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what is Power Factor

bri...@x-privat.it (Mark BR) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 03:33:43 UT

I have a Lidl unit that measures how much electricity something is using -
it also measures the 'Power Factor'
My reading is that a Power Factor of 1 is good and 0.5 means it is using
twice as much electricity as it needs to. Am I correct?
I also read (I'm planning to give up reading) that you can adjust the Power

Re: Cheap infrared thermometer

bri...@x-privat.it (Mark BR) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 03:25:52 UT

The advert talks about temperatures in an oven - can it measure the temp
inside the oven?

Re: Any tv aerial amp experience?

a...@b.com (brass monkey) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 02:47:07 UT

Right option. Put the amp as near the aerial as is convenient.
[link]
Click categories in the left hand menu, then see 250, then TV
NT
Thanks for that.

Re: Whoa!!!

ra...@kateda.org (geoff) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 02:25:21 UT

In message <X5mdnbf47JYMAJXWnZ2dnUVZ7qFi4 ...@brightview.co.uk>, John
Rumm <see.my.signat...@nowhere.null > writes
Didn't strike me as the sort who would be willing to impart useful
information to mere mortals. He was a "professional"

Re: Best tool for cutting / resizing blinds ?

see.my.signat...@nowhere.null (John Rumm) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 02:16:16 UT

For slatted ones, I usually tape em into a lump and chop them with the
SCMS. The carbide tipped blade will go through pretty much anything if
you take it gently.

Re: Whoa!!!

ra...@kateda.org (geoff) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:37 UT

In message <hea4fb$pk...@news.eternal-sep tember.org>, Doctor Drivel
<killef...@invalid.invalid> writes
What's this - been hidibng the pills under your tongue again ?
Nursie won't be pleased with you

Re: Whoa!!!

see.my.signat...@nowhere.null (John Rumm) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 02:10:22 UT

Seems like it...
he does not seem to want to reply to the posts that would actually
engage him in meaningful dialogue either, which is a shame if he really
is a good as he thinks he is.

Re: Treating rusty steel.

ra...@kateda.org (geoff) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 01:35:20 UT

In message <50bde6998ed...@davenoise.co.u k>, "Dave Plowman (News)"
<d...@davenoise.co.uk> writes
Chuck them up to me, I'll stick them in with my metalwork for plating

Hanging a chandelier?

ding...@codesmiths.com (Andy Dingley) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 01:37:47 UT

Two chandeliers, one small, one medium. At present they're on chains
from a screwed in hook plate, with a tin bucket rose over chocolate
block.
For easier cleaning I'd like to replace this with a slide-in
connector. Klik do their well-known one, there's also the Lewden
ceiling maestro that TLC sell.

Re: Whoa!!!

killef...@invalid.invalid (Doctor Drivel) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 01:14:53 UT

Maxie! What a man!!! No shame at all! No wonder people avoid you.

Re: Whoa!!!

killef...@invalid.invalid (Doctor Drivel) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 01:13:24 UT

Maxie! Is that what you are into? I though your flatulence problems had been
sorted by now. I know you broke wind loudly in public in Watford on
Saturdays afternoons. But Maxie!

Re: Whoa!!!

killef...@invalid.invalid (Doctor Drivel) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 01:19:05 UT

Maxie! I thought you had been cured of constant swearing. Have the police
stopped roping you in for swearing at people in the streets in Watford?

Re: Whoa!!!

killef...@invalid.invalid (Doctor Drivel) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 01:17:15 UT

Maxie! Do not porkie tell! My word!
Maxie! Some religion would do you some good. You need it.

Re: Whoa!!!

killef...@invalid.invalid (Doctor Drivel) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 01:10:53 UT

Maxie! Wow!! You coming out with those sort of things and you being a man
who knows things as well.

Re: Treating rusty steel.

ding...@codesmiths.com (Andy Dingley) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 01:23:15 UT

Easy yes, but it will also _encourage_ corrosion. You're using an
acid process (it doesn't work without a splash of conc sulphuric acid
in there too) and this will lead to sub-plating pitting developing,
eventually breaking through.
If you want to copper plate, your easiest approach is often to nickel