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Is is legal to have exposed Romex in a home?
I have a home with a dark living room because they never put a light in there. I know this is typical of many older homes, where they expected people to use lamps, and some even had switched outlets...
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Community told they must keep their garage doors open - or face a $200 fine
That is strange. The place my wife used to run had the opposite rule. You had to keep the door closed and the cars could not be parked in the driveway. She was thrilled to be able to quit that soul...
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Baseboard not getting water in 1 room.
Hi, We have these old Baseboard style radiators upstairs in our house. It is t he kind with really big fins and a radiator cover that goes over it. So it 's not a steam radiator but it is not modern...
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I ran out of propane
I have propane back up but i ran out of propane but my thermostat keep trying to kick on the auxiliary heat. How do i keep it on electric heat until i can get propane
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minji battery jumpers, how so much power from such a little box and wires?
minji battery jumpers, how so much power from such a little box and wires? After many dead cars batteries and many months begging passersby for a jump, I finally got Battery Buddy. The first one...
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Do Boeing hand-make aeroplanes?
The only possible reference I can think of is the Titanic, and that was Irish.
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main water line frozen?
I'm not truly sure of anything. I don't have a basement, single level... simply a house on a concrete slab. No crawlspaces either. The shut off is located in the bathroom in the center of the house....
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Proferm100ec
Boiler fires up then cuts out f3 comes as fault but both heat exchangers are not blocked what other thing could be wrong
 
NJ Town To Fine Drivers $200 For Taking GPS-Guided Shortcuts...
It is interesting that in the highest taxed state in the union they are denying tax payers access to public roads paid for by their taxes.
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Proposal - rotating cars
Why can cars not be made so you can power one side backwards and the other forwards, so it could rotate like a tank? No more 3 point turns.
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Mounting co detector
Low or high? Have one. Is co a low riser?
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is there a replacement for copper pipe in hot water heating loop?
We've got baseboard hot water heating fed by a boiler. There are a half dozen zones which have copper pipes going to and from Slantfin, umm, I guess call them radiators. One copper loop goes from the...
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Drum brakes - do you disconnect the parking brake cable?
Best you toddle off and pay those inflated prices. THE OEM Toyota ones will be exactly the same friction rating as the ones you are replacing.
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OT Computers: China and gmail MX domains
Hi All, Please suffer an off topic question. I ask here as yo guys are pretty impressive and YOU KNOW ALL AND SEE ALL!!!! I have a customer who uses the eMail that comes from his web hosting service....
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How to Reset Climatouch thermostat
Video shows how to reset the Climatouch Thermostat
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