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more light changes
the light in Ma's room started to flicker last week and after 20yrs it was time to replace the el cheapo florescent shop light with LED 4ft versions. 4500 lumens, 42watts, rated to 50,000hrs,...
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Putting heated air in a cold tire
I keep my air compressor in the house or it wont start or the line freezes. To pump up a tire, I have up to 165ft of air hose. Normally my 50ft and 15ft coupled together will reach my truck or...
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OT Frank Sinatra
Sinatra was good when he was young, but when it got older I couldn't stand him. I thought he lost something in his voice and people just thought he was great because of his name. Dean Martin, I always...
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Parts Storage Boxes?
I am looking for a specific style of parts storage box. There should be 5-8 separate compartments, large enough to hold a pound of screws or nails each. The compartments should seal up well so there...
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Is it immoral to soak the repairman for info and only pay for one service call?
Is it immoral to soak the repairman for info and only pay for one service call? In the thread I posted a while back, but can't find, about the friend who had no heat, this is the part that the...
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OT enlarging photo
Even though I'm a computer geek who spends a lot of time building and repairing computers I am not terribly Photoshop proficient. I shoot everything in color but a huge portion of it I convert to B&W...
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troubleshooting an issue with my gas fireplace revised addition
**Looking for some insight/suggestions to address a problem concerning my propane gas heat and glo fireplace that has a pilot light assembly with both the thermocouple and thermopile. On the...
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Four socket in old house not powering devices
A couple days ago, I got called to a friend's house to troubleshoot a four outlet wall socket, which wasn't operating plug in devices. My three bulb tester said B-N was barely there, neon bulb was...
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8 years ago
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OT - device to prevent mass shootings
Might this be the asnswer to mass shooting violence? Could this be a deterrent for mass shootings?
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troubleshooting an issue with my gas fireplace
**Looking for some insight/suggestions to address a problem concerning my propane gas heat and glo fireplace that has a pilot light assembly with both the thermocouple and thermopile. On on the...
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Capping a Toilet Flange
I have a small "powder room" in my house which is never used. All it has is a toilet and sink. The water pipes to that room are disconnected. There were some broken pipes when I got this home because...
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Air in hot water line
I recently had the (electric) hot water heater replaced. Because of code changes, the installer had to redo the power line (a 240 plug was no longer allowed, it had to be straight through) and fix...
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8 years ago
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SAMSUNG SUCKS
Tony's dishwasher topic led me to rant about my Samsung clothes dryer which I purchased in 2012. Within 6 months of ownership, it wasn't heating very well. My one year warranty covered a tech...
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Shark stuck in PEX elbow
Those damn sharks....... I wonder if they can chew thru the PEX pipe????? (Just making sure everyone is awake and paying attention on here)..... ..... :)
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Do they have to touch and would too much oil interfere in their touching?
My car's radio antenna doesn't fully retract when the radio is off and it's really cold out. I know it needs to have the mast lubricated, but the only "oil" I can find now is Sta-bil, the gasoline...
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