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CSParnell
Amassing an Audience
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Hi all, I thought it may he good to have a feed where we could share any tips and tricks to do with any of the Grid Connect Range being Arlec, Deta, V ...

SunnyZim87
Growing in Experience
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I recently bought a solar powered water fountain which has a back up battery attached to the solar panel that seems to have a third port - is it poss ...

bara3
Getting Established
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I have one of these inline exhaust fans for one of our bathrooms and it is powered by a standard electrical outlet. one day we smelled a Burnt Motor s ...

David4321
Building a Reputation
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Hello Workshop The old garden lamp (Gas?) was found on the property when purchased. It has been painted in what is now an old and hardened green pain ...

RetirednHappy
Finding My Feet
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Heya all, I'm back from retirement holidays and looking forward to getting back into contributing under my new persona. So I had a solar battery ins ...

Ram01
Just Starting Out
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Good morning, Happy New Year. I am thinking of doing a Outdoor light poles using Planters, light poles and cements. Hoping this will be wind proo ...

brittanyy
Finding My Feet
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  Hello! We have had to replace the range hood in the kitchen but I don’t know if hat type of range hood suits this space. Please help!

cludelessdiwhye
Getting Established
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We have led lights that sit on he surface of the ceiling (ie they are not downlights). I was wondering if it was ok to put ceiling insulation over the ...

akv
Just Starting Out
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Hi all, Looking for easy DIY options for installing a shade for my solar inverter and batteries. The width between wall and fence is appx 1 meter. ...

Remarka6le
Amassing an Audience
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Bit of a strange way to start the morning. I was in the kitchen having a coffee when I started hearing this rapid clicking noise. Tracked it down to o ...

porra60
Just Starting Out
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i have the old like brass downlights my wife wants the white ones is it possible there is no space in the ceiling for plugs

porra60
Just Starting Out
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can i change myy light heater exhuast ixl myself

SunnyZim87
Growing in Experience
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I recently bought a solar powered fountain, however I have realised that the solar panel will get more sun if mounted on my garden wall, which is bric ...

puttputt
Finding My Feet
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Hi All, Hope you've had a great holiday season. I've started mine with a little hiccup ... where I tried to install a TV wall mount unit and it fe ...

KnownGnome
Just Starting Out
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I’m planning to wall‑mount a 4cabling server rack in my garage, and once it’s populated it’ll be around 70kg. The wall is an internal plasterboard st ...

bennib0i
Finding My Feet
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Hi Bunnings, I'm repainting one of my bedrooms and would like to get rid of this old Foxtel Outlet. I think there are 2 old coaxial cables here wh ...

LisaSeddon
Just Starting Out
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hi does anyone know how to fix this. The front of extractor is falling down.

basilbeam
Finding My Feet
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Hi! I recently scored a twin tub washing machine for free from a neighbour who moved out and left it behind. I live in a rental apartment with a very ...

Sugar
Making a Splash
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Hi all There used to be mirror screen at the bottom of the Range hood to block the oil etc, which broke down. This is old style Rangehood, from what ...

homeinmelbourne
Becoming a Leader
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Hi all, I'm wondering whether it is possible to replace a festoon bulb on the Lytworx Connectable Flat Cable Party Lights without having to replace/di ...

MarcL
Having an Impact
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  Wanting to fix my childhood boombox. Thought I'd have a look and found that this could be why my volume control is not working. A crack in this ro ...

Ericlim
Getting Established
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Hi I received a Bosch Universal Aquatek 130 pressure washer as a Xmas gift. I would like to ask for a few recommendation for a heavy duty 15-20m exten ...

cal2
Getting Established
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 trying to hang some outdoor lights, I am going to use a wire to support the lights, any ideas for securing the wire? Just trying to avoid drilling ...

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