MikeTNZ

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Electrician that enjoys working with steel, wood, electronics equipment and other stuff in my spare time. I just love designing and building things.

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Joined 11 May 2019

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@Bluetooth,Personally if it were me, I'd replace the cistern with something else.The size of the pipe from the cistern to the pan should by rights be ...

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Hi Gavin,You have a blockage/restriction in the line somewhere, between that head and the supply end.If you have some fencing wire or something like i ...

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Hi there @Tegan_R,I hope you're still with us. As an Electrician, I would ask the owner of the building about installing one of them instant showers, ...

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"We spent some time trying to get a local electrician to do a board level repair."Ha Ha Ha HaOne thing needs to be said about resistors, once you put ...

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To answer question # 2, You cannot use construction adhesives in this sort of situation.You need screws/bolts into the studs for support, otherwise th ...

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Just a thought @Baslam, If you had a sheet of say 18mm plywood screwed/bolted to the wall studs in behind where your TV was going to be mounted. You c ...

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Who on earth used non-stainless steel fasteners to bolt that cistern to the wall?That looks hideous, all that rust.

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Hi terrywang,Upon looking at your door, how well does this need to be sealed?Does it need to be water-tight, does it need to be air-tight?From what I ...

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@MikeTNZ You're absolutely right! In fact I have to replace another cistern in the laundry room of the exact same type and I'm concerned about gettin ...

Newbie

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Hi Workshop Community!I’m looking for advice as I’ve just bought an apartment with only single phase electric. It’s in a 3 block complex, with mine b ...

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Just saw this one. Great job of saving wastage by not throwing out a repairable item, and also saving money by doing it yourself.If it happens again, ...

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Hi @MikeTNZ, Just wanted to extend an overdue but very warm welcome to the Workshop community. It's brilliant to have you join us as you obviously h ...

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Hello @Missi Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. Thank you so much for joining us and sharing your question about adding tint to white pai ...

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Hi @JumBuck, I would suggest this is something that needs to be assessed by a qualified structural engineer. I'd hazard a guess that the addition ...

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Hi @mingwait, Brad is on the right track. most inverters have a surge rating to allow for inrush currents, generally double the rating of the inverter ...

Newbie

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Hello, I have an area in my garage which is only 2300 wide. I would like an upright and work top.and a peg board back for my power tools. does Bunning ...

Experienced Contributor

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@Bluetooth,Personally if it were me, I'd replace the cistern with something else.The size of the pipe from the cistern to the pan should by rights be ...

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Hi Gavin,You have a blockage/restriction in the line somewhere, between that head and the supply end.If you have some fencing wire or something like i ...

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Hi there @Tegan_R,I hope you're still with us. As an Electrician, I would ask the owner of the building about installing one of them instant showers, ...

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To answer question # 2, You cannot use construction adhesives in this sort of situation.You need screws/bolts into the studs for support, otherwise th ...

Experienced Contributor

Just a thought @Baslam, If you had a sheet of say 18mm plywood screwed/bolted to the wall studs in behind where your TV was going to be mounted. You c ...

Experienced Contributor

8 replies

Who on earth used non-stainless steel fasteners to bolt that cistern to the wall?That looks hideous, all that rust.

Experienced Contributor

5 replies

Hi terrywang,Upon looking at your door, how well does this need to be sealed?Does it need to be water-tight, does it need to be air-tight?From what I ...

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brendawebster,These types of locks work on a rotary barrel, if the inside part and the outside part are out of alignment by even 5 degrees, it will "f ...

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