variable cylinder engine operation

During the operation of internal combustion engines that have variable cylinder use. are the same cylinders in use all the time creating uneven wear or do they use different cylinders each time. And...

lsharp

scanning problem!! soo frustrating!!

hey there. i have an olivetti any_way simple printer, with scanner. i am trying to scan pictures into my computer but its will not do it! it comes up with what i would like to do e.g file to folder...