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CFLs and dimmers
hi - Just happen to stumble cross a webpage discussing CFLs and dimmers... - but still confused have been gradually replacing bulbs with CFLs around our house. There are a couple situations still to...
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"Great Neck" tap wrench doesn't grip tap
I bought a "Great Neck" Metric tape wrench set, but the wrench does not grip a 6mm tap securely. The taps all have square ends, but there does not seem to be anything in the wrench that is designed to...
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12 years ago
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GFCI outlet lifespan?
GFCIs have contacts like any switch. If you were tripping on a 15A electric heater you might eventually degrade the contacts. Contacts should last about forever on a small fan. I agree with RBM that...
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Does anyone listen to "America's Handiman" Glen Haege on AM radio (WJR?)
Just curious if anyone listens to Glen Haege ("Hagy") radio broadcast (it's either Saturday or Sunday morning) on AM radio. I don't know if it's syndicated across the country, or just broadcast on...
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12 years ago
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Insulation: Air vs. fibreglass, styrofoam, etc.
Awl -- Recently, on one of these How They Do It ditties, they featured but more Dubai profligacy, this time indoor skiing in the middle of the effing desert. The key to the insulation, they explained,...
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OT, maybe - illegal immigrant roofing crews in Dallas Texas?
Due to hail damage I may be getting my roof replaced (insurance) - a guy came by with an estimate after looking at the roof - I asked him if everyone that would be doing the work on my house was...
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12 years ago
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Power Pole Fuses
The answer to this will likely need to come from someone who has worked for an electric utility company. The fuses on power poles before a transformer are there to protect the transformer as well as a...
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12 years ago
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Hornets Nest
Buy a spray can of Raid brand "Wasp and Hornet Foam Bug Killer" and follow instructions printed on the can.
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12 years ago
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Gray water leachfield
I'm making a beer brewing room in one of my containers. I want to drain grey water (that with soaps, sanitizer, and a little organic matter) into a leachfield. There will be no septic tank because...
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12 years ago
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BR Sink Problem
My bathroom sink is two years old. The drain (the round cover) is stainless steel and is attached to a piece of plastic that goes down in the drain and is supposed to be attached to something -- the...
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12 years ago
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Irrigation, of sorts
I'm running a part of my "irrigation" with a hose and some couplers and some sprinklers. It's way out of hand -- too many couplers, too many sprinklers (but they're needed to cover the area). I cut...
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12 years ago
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Rerouting DWV - vertical drop?
In my basement my 4" main cast iron pipe comes into the house about 2' off the floor 10' from the corner. It then turns 90 degrees to get to the side wall, then proceeds along the side wall to the...
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12 years ago
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In-ground pool question/rant
Last year I got hit with algae early so I got "phosfree" and it cleared it up. Went to a maintance dose of "pool perfect phosfree" earlier this year and the algae came this year about two months ago....
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More on wind turbines
They've entered the mainstream. The winner of this year's Bulwer-Lytton* fiction contest penned: "Cheryl?s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into...
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12 years ago
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Fixed my cell phone
Cell phone developed a, um, "stain" on the main screen shaped like a football that obscured everything beneath it. Took it to the Verizon store. Told them "Somebody sent me a kiss and I don't know how...
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12 years ago
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