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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 01/12/2008 at 10:45
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Daughter's phone, she has her messages and files protected by a password. This is different to the SIM PIN password, this is an internal phone password.
Anyway she has forgotten it.
Have contacted Samsung and they advise she needs to take it to a dealer for a software reset to unlock it. I assume this is the sort of thing that all these High St and Market stalls can do but is it something I can do on the computer?
I hope you guys can give me the answer cos she always slags me off for asking questions on here!
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A number of Samsung reset codes here.
tinyurl.com/5b458q
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drbe, cheers, that did the trick and saved me a tenner or so!
And it will now shut her up about the "geeky website" I am always on!
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The majority having suggested keeping my elderly conventional boiler, that's what I'm planning to do (for now at least).
But there's one (to me) totally illogical fault that always crops up at this time of year when I start using the heating. It runs the water heating for around 2/3rds of the year quite happily - 5 minutes 'flare' to start, then about 2 minute flares every 10 minutes or so.
When starting the radiator cycle it flares for about 30 minutes at the start, then frequently the pilot light goes out!
Why?
SNIP - comment regarding book advert removed
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When was your boiler last serviced? We had a very old oil powered boiler that had been converted to gas - in the cold it would not come on or repeatedly extinguish. But only in the cold! Replaced with a new boiler and all fine - was about £1200 fitted but that was quite a few years ago.
Rob (as himself)
See the thread about the book advert for the PS. It was discussed earlier. No more discussion or answers necessary. Rob (as a mod)
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What colour are your flames in the boiler? and what colour is the pilot light. Smoky yellow means lack of oxygen. Should be nice shades of blue.
reasons for your pilot light going out
1/ thermocouple failing or needs to be adjusted.
2/ pilot light gas flow needs to be adjusted
3/ lack of oxygen.
service it and change the thermocouple.
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I service the boiler myself (vacuum out, clean thermocouple bulb and pilot jet with brush and solvent) and both flames are a healthy blue.
As I say, it's a mystery because for around 8 months of the year it's perfectly happy, then, when the radiators start getting used.........
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Does it do it when radiators are in use at other times of year?
I think I would be looking at the gas pressure. If you are cold and turn the radiator heating on, so do lots of other people!
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Just to illustrate my point about this illogical apparatus.
I have discovered that if I switch to water heating just prior to the end of the initial cycle, turn off the rads, then turn off the water, the pilot remains alight!
The only system difference between rads or water running is that a different motorised valve is in use.
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>>The only system difference between rads or water running is that a different motorised valve is in use.
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I have had a similar problem several times.
As a temp measure to overcome it I created a demand for hot water heating ( ran off some hot water) thus the boiler started up. I then manually opened the C/H valve and got hot rads until the hot water was up to temp in the cylinder.
The cause every time was the little Syncron Motor attached to the valve.
This can easily be changed without touching the water side of things.
e.g.
www.heatingcontrolsonline.co.uk/acl-drayton-invens...l
£11.75 (£10.00 ex. VAT)
Just my suggestion. I hope this is the answer.
These are by far the most common motors
Edited by henry k on 23/11/2008 at 22:37
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Thanks. That's an interesting thought!
Still can't quite understand it though as the boiler wouldn't start if the valve wasn't open - are you perhaps suggesting that it somehow lets go or slips back? Even so, I can't tie that up with the pilot light failing.
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Give my suggestion a try?
If you are not familiar with these Honeywell valves.
Check that the little levers are in the same position when demand is there for H/W & C/H
If not then open the C/H valve by gently pushing the little lever along its slot and at the end of its travel lean it sideways so it locks.
( there is quite a resistance as you push it as it is turning gears).
I have had another obsure fault that I solved but lets eliminate one thing at a time. ;-)
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Yep, I know, I've tried googling. I'm looking for innovative ideas for working in Austria, possibly on the end of a broadband line for an english company. I speak some german, enough to get by but not fluent enough to hold down a german-speaking job. Loads of IT skills but not (as yet) including web design & maintenance. Any ideas?
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I feel a bit like Rip van Winkle. I've not paid much attention to savings accounts for about 20 years, but have recently started to research the subject again. And what I find is that it seems that these days a lot of savings accounts rely on 'bonuses' to boost their headline interest rates.
When did this practice become widespread?
Am I alone in feeling that it is sharp practice designed to attract new money while keeping rates low for existing savers and the unwary?
And if it is sharp practice of doubtful ethical merit, are there any building societies and banks that don't do it?
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And if it is sharp practice of doubtful ethical merit are there any building societies and banks that don't do it?
SNIP!
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Thanks for that, Falkirk Bairn.
Not watching telly means I do miss one or two useful things! YouTube means I can see some of them if I want!
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"And if it is sharp practice of doubtful ethical merit, are there any building societies and banks that don't do it?"
Check out Islamic banking - regarding ethical lending and moral purchasing.
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Stu just mentioned in the Renault/rubbish thread how he missed the Papa/Nicole advert.
I'd like to see again the Cointreau advert they used to show at Christmas many years ago.
Scene was a dinner party where rugged looking Frenchman (dead ringer for me as a younger man) was melting the rather chilly English rose as the heat of the Cointreau overcame the ice in the glass. Blimey! Steamy stuff!
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The VW ad where the woman throws away her fur coat and jewellery but keeps the car.
Also the bottled water ad where the caveman invents the wheel then it's used by a pole dancer.
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Here we go optomist, not the first "oranges ripening under the sun" but the sequal from 1982- same suave frog -
hub.tv-ark.org.uk/dsplus/m.php?p=cointreau1982.rm
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The Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins Cinzano series.
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PirMZGL-0mQ&NR=1
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Thank you, AE. Brilliant. And a bit more stylish than "Get your coat. You've pulled."
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Why don't people use normal English any more, and just say what they mean, instead of saying ..........
24/7
automotive acne
barneyware
carbon footprint
defenestrate
enronym
frendor
"green" (used other than for a colour)
horked
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toxic debts
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zombience?
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I don't know what some of those mean, but it's verbosity and circumlocution that raises my hackles even more than txt spk and jargon. I can barely understand half the stuff I get to read at work now (I'm keeping this quiet; but I don't think anybody else can either - a case of the emperor's new clothes).
I put the wireless on this morning just as someone was saying "... let us pray for those with limited resources..." rather than "...let us pray for the poor and hungry..." which I assume is what they meant.
Why the trend? Some are just useful handles, like "global warming" - how else would you condense that to a handy description? Some of it is just finding new ways to say things, and humans love metaphor, hence "toxic debt" likening latent bad debt to poison in the loan book.
The hoi polloi (I include me) end up parroting these phrases and they fall into the language - some will stick, others will deservedly disappear.
Another one from the wireless today - a library is being replaced by a "virtual learning centre" - in this case not only linguistic bilge (there goes another metaphor) but misapplied bilge - the training folk (sorry, the HR Coaching Team) have for some time been using VLC to mean the actual teaching content of the computer or network, rather than the physical building which contains the computers, so we are already reaching the point where nobody will be quite sure what it means.
Edited by Manatee on 23/11/2008 at 10:37
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One that's in the news a lot - negative growth. Also heard negative inflation the other day, on Radio 4 no less!
And there was a wonderfully pedantic (but factually correct) oiece from a mathematician who wrote in complaining about the presentation of the 4.5% to 3% drop in interest rates being called a 1.5% drop in interest rate - should be 1.5 percentage points.
Oh, and my old boss was always saying we should open our kimono a little.
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he 4.5% to 3% drop in interest rates being called a 1.5% drop......
surely this is a 33% drop in interest rate!!!
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Are you a mathematician too pmh? That was the pedant's point... :-)
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Actually I like the term "limited resources" Its a good catch all for
food, water, shelter, law, order, safety, human rights, health, life expectancy etc etc.
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Exactly! i'm never hungry or short of a pint, but i do have limited resources, which i maximise, ooher is that an oxymoron trendy-type thingy i've just come up with?
Billy
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Actually I like the term "limited resources" Its a good catch all for food water shelter law order safety human rights health life expectancy etc etc.
Exactly - could mean anything. Everybody has limited resources, even if they have enough. I doubt if that was what they had in mind.
Edited by Manatee on 23/11/2008 at 14:31
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Here is one from my NHS work. "A paper based information resource accomodation issue' = Storage of Patient records!
Another one I liked, from scholl exam results - "Delayed Success" = "Failed" and Grade F Pass also = Fail
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How about that omnipresent phrase "going forward"? I even heard it used on that waste of air time "Thought for the day" this morning.
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More new kitchen stuff, I'm afraid. Does anyone have any idea how soft close drawers work? The ones where you push them closed and some mechanism smoothly pulls them the last half inch or so.
It seems to defy all known laws of physics and I've been strictly forbidden from taking one apart to see how it works!
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Its all contained in the drawer runners, and is a series of levers sliding bits cams and long springs.
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You used to be able to buy a plastic bag of dampers that fit any drawer or cupboard from IKEA. I've just looked on line, but can't see them listed.
I think all modern drawers and cupboards have a self closing operation, these dampers just stop the bang.
Try kitchen fitting companies, builders merchants etc.
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I don't think Mrs Dugong would like drawers and cupboard doors that she couldn't bang.
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When calling home, I frequently hear an irritating echo of my previous words. I have found the conventional static phone to be free of this fault, so it is clearly the cordless hand piece is to blame.
The phone is a Phillips RC 9144 approx 4-5 years old.
Is there anything I could do, or is it a matter of replacing?
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I've got two DECT 'phones at home, an old BT model, and one that came from LIDLs. They both give off a large amount of feedback through the earpiece when initiating a call, but it reduces after a few seconds. I don't recall them doing this when they were newer.
Perhaps it's an age related thing.
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Perhaps it's an age related thing.
You or the phone?
;-)
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I've been having a discussion, and would appreciate the thoughts of the Back Room. What exactly is a chesterfield?
Is it the same as a sofa/settee? Or is it a particular type of sofa/settee?
Is the useage (both the exact meaning, and also frequency of use) dependent on what part of the country you are from?
Is it a term that is not used as much as it used to be?
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It is a type of sofa/settee.
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It is a type of sofa/settee.
What type, exactly?
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The type is "Chesterfield" ;-) It's leather with buttons. Some example pictures from a google:
www.theoriginalsofaco.co.uk/chesterfield_furniture...l
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And these (Chesterfields) are another reason i hate the season of Bah! Humbug, brother has one, great heavy, ungainly, hard, uncomfortable thing that it is! I come out of his abode and get on the bus, the bus seats are luxury in comparison. the "back" seems far too low, no support for shoulders, neck or head, and your bum goes numb!
Give me a"proper sofa anyday.
Billy
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Give me a Chesterfield any day. Mine is as hard as a rock, doesn't give me any back problems, and I've got it all to myself!
Clk Sec
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Thanks, Rob et al.
Edited by tyro on 27/11/2008 at 21:08
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Im looking to put a studio together at home to get some practice in from my photography course. I cant afford a flash/ lighting setup, can anyone recommend a cheap alternative. I was thinking of using some powerful halagen lights but these tend to give quite a brown tungsten light out. Has anyone any ideas.
Thanks
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First thought was what sort of subjects are you thinking of taking photos of and is this film or digital SLR? Second thought was this is primarily a motoring website and getting advice from a photo type website such as the excellent www.dpreview.com might make more sense, i.e. ask those into photography and not cars.
Edited by rtj70 on 26/11/2008 at 23:26
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maybe not very helpful, but quite an in-depth delve into lighting in this link, may give you some food for thought,
www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/creating/photoguide.html
dont know if this is feasable or would "port over" to photography, but i know that hobbyists with marine aquarium setups use Metal-Halide lighting to provide "as near as perfect" Natural Light for thier reefs and corals.
Billy
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i.e. ask those into photography and not cars. >>
So photographers aren't interested in cars and car nuts wouldn't touch a camera?
:-))
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Canon 450D Digital and wanting to take portrait shots. Ive been using the Bowens flash kits at college but they cost around £1000.
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Have you seen Strobist? Excellent guide to off camera lighting
strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html
For general questions re lighting I would turn to my usual fav photo site - TP / TalkPhotography
www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/
Look in the 'talk lighting' and 'talk equipment' sections - lots of info, good people to offer advice and some suggestions for cheap setup. (home made light tents diffusers/ reliable cheap suppliers etc)
say 'who?' sent you.
dpreview I find OK, but with a US slant so less useful for supplier info. tp is a friendlier site imho
On the colour issue - white balance needs adjusting on your camera or use gels to change the colour of the light
Edited by adverse camber on 27/11/2008 at 08:34
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Audi
while not disagreeing with Stuartli I think rtj70 is right. Try the Amateur Photographer forum. There's some odd people in there though. Not like this forum at all...
www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php
I'm intersetd in doing something like that myself. What's it like? Is it a local education authority course?
I've just remembered, I'm not supposed to speak to you, I've got a Nikon :-)
JH
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Hi,
Are there any products that can stop a home (not car) radiator leaking... ?
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Where's it leaking from?
If it's due to corrosion, then it's probably only the silt that's stopping it pouring out.
Turning off both valves will allow you to drain it until it can be properly sorted.
I have used a Fernox product applied externally to a leaking joint that wouldn't tighten up as a TEMPORARY measure. I can't remember it's name, but Wickes do a similar product: jointing compound and external leak sealer - in a 50ml tube. I use it now whenever I re-make an old joint. It smells like bath sealant.
You could try Fernox products: www.fernox.com/index.php?cccpage=products
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Fernox LS-X which is in fact a silicone sealant, hence smelling like bathtub sealant. You can also apply it to a bandage.
If the radiator has leaks in it, isolate it at both ends, depressurise it using the bleed screw (with towel over it) disconnect at both ends and remove from wall. Insert replacement - and if it's an inch or two narrower than the old rad (imperial v metric), use a universal extension piece. Doddle.
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>>....use a universal extension piece. Doddle.
and providing the wall brackets line up and the radiator does not have to be central and and..... Enjoy!
Been there , done a few, now got another to do cos of a rust mark showing throught the paint ( of course in the middle at the top).
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as its leaking its an old radiator, you wont be able to get one that size because the new one is high efficiency.
All well and good Mappy but it dont work that easy. Been there and done it - thats why the old one was filled.
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is it the rad or the valve/joint?
If the rad then dont pink fluffy dice about - replace it.
Edited by Webmaster on 28/11/2008 at 00:35
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I have filled a leaking radiator with plastic padding. It lasted two years before i moved.....
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This does work, IME.
However, as has been asked - exactly where's the leak?
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In 1823, William Webb Ellis, 'With a fine disregard for the rules, picked up the ball and ran with it' Well, that is the legend.
What I would like to know is - when and how did the rugby ball get to be that shape?
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The Rugby Ball and its oval shape did not come about because the ball needed to be handled during a rugby game.
The Rugby Ball shape was dictated by the pig's bladder that was inserted into a hand stitched leather casing which was used as the ball.
It was only much later that rubber gained popularity and replaced the pigs bladder. In those early days it was necessary to ask for "volunteers" to inflate the ball for it was not a job that was sought after.
The pigs bladder would be blown up while still in its very smelly ??green state'' solely by lung power down the stem of a clay pipe which was inserted into the opening of the bladder.
Rugby league
Rugby league is played with a prolate spheroid shaped football. Traditionally made of brown leather, modern footballs are synthetic and manufactured in a variety of colours and patterns. The football used in rugby league is known as "international size" or "size 5" and is approximately 27 cm long and 60 cm in circumference at its widest point. Smaller-sized balls are used for Mini and Mod versions of the game. A full size ball weighs between 383 and 440 grams. Rugby league footballs are slightly more pointed than rugby union footballs and larger than American footballs.
Rugby union
The ball used in rugby union, usually referred to as a rugby ball, is a prolate spheroid essentially elliptical in profile. Traditionally made of brown leather, modern footballs are manufactured in a variety of colors and patterns. A regulation football is 28?30 cm (11?11.8 inches) long and 58?62 cm (22.8?24.4 inches) in circumference at its widest point. It weighs 410?460 grams (14.5?16.2 ounces) and is inflated to 65.71?68.75 kPa (or 9.5?10 psi).
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Read all about it in here ......... tinyurl.com/55coyo
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Ok.
Why then is a (soccer) football ball spherical?
Didn't they also have to use pig's bladders?
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Drbe
go get your leggo out the cupboard and play with that please.
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Personally I would have thought it was oval so you couldn't play football with it, thus making rugby a handling game.
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sqDidn't they also have to use pig's bladders?
In the days of using pig's bladders they weren't spherical ~ more like plum shaped. It's all here ........... tinyurl.com/5r5w5t
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 29/11/2008 at 13:30
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I?ve just bought one. Trouble is, I?ve tried plinking and plonking up and down the keys using the onboard display but I can?t get the hang of it. I?m straining my eyes to see the notes and there is no mention of where to position the individual fingers on the keys. Does anyone know of any good instructional software that can be used for learning to play using the computer?
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We've had this some 10 years now and has been faultless. It now trips the a fuse in the fuse box immediately it's switched on. I've done the obvious- changed the fuse plug, checked the water container and the wiring seems OK. Next I will take the back off , can anybody suggest what I should be looking for? At 10 years old it probably doesn't warrant a call out.
Thanks in anticipation.
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You say it's tripping a fuse.
Is it drawing too much current, or is it tripping a circuit breaker.
It could even be a 'tired' circuit breaker.
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I think bathtub tom means is it tripping circuit protective device (i.e. the fuse/Type B breaker) or RCD (rated at 30mA or 100mA)
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Its probably damp dirt or fluff tracking a live circuit to ground.
take off the back or sides, and hoover it out and looking for burning marks. The heating element could have gone.
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Remembering 20yr old skills....
If it is a RCD tripping then a component is shorting to earth, most likely to be one of the heating elements (dryer or wash) as AE said. Easily checked by disconnecting both wires and then switching on again.
If it is a MCB tripping because of overcurrent then it will be a short between live and neutral, these can be a nightmare to trace simply because the instant trip gives no clue as to whether the fault is in a component or wiring (normally the tripping would occur when the faulty component is energised during the cycle)
Sometimes there can be a clue from scorch marks on wiring, the supressing capacitor at the point where the mains supply enters the case is a favourite, however I once came across a faulty electric door interlock giving this very sympton [IMRC I found it after changing nearly everything else on the machine :-( ]
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I'm sure one of m'learned friends on here can tell me why Parliament wasn't sitting on Friday and won't resume until Wednesday.
I know the poor loves only have about 20 weeks hols a year so maybe they were just feeling a bit weary.
Any other explanation?
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Why is Parliament in recess?
www.parliament.uk/
"Today's business
Parliament has prorogued. This is the formal end of the parliamentary session or year. The State Opening of Parliament, opening the next parliamentary session, takes place on Wednesday 3 December"
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Thank you, jbif. I should have known that.
Edited by Optimist on 30/11/2008 at 15:37
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I know the poor loves only have about 20 weeks hols a year so maybe they were just feeling a bit weary.
A recess does not mean a holiday for most MPs. Most of them are very busy in their constituencies, working horrendously long hours.
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and I must confess I would rather they did that where they may actually do some good, rather than be in Parliament, meddling and making up more unnecessary laws.
JH
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sorry i'll post again.
Edited by gordonbennet on 30/11/2008 at 16:09
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A recess does not mean a holiday for most MPs. Most of them are very busy in their constituencies working horrendously long hours.
so they claim. They could of course be working horrendously long hours on some parliamentary fact finding tour of the seychells, or a cultural exhange to bermuda.
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>>They could of course
Yes, it's probably too cold for croquet.
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>>Most of them are very busy in their constituencies working horrendously long hours.
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You missed off the treble smiley at the end of your post.
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Right o soundbuffs, after researching extensively for a new subwoofer for our home sound system i have a possibility.
The sub is mainly to be used for films, as i have huge floor standing 'mordaunt short' main speakers with their own subs built in for music listening.
The rest of the sytem comprises a Yamaha receiver, high quality centre and rear surround speakers and the aforesaid main speakers.
Our living room is something like 25 ft square and 13ft ceiling height, don't ask me to calculate the volume please.
I want to be able to shift a lot of air, and i have eliminated an exhaustive list, my budget is max £1k, and i have almost decided on a Jamo D7 sub.
I can get this for just under £800,
Speaker is 15", power is 400W standard and up to 700W peak, and the sub box volume is 129 litres.
Any other suggestions, or opinions welcome.
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" Any other suggestions, or opinions welcome. "
Seeing as you asked.......please don't come and live next door to me !
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Seeing as you asked.......please don't come and live next door to me !
Nice one DE, luckily we live in a secluded home with proper walls, and regardless of power/volume our system cannot be heard by our neighbours.
Whether the foundations will eventually crumble is of course not known.
I hope that we are nice thoughtful neighbours too..;)
Surely someone here knows a bit about music systems, i'm reluctant to query on a av forum as some posters are as badge conscious about hi fi as some car owners, so was hoping for some views.
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What about a visit to Richer Sounds or a similar place?
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Thanks rtj, Richer Sounds is one of my favourite haunts, and much of our equipment has come from their very friendly shops, but their normal manufacturers don't really go up to what i'm looking for.
And with larger rooms size really does matter with subwoofers.
Also as houses get smaller many especially younger folk are downsizing their equipment to suit the more compact rooms in new homes, modern houses with their cardboard walls cannot insulate the sounds of heavy subs either.
Don't lose too much sleep DE, i'll get referred to professional counselling to treat the emotional wreckage your post has left me with... not wanted as a neighbour...sob...;)
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Surely someone here knows a bit about music systems i'm reluctant to query on a av forum as some posters are as badge conscious about hi fi as some car owners so was hoping for some views.
The problem is that while many of us have good ears, and can afford and would enjoy top-notch music systems, we can't all afford the carpet, soft-furnishings, and ornament free music rooms required to take proper advantage of them. To say nothing of the absence of neighbours. It's a very small niche you're in.
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I have an oldish CRT TV with inbuilt sub-woofer, Dolby Digital surround sound etc. Crank up the volume and it gets loud and pretty good. A separate processor for Dolby Digital or DTS with better speakers would do much better.
My point is how often have I really benefited? Rarely because you cannot turn it up without out affecting even your own house let alone neighbours.
That's why I suggested Richer Sounds or similar. It is very specialised. When you read What HiFi and see how they review speakers, amps and CD players you know most of us would not notice a difference.
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Ah Baskerville, ornaments of which swmbo is a selective collector of very burlesque pieces are all blue tacked down.
Carpets and heavy curtains are a must anyway, cant abide that laminate stuff, or blinds.
Its still amusing to see glasses and other things dancing around during a particularly heavy film soundtrack though.
Rtj, the children have flown the nest and we are enjoying spending their inheritance, so we can do as we please sound and anything else wise..;)
Once you have tried a really heavy system its quite addictive, and you really can tell the difference, or with a powerful sub feel it.
Once you've bought a good separates sytem the options are more versatile and it works out more economical in the long term.
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don't ask me to calculate the volume please.
Sounds like about 260 cubic metres gb. I don't suppose it has to be really exact, any more than the volume in cubic feet would mean anything to anyone these days ('Duh... whassa foot then?')
Decent sitting room, that. Depending on what you play through it, decent sound system too by the sound of it...
A couple of friends of mine are Hi-Fi freaks. One insists on valve equipment and prefers mono, the other (who has a sitting room your sort of size) sometimes spends eye-watering sums on new kit. They both have high ceilings.
Acoustics are funny though. Some places have good ones and some don't, and an ordinary joe can never work out why.
As for subwoofers, they have things like oil tanker bollards mounted face down on flatbed trailers at carnival sometimes, or used to. Shake two-foot-thick 170-year-old brick walls it will, and bring a bit of plaster down too. Fabulous, if you're in the mood that is...
Edited by Lud on 30/11/2008 at 20:04
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Sounds like about 260 cubic metres >> A couple of friends of mine are Hi-Fi freaks. They both have high ceilings.
Ah i spot a possible opinion there Lud.
Hows about when you see your hi fi friends next mentioning my quandry (JamoD7 sub and my max budget of £1K) please.
Thanks for calculating our room volume..
I can now sound almost intelligent when i ask for a quote from the plumber for increasing the heating should we put that conservatory on the end of the house..;)
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I can now sound almost intelligent when i ask for a quote from the plumber for increasing the heating should we put that conservatory on the end of the house..;)
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Ah no but yes but no but. Do you know the thermal loss of you r room with out, and the daytime thermal gain and stored energy with conservatory ?
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Ah no but yes but no but. Do you know the thermal loss of you r room with out and the daytime thermal gain and stored energy with conservatory ?
I did say almost...;)
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As for music, will often be Alice Cooper for me, not the mainstream 4 tracks that the radio play to death either.
Many other variants too from classical through musicals to easy listening to heavy rock.
As i said the separate sub isn't for music anyway, just for home cinema.
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