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    Auto darkening welding helmet question

    Hi guys, I just picked up a gasless mig welder and a helmet from takealot to learn basic welding. I'm wondering if the welding helmet is functioning correctly though To test it before welding, I used a tv remote to trigger the auto darkening and what I noticed is that the centre of the lens is...
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    Aliexpress webcam import duty and tax?

    I had purchased a webcam a few days back from Aliexpress for R425 with free shipping. The package has just left the country of origin and I now receive an email from Imile and SpeedAF requesting me to pay import duty and tax to the value of R125. I only ever received Aliexpress parcels from...
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    A question for Refrigeration and AC repair Techs

    This May be fairly lengthy But it will probably be a good challenge for you or maybe show how silly I am because I'm not a tech but have studied some online material and just made a noob mistake, lol. I've tried my best to make it easily digestible though: Both of my home single phase...
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    Burst water meter, who's responsible?

    Tell me about it, Instead of spending those few rands more for quality parts they cheap out. We all know the intention behind it. Keep buying replacements. Your mechanism should still be working. You'll just have to work it with some pliers or preferably a vice for a bit more control. Thanks for...
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    Burst water meter, who's responsible?

    Regarding the stop cock, there is one after the meter for the house (White container at the bottom) but nothing before it. unless it's buried? From the pic it can be seen that the soil is already eroded so much that other pipes have begun showing and the meters base is basically held by the...
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    Burst water meter, who's responsible?

    Considering our government, I'm surprised that we at least had something rather than just mere hopes and dreams. But they always swoop in uninvited and decide to spoil their reputation even further
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    Burst water meter, who's responsible?

    Still nothing, It blows my mind too. This is eThekwini
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    Burst water meter, who's responsible?

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    Burst water meter, who's responsible?

    I don't see any cut off valves connecting on the mains supply other than that yellow thing on the supply pipe itself which sits on the meter. Looks like it takes a special triangular-ish key, I presume it shuts the water off and only they have the key for it? also isnt the reader their property...
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    Burst water meter, who's responsible?

    KZN, also proudly south african response time. Nobody I know has had this happen before lol
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    Burst water meter, who's responsible?

    The actual device which reads water consumption is burst. Pipe damage is on main supply. I noticed it around midnight and logged it to the municipality a few moments later on a call. After many hours and two more calls to query the status during the day they apparently still haven't found a...
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    Rain has begun throttling VPN connections and Google Play downloads

    I tried Netflix on my phone, didn't have any issues. Try and download an app that monitors bandwidth to get an idea of whats going on, you can try internet speed meter lite on Google Play, it will be in your status bar when active. you should be getting at least 1mbps or about 134KB/s when...
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    Rain has begun throttling VPN connections and Google Play downloads

    How is it costing you a lot of data if you are using Rain and whats the issue that you are experiencing while watching Netflix?. In terms of streaming quality I think Netflix does an excellent job at effectively utilising the crappy speed. even though it's limited to 1mbps. It starts up crap...
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    Rain has begun throttling VPN connections and Google Play downloads

    There is a free VPN which you could sign up for and download, it's called ProtonVPN. By default, when you use the VPN it should be on UDP. Do one test on that then you can go to its Settings(top left corner of the window)>Connection Tab>Default Protocol. Change it from UDP to TCP and then you...
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    Rain has begun throttling VPN connections and Google Play downloads

    Also, TCP Seems to now be throttled at 1mbps, can members confirm?
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