Any question answered...

Right, gotcha. Agreed on all accounts.

I'd have next to no clothes if people didn't still buy me birthday and Christmas presents, at least nothing that isn't technical that I don't really need.

(I don’t know the technical term) The washer bit that that holds the quill stem bolt has failed, cracked and broken in half.

Anyone have any clever bodges that will be functional and still look nice? Or am I looking at getting another one made.

Tia

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Probably cheaper to buy another stem than to get the part made as a one of.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/stems/100-kalloy-alloy-road-1-inch-quill-stem-18-deg-254mm-clamp/

It’s a ‘nice’ stem though :-/

Can't be that nice, it's quill.

Can't be that nice, it's quill.

And broken 🙂

By nice I mean expensive / trendy.. Also nicer than ahead if you have a threaded steerer ;)

I need to replace this charger for a battery recharger. What should I buy?

Way too many strange numbers on the back, and nothing on Amazon corresponds.

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too many strange numbers on the back

Two important ones:
12V - new one must be the same
800mA - new one must be the same or greater

Searching Amazon for 12V 1A yields hundreds of options

I reckon one of these might do it—has a few adaptors which is handy, don’t forget to set the polarity, or you could cut off and reuse the old plug

The one you’ve linked is fixed polarity (centre positive) which matches the original.

Centre negative is thankfully mostly dead.

Have a measure of the tip as well (inside and outside) to get something matching (or you can get something with multiple tips but I found these often come apart at an inopportune moment).

Do people in Scotland also use these "Type G" kind of plugs?

Are those also being used for, say, iPhone chargers (or are there smaller / non-grounded plugs as well for that)?

Yes, that is the only plug in common use in the UK. There are no non-grounded sockets.

You get non-grounded plugs/chargers with a plastic earth pin but that is probably not what you mean.

(I'll be disappointed if no-one on here in the UK doesn't have some unusual sockets, my in-laws have 5A round pin lamp sockets for example, switched by the door)

Edit: I forgot shaver sockets in bathrooms - they have an isolating transformer and aren't used for much apart from shavers and electric toothbrushes. Very low current available.

Cool, thank you for the quick reply 👍

Has anyone had any experience ordering from onbuy.com? They’ve got a watch I want for quite a lot cheaper than anywhere else

Hard brain freeze day and google not helping. May have had a stroke but that's another story. What's the word for a customer you're trying to win who typically buys another brand . They are a/an '...'?

Conversion?

Nah, more niche - possibly automotive industry only. If it comes back to me I'll update for all the gripped readers.

We've always called them "switchers"...

Conquest?

Is 20mm the smallest sizing of galvanised metal conduit?

Cheers.

not according to my google for 16mm metal conduit
https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/1780443-16mm-galvanised-steel-flexible-conduit-10m-reel

16mm rigid steel conduit used to be a thing, but I think you'd struggle to find it these days. Unless you have some weird use case, it's easier to stick to 20mm minimum, which is presumably why 16mm went out of fashion.