How it Works

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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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annavc

Erratic hot water

For the last couple of weeks the hot water from a combi-boiler has been really erratic. Sometimes it works fine, other times we have none and can only get it to work if we turn the heating on. The...

Scarlett

Just curious

What would happen-specifically- if I was hoovering the bathroom floor and I stuck the suction pipe IN the toilet?! I know nothing GOOD would come of it!! But I just wondered, electrically, what would...

bazzard

e-mail links

The link in my e-mail for using answerbank, does not work. I have to go to answerbank website and then type in my question again in order to get to my answers. What do I need to do to establish the...

buildersmate

Getting hold of Tiscali's Accounts Department

Tiscali run their accounts department from a tiny place called Alness in N Scotland. The only advertised way of contact is via an expensive 0871 number. You sit on line for minutes on end at one's own...

Loosehead

For the smokers.......

As I was walking to work past the smokers huddled like penguins in shop doorways etc, I started to reflect on this ever more shunned significant minority. I just wondered what do you get out of it?...

Misty77

AOL wireless broadband

I'm usually pretty techy, but for some reason I can't get it into my head how wireless broadband works. Am I right in thinking I just plug my wireless router into the phone socket and my computer...

giggles321

Magic Eye - Sky - Do they work for Freeview??

I see you can buy a Magic Eye for Sky, does it work on Freeview boxes? Don't really know much about them. My freeview box for my portable tv in bedroom does not want to play ball. Only thing I can do...

dot.hawkes

connecting electric cooker

How do you wire up the red, black and green/yellow wires/ cheers Dotty

leeandjoanne

facebook help

if i want to keep my mini feedprivate so no one knows what ive done how do i do it ? go to privacy at the top then click on mini feed but do i tick the list of boxes or untick them im very confused !

francesca01

pressue and combi boilers

hi, hope you can help..... my shower is never very hot but the radiators seem fine. when running, the temperature goes up to 50 degrees and the pressure almost 3., but still the shower is luke warm i...

sp1214

CD/DVD lens cleaner

I can understand how the old tape cleaner worked but how does using a CD clean the lens of a CD/DVD?

cmdarwish

water and antifreeze

Chemical breakdown of water and antifreeze

bullneck

how many lights

We want to light an attic room using ceiling spot lights - the only other source of light are 2 velux. The attic space is 11m long x 3.5m wide. How many spot 50w lights do we need to be sufficiently...

Charlie P

Roving Eye

how do I tune in a roving eye for satellite TV?

evedawn

blood pressure guage

manual blood pressue reader (the sort you'd use with a stethascope) the needle of the guage has stuck on 280...it should then go down when i realease the pump but it doesn't! Have a broken the guage?...

suna

cassette tapes

please could u tell me how long a c90 cassette tape runs for/ time

dancin-dee

so tox

were do i buy so tox

peachy51

shrunk cardy

help.. i shrunk my partners wool cardy by accidently putting it in the tumble dryer !!!! is this fixable or ruined?? thnx in advance

skeldo

internet access

i am buying a laptop and want to know how i get it set up to use the internet. i have a pc which is internet able with virgin media broadband. what do i need to buy to connect my laptop to the...

nannon

TV Ariel

i have just moved in to a new house and can get no tv reception! There is an ariel socket in the wall and we can just very vaugley make out BBC 1. The digi box thing picks up nothing at all. Do you...