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Downlight transformers keep blowing.

Started by Com_VC, 27th April 2008 03:44 PM

240, advice, apparently, blow, blowing, changed, common, converting, downlight, downlights, existing, fitting, insulation, lights, month, months, mounted, replace, starting, suitable, transformers, volt, wondering, wood

Replies: 11
Views: 12,806

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th April 2008 06:26 AM; by elkangorito

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

25mm / 1" poly fittings - how do i....

Started by h4lcy0n, 25th March 2008 08:19 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

25mm, 25mm or 1, 25mm or 1, aaron, amounts, apply, attach, ball, easy, elbow, facing, fitting, fittings, left, makes, massive, overlooking, picture, poly, solution, tape, thread, tight, tighten, time, upwards, valve

Replies: 23
Views: 3,934

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th April 2008 04:55 PM; by h4lcy0n

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Installing a Mechanical Gauge (For a Water Tank)

Started by h4lcy0n, 26th March 2008 11:16 PM

1/2, aaron, advice, appreciated, cut, cuts, diameter, falling, fit, fitting, gauge, hole, ideas, inside, installing, level, mechanical, metric, nut, plastic, prevent, spot, suggestions, suit, tank, thread, top, type, water, worry

Replies: 5
Views: 3,933

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th April 2008 12:34 PM; by dazzler

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Help fitting second hand roller door

Started by rhancock, 26th March 2008 10:15 PM

b&d, bought, brothers, clever, difficulties, door, firmadoor, fitting, hand, paper, roller, rolling, setting, shed, single, springs, struggling, tensioned, tricks

Replies: 1
Views: 2,450

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th March 2008 10:19 PM; by rhancock

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

K mart story.

Started by munruben, 21st March 2008 11:17 PM

alright, assistant, bit, cubicle, dam, door, fitting, guy, irate, mart, marts, paper, reply, sir, starts, story, taps, time, worried

Replies: 0
Views: 968

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st March 2008 11:17 PM; by munruben

Forum:
JOKES

Toilet Cistern Support

Started by Ivan in Oz, 21st March 2008 09:33 AM

brackets, busy, cistern, fitting, friend, gal, gday, height, helping, info, material, plumber, ppl, rails, reinforcement, relocating, required, shed, start, steel, stud, support, thinking, toilet, towel, wall

Replies: 3
Views: 1,566

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st March 2008 04:13 PM; by Ivan in Oz

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

My new 'old' shed

Started by OBBob, 26th February 2008 07:38 AM

60s, amount, barn, coming, cost, demolished, doors, feature, fitting, gable, garden, house, landscape, lot, materials, recyled, rest, roof, salvage, shed, similar, size, slide, sort, space, timbers, time, tin, ugly, yard

Replies: 11
Views: 2,550

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th March 2008 04:13 PM; by OBBob

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Fitting architraves to uneven window frames

Started by peter_sm, 11th March 2008 11:07 PM

19mm, 4.5mm, 8mm, architrave, architraves, bullnose, cement, fit, fitting, flusherer, frame, frames, half, holds, hung, inside, internal, lined, mdf, preprimed, proud, rebate, rectangular, sheet, silly, straight, uneven, wall, window, windows

Replies: 2
Views: 2,709

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th March 2008 07:21 AM; by les88

Forum:
PAINTING, PLASTERING, TILING, DECORATING, etc.

Replacing a single brick

Started by emptybucketman, 5th February 2007 03:07 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

access, applying, bag, brick, brickies, bricks, double, fitting, laying, mortar, mud, premixed, replace, replacing, single, time, tips, wall

Replies: 19
Views: 6,066

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd March 2008 12:47 PM; by journeyman Mick

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Attaching a trim piece

Started by DBACT, 18th November 2007 12:21 AM

assistance, attaching, bottom, casing, fastening, fitting, magnets, marked, middle, oven, pic, piece, removable, screws, service, setting, top, tricks, trim

Replies: 5
Views: 2,468

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th February 2008 02:19 PM; by DBACT

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Ceiling fan maintenance

Started by Smurf, 16th February 2008 03:35 AM

Replies: 4
Views: 1,719

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th February 2008 09:17 PM; by Timmo

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Things to do at K-Mart

Started by Allan at Wallan, 2nd February 2008 02:12 PM

allan, calendar, clothing, door, fitting, floor, guard, head, hear, inside, jacket, k-mart, kmart, lady, loudly, mens, months, paper, pick, rack, security, shopper, shopping, shut, stole, tells, things, time, toilet, yell

Replies: 0
Views: 1,127

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd February 2008 02:12 PM; by Allan at Wallan

Forum:
JOKES

Water Tank Plumbing - push or suck :)

Started by dazzler, 12th January 2008 08:02 PM

15m, 600, anti-corrosive, bank, cable, double, ecojet, fitting, flow, have;, head, hydraulic, l/1, materials, max, motor, overload, plumbing, power, protection, pump, push, rated, rust-proof, sealing, suck, system, tank, thermic, water

Replies: 13
Views: 2,564

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th January 2008 07:13 AM; by ledbe

Forum:
PLUMBING

Compact Flouros

Started by Chris Parks, 18th January 2008 09:36 PM

advantage, batten, buy, cheap, compact, constant, conventional, fitting, fittings, flouro, flouros, globes, heap, holders, instal, junking, maintenance, require, run, scale, shed, stupidly, thinking, tube, twin, watts, workshop

Replies: 7
Views: 2,094

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd January 2008 03:08 PM; by Chris Parks

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

1 piece or 2 piece toilet whats difference?

Started by bingoshelley, 19th January 2008 11:17 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

chance, cheap, cost, difference, fitting, house, piece, purchase, s-trap, thx~u, toilet, wondering

Replies: 16
Views: 4,795

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st January 2008 11:56 PM; by bingoshelley

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Door warped after painting

Started by Grahame Collins, 10th January 2008 12:15 AM

4mm, adjustment, architraves, close, coated, door, fill, finish, fitted, fitting, hinges, hole, hung, internal, jambs, lock, means, moving, original, painted, painting, plate, position, positions, screw, undercoated, warp, warped, warping, week

Replies: 6
Views: 3,054

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th January 2008 09:26 PM; by thesupervisor

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Adapter for Re-Cycled water tap

Started by Tubby2, 8th January 2008 04:53 PM

adapter, click, clicky, cost, double, easier, fit, fitting, gardening, ground, hits, hoping, illeagally, live, lot, option, plumber, prohibitive, re-cycled, recycle, recycled, replace, reverse, screw, splitter, std, tap, thingy, thread, water

Replies: 4
Views: 2,838

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th January 2008 08:46 AM; by Tubby2

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

To strip or not to strip...?

Started by jambo000, 7th January 2008 04:17 PM

advice, appreciated, base, bases, bathroom, concrete, cover, durasheet, existing, fit, fitting, floor, intend, jim, leaving, plasterboard, question, removed, renovating, sheeting, sheets, shower, square, straight, strip, studs, studwork, tiling, walls, wet

Replies: 3
Views: 2,259

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th January 2008 04:30 PM; by jambo000

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Silver Soldering - Brass Fittings

Started by Gooner, 6th January 2008 06:13 PM

apply, assume, bakers, brass, brush, bunnings, cleaned, copper, e.g, emery, fitting, fittings, flux, future, heat, hot, incorrect, join, leak, luck, pad, picked, piece, silver, slightly, solder, solderine, soldering, stainless, steel

Replies: 8
Views: 6,056

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th January 2008 11:47 PM; by Gooner

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Floating wood floor

Started by EJCarter, 31st December 2007 11:41 PM

2-3, deal, emma, fit, fitting, flat, floating, floor, googled, grateful, groove, impossible, incomprehensible, information, instructions, living, online, planks, previous, provided, requiring, row, subsequent, success, systems, tongue, tutorials, videos, wickes, wood

Replies: 1
Views: 1,982

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st January 2008 08:41 AM; by Honorary Bloke

Forum:
FLOORING

Fitting hinges to external gates (options)

Started by Sir Stinkalot, 29th December 2007 02:39 PM

1800h, allways, attached, bit, buy, cladding, drill, drilling, external, fitting, frame, front, garage, gate, gates, hinge, hinges, line, links, mounting, options, post, question, real, steel, suitable, support, tht, timber, up/down/sideways

Replies: 3
Views: 3,486

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th December 2007 03:42 PM; by wheelinround

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Japanese Lacquer (urushi)

Started by hybridfiat, 15th December 2007 08:37 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

bald, black, fan, fitting, genuine, gunto, havea, japanese, lacquer, nihonto, playing, rare, refinish, saya, sheath, stuff, supplier, sword, urushi, valuable, wartime

Replies: 27
Views: 10,385

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th December 2007 01:53 AM; by NCArcher

Forum:
FINISHING

trying to solder copper pipe

Started by barned01, 1st December 2007 10:39 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

applied, assumption, barnsey, bead, bit, cheers, copper, cutter, emery, expected, fairly, fitting, flow, flux, formed, heat, heating, idea, join, paper, pip, pipe, pipework, seal, slid, slightly, sloder, solder, tight, wrong

Replies: 21
Views: 11,262

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th December 2007 12:03 PM; by bricks

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

humming or buzzing fluros

Started by Pulpo, 29th November 2007 03:41 PM

buzzing, cheap, fitting, fluro, fluros, humming, lights, noise, pulpo, replacing, slight, starters, suggestions, time, tubes

Replies: 11
Views: 2,282

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th December 2007 01:53 PM; by Pulpo

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

air fittings help needed

Started by mic-d, 2nd December 2007 07:25 PM

air, buy, car, cheers, compressed, fitting, fittings, michael, needed, post, removing, screw, stems, tyre, valve

Replies: 2
Views: 1,318

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd December 2007 08:39 PM; by mic-d

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Expansion gap needed for fibre cement?

Started by Tiger, 17th November 2007 07:55 AM

apply, bathroom, boards, cement, expansion, fibre, fitting, floor, gap, laid, nailed, needed, preparation, resulted, sheets, square, tight, tiling, trim, wall, walls, wood

Replies: 3
Views: 2,020

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th November 2007 10:36 AM; by mic-d

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Electrical work, US versus Oz

Started by Notsquare, 24th October 2007 09:06 PM

5 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5

appears, australia, bought, building, change, electrical, equipment, fine, fitting, home, impression, mitre, pendant, percentage, questions, reading, versus, wholesaler, work

Replies: 72
Views: 9,441

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th November 2007 05:56 PM; by bricks

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Bi-Fold Doors

Started by Billspin, 11th February 2005 06:15 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

adjacent, bi-fold, bifold, building, cedar, deck, doors, fitting, meranti, option, plans/instructions, roofed, thinking

Replies: 17
Views: 5,856

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th October 2007 12:30 AM; by pawnhead

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Installing Dishwasher

Started by Pete F, 16th October 2007 05:52 PM

1/2, 2500mm, 3/4, advice, complete, dishwasher, extend, firstly, fitting, heads, honest, hoses, inlet, installing, local, plumbing, poor, quality, run, separate, set, sold, standard, stopcocks, sydney, taking, tap, waste, wholesaler, words

Replies: 4
Views: 2,631

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th October 2007 10:41 PM; by Pete F

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Fitting new toilet to old earthenware (clay) pipe

Started by r00fi, 13th October 2007 09:25 PM

bucket, cement, cistern, clay, collar, description, diameters, due, earthenware, existing, fit, fitting, guess, hate, inspection, iron, magnet, meantime, mortar, outlet, pipe, plumber, raise, removed, set, sheet, steel, suggestions, thread, toilet

Replies: 3
Views: 8,346

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th October 2007 06:01 PM; by wonderplumb

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

dirt catcher for rainwater tank & reusing PVC

Started by journeyman Mick, 11th October 2004 09:59 PM

bend, bit, burning, cap, catcher, cement, cut, deg, dirt, dust, easier, finished, fitting, fittings, flames, glue, glued, handy, joiner, method, piece, pipe, pvc, rain, rainwater, reusing, roof, solvent, split, tank

Replies: 13
Views: 7,280

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th October 2007 07:10 PM; by Fuzzie

Forum:
HINTS & TIPS

Best tool for cutting up decking

Started by russall, 8th October 2007 01:01 PM

board, boards, circular, cut, cutting, daft, decking, drop, feel, fitting, slight, straight, tight, tool, undercut

Replies: 2
Views: 1,492

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th October 2007 01:45 PM; by russall

Forum:
DECKING

securing tap to wall

Started by notenoughtoys, 29th September 2007 02:27 PM

65mm, bob, brickwork, built, connected, externally, fiiting, fitting, guessing, homes, hose, house, internal, internally, joint, leaking, loose, method, nylon, olive, pipe, pipes, push, secure, securing, soldered, tap, thread, wall, water

Replies: 2
Views: 1,863

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th September 2007 10:14 PM; by frog's wife

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Christmas Lights

Started by wheelinround, 27th September 2007 03:03 PM

christmas, coming, fitting, lights, litle, pre, ray, reminder, saftey, season, test

Replies: 1
Views: 1,537

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th September 2007 03:12 PM; by Sebastiaan56

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Ceiling Battens?

Started by John99, 27th March 2005 08:53 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

advantage, battens, ceiling, ceilings, cracking, extension, fit, fitting, fix, glue, gyprock, john, metal, nail, question, roof, screw, stop, straighter, timber, timer, trusses

Replies: 32
Views: 19,394

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th September 2007 10:45 PM; by raedan

Forum:
PAINTING, PLASTERING, TILING, DECORATING, etc.

Recall: Hitachi C12FSA Compound Mitre Saw

Started by arose62, 10th September 2007 03:24 PM

100, 1800, 600, action, andrew, arrangements, australias, blade, c12fsa, cheers, compound, configuration, consumer, current, exposed, fitting, guard, hitachi, incorrect, mitre, modification, operator, optimum, owners, portion, product, protection, provide, recall, tools

Replies: 3
Views: 5,632

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th September 2007 12:53 AM; by Krazee

Forum:
SAFETY

Grass Hinge Backing Plates

Started by billylcampbell, 11th September 2007 04:11 PM

ages, anyones, attached, australian, backing, billy, couple, distributors, doors, fitting, grass, hinge, hinges, keen, kitchen, perfectly, photos, plate, plates, sell, slide, twenty, version, wondering

Replies: 1
Views: 3,195

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th September 2007 03:37 PM; by Dirty Doogie

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Owner Builder Project

Started by Metung, 4th May 2007 12:20 PM

14mm, 2tsup, advice, batch, bed, brighter, builder, call, cleaning, complete, confidence, constraint, fitting, grouting, knees, laid, laying, leather, light, manage, mortar, owner, plenty, project, sealing, tiles, time, tunnel, volume, wheelbarrow

Replies: 5
Views: 1,944

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th September 2007 11:19 AM; by memphis

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

advice on quote, gas installation

Started by notenoughtoys, 16th August 2007 11:03 AM

$400, $550, 1/2, add, advice, bayonet, cooktop, fitting, gas, goodies, happy, heater, hour, huge, insert, installation, itried, job, missed, pay, piece, pipe, process, repost, rolleyes, run, sheds, touched, wall, wrong

Replies: 7
Views: 1,950

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th August 2007 10:27 PM; by bricks

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Downlight positioning

Started by atregent, 13th August 2007 01:02 PM

cables, catch, ceiling, downlight, fire, fitting, fittings, globe, hate, heatsink/spreader, hot, low, metal, moved, noticed, positioning, rafter, running, solution, sort, speaker, suddenly, touching, tube, voltage, weekend

Replies: 6
Views: 3,534

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th August 2007 11:06 AM; by atregent

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Electrics & Plumbing - What Am I Allowed To Do?

Started by zeroseven, 2nd August 2007 02:23 AM

13 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 13

allowed, bath, bathroom, bought, change, cheers, correct, double, electical, electrical, electrics, fitting, house, kitchen, light, lightswitch, normal, plumbing, post, power, reading, shower, single, sink, socket, switch, sydney, threads, toilet, understand

Replies: 194
Views: 22,974

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th August 2007 09:38 PM; by Wood Butcher

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Securing S/S leaf guard to tiles

Started by dazzler, 7th August 2007 06:53 PM

adhesive, black, bottom, bushland, cheers, dazzler, fitting, flush, groove, guard, gutter, gutters, leaf, mesh, monier, nicely, s or s, s/s, section, secure, securing, sits, stainless, steel, stuck, tiles, top

Replies: 2
Views: 1,246

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th August 2007 07:55 PM; by dazzler

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Laminated glass in 100YO double hung windows

Started by stu71, 11th June 2007 09:17 PM

100, 100yo, advice, advises, bead, bed, challenge, counterweights, double, finish, fitting, glass, hung, laminated, linseed, oil, options;, period, pilkingtons, putty, replace, replacing, require, retain, sash, silicone, stu, timber, weight, windows

Replies: 13
Views: 3,918

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th August 2007 07:02 AM; by dirtydeeds

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Air conditioner install

Started by Pulse, 9th September 2006 01:44 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

air, conditioner, core, cores, exhaust, fitting, flared, fridgie, gas, half, install, installing, joint, leak, liquid, loosen, nut, phonecall, pipe, pump, question, r22, redo, screw, spanner, step, translate, unscrew, vacuum, valve

Replies: 19
Views: 10,725

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st August 2007 08:24 PM; by jimmyjimmy2

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Huge price to replace A/C compressor

Started by totoblue, 18th June 2007 09:49 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1kw, 3kw, 6kw, a or c, air, bunnings, capacity, compressor, con, cooling, cooling/heating, cycle, day, draw, ducted, fitting, gas, heating, house, huge, including, insulated, melbourne, power, price, repair, replace, replaced, reverse, system

Replies: 16
Views: 5,142

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st July 2007 01:25 PM; by totoblue

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Moved: Workplace harassement.

Started by rgum, 30th July 2007 12:38 AM

avoid, benchtops, blah, board, boss, closed, crash, cutting, door, fitting, gos, happen, harassement, hard, lights, mistake, nervous, occaisional, outa, outcome, panels, person, sinks, soooo, stuff, thankfully, train, tricks, wind, workplace

Replies: -
Views: -

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th July 2007 12:25 AM; by joe greiner

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Joining into existing 90mm PVC pipe

Started by Theremin, 25th July 2007 10:59 AM

90mm, buy, delivered, digging, direction, existing, fitting, ground, job, join, joining, metres, overflow, pipe, pvc, rainwater, run, running, runs, situation, special, stormwater, tank, type

Replies: 12
Views: 13,225

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th July 2007 10:26 PM; by Theremin

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Silver soldering 3/4 inch pipe with MAPP gas

Started by emptybucketman, 2nd July 2007 01:58 PM

1/2, 3 or 4, 3/4, 8000, attempting, buried, copper, fitting, flow, gas, ground, heat, inch, join, joint, lengths, mapp, memory, pipe, pipes, read, silver, solder, soldering, successfully, suggest, threads, torch, type, wondering

Replies: 7
Views: 6,530

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th July 2007 10:56 PM; by wonderplumb

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Door frame thickness?

Started by RobTro, 4th July 2007 03:01 AM

24mm, 25mm, 30mm.getting, door, doors, eveything, expensive, fitting, fix, frame, hardwood, heavy, hinges, installation, japan, length, method?thanks, normal, plan, planing, recommend, reduced, rob, screws, standard, studs, thicker, thickness, thinking, wood

Replies: 3
Views: 9,773

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th July 2007 05:13 AM; by billbeee

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Sequence Of Operations For Architraves & Skirts

Started by Metal Head, 23rd June 2007 12:39 PM

advised, anyones, architraves, blaming, carpenter, cheers, chippie, coming, completed, fitted, fitting, floor, instructions, lay, operations, plumber, previously, prior, sequence, similiar, situation, skirting, skirts, tasks, thoughts/advice, tiles, top, tradesman, vinyl, words

Replies: 6
Views: 2,380

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd July 2007 06:38 PM; by UteMad

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

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