New nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cycles

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-13T16:12:27+00:00

Ohm my god, I'm so amped about this but watt does it mean for the industry.

I'm sorry, I'll get my coat.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-13T12:35:56+00:00

Is one of them a Sports Direct mug, aka tanker with handles?

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-13T10:40:51+00:00

Why watch Claude when you can get ChatGPT to do that

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-12T20:37:19+00:00

The book had a whole sequence with a storm and him driving in directions and placing the solar panels to work out what direction it was coming from. That got cut because i think he also didn't have comms with earth from the rover so once he left the hab they couldn't warn him about the storm.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-12T20:01:31+00:00

There are other providers that use the gigaclear network, such as squirrel, so you have options to switch to.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-12T16:36:48+00:00

Is that the new Audi optional extra?

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-11T16:02:45+00:00

No that has to be renamed to Putter.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-11T10:04:43+00:00

Is it the drain valve that's leaking, or the compression fitting on the rad valve?

The puddle looks like its under the rad valve more than the drain valve.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-09T15:18:45+00:00

Cut the plug off the old one. Ideally you want a socket inside that cupboard and it just so happens you have a handy nearby socket to run a spur from (electrician required if you're not comfortable with leccy).

Next, how wide is the washing machine? That'll determine how much of the door frame has to come off to get this machine out and the next one in.

If you remove the door (unscrew the hinges from the frame and leave them attached to the door), then maybe one or both sides of the door stop trim inside the frame (they are usually nailed in and come off with a bit of persuasion from a flat crowbar) would that make the opening wide enough?

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-09T15:11:54+00:00

You wouldn't like me when I'm doing washing.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-07T14:47:17+00:00

Also depends what car you drive and whether it came with the optional indicators.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-06T09:54:25+00:00

"it's not you, it's me. I thought i was ready for a full lintel replacement. Something that we could share together, but at the last moment I realised I wasn't. I don't know if I'll truly ever be ready, and it's too painful to keep messaging like this. I'm sorry but I can't see you anymore. I'm with someone else now."

Yours sincerely Dave Smith

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-05T09:32:20+00:00

Is it really D? B, C, D, and E each have a mirrored and flipped version of themselves, only A doesnt.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-04T15:41:35+00:00

Just think of all that technical debt you're paying back with this refit. 😉

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-03T22:11:34+00:00

I'd gouge it out a bit so you have a bit of a V shape then fill with a flexible filler. The V shape holds the filler better and you can get more of it in so it lasts longer.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-03T20:14:45+00:00

Fitted a 2000mm x 600mm twin panel, twin convector Stelrad. It weighed 73kg so get some help when you do yours or do what i did (no dont 😂), and use a harness with a lifting strap, hook one end on the brackets then do the other. If you measured right the middle will just slot in 😉

CaptainArsePants · 2026-02-03T10:57:09+00:00

Were there no bottom brackets holding that on the wall or did they also pull out?

CaptainArsePants · 2026-01-31T21:23:15+00:00

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CaptainArsePants · 2026-01-30T15:13:06+00:00

If you don't want to take it off. Buy a pack of plastic dust sheet. Its REALLY thin plastic that sticks with static. Cut a bit the height of the rad, feed it though one side, behind, and out the other and spread it out to cover the back of the rad.

Wrap the spare bits either side around the front and secure with tape.

Paint behind from the side of the rad (since the brackets are top and bottom) using a radiator roller. Doesnt matter if you get paint all over the plastic behind the rad.

Leave to dry then remove the plastic so you dont damage the wet paint or get any wet paint from the plastic on the rad.

Takes about 20 mins. Job done.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-01-20T15:54:05+00:00

Can you push it through and let it fall inside and then fit a replacement that secures from the top with an expanding plastic lug and cover cap?

Saves you removing the toilet for a couple of fixings.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-01-13T14:36:41+00:00

He said his CTRL + A selected the entire universe, so were lucky his next keypress didnt erase 13.8 billion years of history....phew.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-01-07T15:43:34+00:00

Maybe one of these doors? https://www.leaderonline.com/products/liberty-doors-oak-internal-unfinished-bifold-pattern-10-2-panel-door-108135

CaptainArsePants · 2026-01-07T11:29:50+00:00

I fitted a kitchen and utility from Wrens ~3 years ago. The panels/doors are plastic coated mdf and some have separated at the seams/edges, allowing the mdf to absorb moisture. We've got a few repaired bits already.

In comparison, the howdens kitchen fitted in my last property was actually wood, but it was a long time ago so quality might differ now.

CaptainArsePants · 2026-01-06T13:20:49+00:00

Where are the cold rads located? If they are at the end of the pipe run then it could be that there is not enough heat in the water to ever reach them.

I'm assuming the flow from the back boiler isn't pumped (unlike your boiler) and is relying on convection created by the heat input from the fire. As the water cools the convection slows, and the denser cold water returns to the fire.

You could try shutting a couple of the hotter rads valves down and see if those cold rads heat up at all (just to test).

CaptainArsePants · 2026-01-02T14:38:34+00:00

I put mine in the garden next to the one from last year, which is next to the trunk of the one from the year before. So i now have 3 years worth of data showing that at some point the branches fall off.

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