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• Compression fitting
  ...olive is too long for the new fitting, no amount of tightening will make a sound joint.
  14 KB (2,426 words) - 16:36, 25 February 2024
• Mains power restored alarm, non contact
  ...gue (DAC) converter, so one can't simply feed sample data into that to get sound. However they can produce Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) outputs, which are of ...at would not fit the box, and glued that into the lid (having hacked out a sound hole in it).
  20 KB (3,407 words) - 12:35, 19 November 2022
• Plastering Beginner's Guide
  Needless to say all surfaces should be sound and free of grease and wax before attempting to plaster. Loose skim coat ma ..., some can't. With practice I was albe to determine the difference bewteen sound areas, loose paint, loose skim coat and loose undercoat. Mark the areas wit
  12 KB (2,279 words) - 23:47, 20 June 2018
• Cable organising
  ...supply may give poor results with lots of noise superimposed on the wanted sound because the ground wire for the audio signal is now in parallel with the po
  6 KB (1,102 words) - 21:11, 4 October 2013
• Overhead rail goods lift
  ...easy option is to line the box with [[carpet]], which gives a little extra sound filtering as well. This is easy to fit and completely hides the wood box, m ...fit the box, and creates a [[Fan noise reduction|noise reducing serpentine sound path]] from interior to exterior. To position the strips, the box is held i
  18 KB (3,179 words) - 14:33, 17 October 2017
• Smoke Detectors
  ...drops reducing the voltage of the battery. Since usually all the detectors sound the same, if you don't get up and find it, it will only annoy a few more ni
  10 KB (1,750 words) - 14:41, 9 April 2011
• Dishwasher repair
  ...howed evidence of leakage onto the tray. The hose connection itself looked sound and did not appear to show signs of leakage. So the next process was: ...from the dishwasher a little (note it may be slightly "stuck" to the black sound deadening sheets used all over this inside of the dishwasher). It should no
  15 KB (2,673 words) - 15:53, 5 May 2017
• Kitchen design tips
  ...probably the easiest and most common solution. Stainless steel sheet is a sound solution if its appearance is acceptable. ...e when joining pieces of worktop and their use will ensure that joints are sound.
  14 KB (2,475 words) - 02:46, 9 January 2022
• Doorbell
  ...sn't good. A simple solution is to swap the sounder's 2 bars, changing the sound to dong-ding. When more than one bell circuit is used, a different sound for each one differentiates which bellpush is being pressed. Historic large
  22 KB (3,383 words) - 18:36, 2 March 2017
• The tale of the rubbing pipe
  ...ing in the kitchen, when there is a loud crash with the rather "expensive" sound of much breaking glass into the bargain. We set off to find the child / pet
  7 KB (1,224 words) - 03:29, 17 July 2013
• Historic Mains Cables
  ...quite different to early American rubber wiring, which is usually still in sound condition, due to the use of a different rubber formulation.
  7 KB (1,056 words) - 19:04, 25 January 2019
• Waste pipe
  * Trickling sound of pipework continues awhile after the sink etc is empty
  9 KB (1,454 words) - 08:43, 8 January 2019
• Cable crimping
  The first job is to cut out any damaged sections or wire to leave sound wire to work with:
  10 KB (1,655 words) - 09:03, 8 October 2021
• Hex bits
  ...d fixed size transition point make these a lot less useful than they first sound.
  10 KB (1,674 words) - 19:40, 23 March 2014
• Replace a radiator
  ...as turned back on, keeping an eye on the repairs for leaks. Everything was sound.
  11 KB (1,898 words) - 00:17, 13 December 2017
• Roofing felt
  Where the deck is still sound, but felt broken, adding a new layer of felt over the top can give the roof
  12 KB (2,007 words) - 21:36, 27 September 2014
• Oscillating tools
  ...for prolonged use, since they produce a fairly loud noise with much of the sound concentrated into a narrow frequency band that quickly dulls the hearing.
  13 KB (2,110 words) - 23:58, 10 September 2018
• Circular saw
  ...warn at all times, since even the smallest saws are loud with much of the sound energy concentrated into a narrow frequency band. This will dull your heari
  14 KB (2,559 words) - 16:50, 30 January 2017
• Split-type Room Air Conditioner
  ...struction of the wall, but at its loudest it is comparable to the level of sound from the fan in an electric cooker using a conventional (not fan) oven. ...it is working harder, and with the system in its cooling mode the maximum sound pressure level I can measure outdoors is around 64 dB(A) at a location 1 m
  51 KB (9,092 words) - 18:39, 4 November 2021
• Electrical connection
  ...ums etc. They need to be cleaned & checked thoroughly to ensure they're in sound condition, the socket is shuttered, switch contacts are clean and sprung an
  13 KB (2,188 words) - 00:15, 15 December 2013

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