How it Works

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Mattk

wireless doorbells and upvc - why not ?

we have a wireless doorbell and it says not to affix to upvc as it wont work - but why? surely the signal would still be ommitted ?

milly143

Gas and Electric Bills

I am with Atlantic Gas and Electric and my montly direct debit has just gone up to ?90 in total. Does this sound excessive to anyone? It's my me and my Dad at home and both out of the house all day....

filthiestfis

Can phone directory books be recycled?

Since phone book directories should not be dumped in the recycling bin because they are too thick, is there a place for them to be recycled? Or is the only option throwing them out? :-(

thundercrack

b.t. phone sockets

anyone know who makes phone sockets for b.t. please. thanks, alf.

crapmemory

lcd hd tv

Got a new tv for Christmas. The only problem is when watching Sky the picture seems to ghost i.e. when watching close ups of peoples faces, the hair or cheeks etc seem to move independently. Called in...

daneswalk

transfer

can you transfer music tapes on to a cd if so how

stevecardiff

blowing fuse

about 6 months ago I bought a brand new Phillips 42inch widescreen TV, since then the fuse has blown 4 times in TV plug. I know its not the wiring in house because house has been rewired, and the plug...

kilkenny

What causes a fridge to go on fire and would a PAT test of prevented it.

My friends fridge, about ten years old went on fire in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. It was not the cable, the fire appeared to be internal. First thing people said was "was it PAT...

spaced

What sort of material/foam are these made of?

http://www.blitzsport.com/prodinfo.asp?number= 38-03

styley

Notches in a belt.

What's the best way to put some extra notches into a belt. It's a new leather belt that I got for a present but its a bit too big.

loublou1971

sewing machine problems

My sewing machine breaks the thread (from the top bit) and when i got this sorted (well almost) it kept missing a stich, i have tried to alter the tension (?) is anyone familar with Sewing machines...

carndonagh

golf

golf rule ;if a ball is plugged in the face of a bunker grass area of face what is the rule ,or if ball is plugged in face but this time face is a sanded area what is the rule

Ploppy1999

Cables for tv, dvd, and vcr

i need help sorting out the scart cables so that i can watch sky tv record from it on my vcr or dvd recorder and record from my vcr to dvd i have lots of scart cables and an automatic scart box but i...

Loosehead

Gold Jewellery.....

Why is it that most gold in the Jewellers shops is 9ct in this country? I mean it's less than half gold so really it's stretching a point calling it gold at all. Now I understand that 18ct is too soft...

daneswalk

wireless

what is a wireless router and how does it work

Francis Asis

digi sender

Hi, hope I'm in the right section. I have a digi-sender which plugs into my NTL digital box and into my TV in my bedroom and sends digital TV signals from the one to the other. This works perfectly...

lumsdale

I have recently bought a TV which can be connected to a PC

What practical uses for this connection are there. Maybe show a powerpoint presentation on the TV screen to an exstatic audience, perhaps even share my digital holiday photographs with family and...

bekib86

Stroke confusion

is confusion one of the signs of having a stroke? Thanks

julieliz

help

i got my son a belkin pc-dvd to tv cable kit today he set it up but the picture on the tv set is only in black and white how do we get it to colour and can we thanks

meglet

Wireless networks

I'm using BT with a netgear wireless router. At the least the spped it 24Mbps, at most 48Mbps. Is this normal? Also why should it run slower anyway? Is there any way of telling if anyone is using my...