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Gentlemen, I should not have to tell you this, but this being a forum, everyone has an opinion, you do not have to agree with said opinion, but you do have to respect it, yes you can argue the point, but do not make it personal, if you do, you risk being suspended or banned.

What is the best/worst Christmas cracker joke you have had? Q. What do you call an old snowman? A. Water

Hello all, I seem to be getting the impression you are not happy with me? If you want me to go please say so, like you, I am not a mind reader, so I do not know what you are thinking, please let me know. :) I should point out that if you do see a problem that I haven't, there is always the...

Gentlemen. I remind you, this is the DIY section of the forum, folk come here for advice from electricians, they do not come to watch you argue with each other. Please if you wish to argue do so elsewhere on the forum. Regarding plug or plug top, I learnt it as plug top, however it would seem...

Some background information: For those that do not know, in home automation there are "two main leaders" in independent control. Hubitat and Home assistant As I understand it, most smart stuff sends information to a cloud server, then the server responds to said information. (You press a button...

Quite a few moons ago, I thought it would be "interesting" to get a small wind turbine, nothing exciting, just something to run a single light, the idea being the faster the wind the brighter the light. It was a vertical wind turbine (Imagine a couple of cans of beer, one on top of the other...

As another member posted a picture of his Christmas lights, but no video, I braved the cold and made a short video of mine. If you have trouble seeing the vid, click the centre play button, or click the watch on youtube link

Didn't I read on here? about these Found them in Late MIL's garage today, look like they have just come out the box.

If you get an invoice from Sue Mockridge claiming to be from Broad Oak Toiletries Ltd its is a scam, the company is real, but they have had loads of reports that someone is claiming to be them and the email has "ZeuS GameOver with the Necurs rootkit" Not exactly sure what it is, but its not...

Its a company called Zinc. They are a debt collection agency, when they speak to you they may know you by name and then ask about your neighbour, do you know them etc? Or they will ask for a person you have never heard of. They really are a debt collection agency, but seem to have a knack of...

Don't forget the clocks went forward an hour while you were asleep, its now an hour later than you thought.

Happy new year to you all      Guinness

Been at work all day, turn TV on and ...................no sky. It says we have no signal (Been into settings, it too says we have no signal) Chap at Sky said "Lots of similar calls today, dish may have moved in the storm. He also said we could take the HDMI cable that connects the skybox to...

Hi I joined to find out more about satalite TV,  I hope to "return the favour" by sharing what  know. (I was going to post the drinking smilie and say cheers, but alas, I can't but cheers to you all anyway.)