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moving electrical switch
I took out a 9 foot patio door and am installing a 6 foot French door. I need to move my light switch closer to the now narrower door. Last year I ran a new circuit to my bathroom. The only thing on...
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Gap in sidewalk
I have a gap in the side walk in front of my condo and I want to know the best way to fix it. you can see where the previous owner had used some type of calking material, but now the gap has opened up...
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Dish washer and garbage disposal
A friend is remodeling and wanted me to wire-in a garbage disposal and dish washer. May I assume both should be on a GFC breaker?
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A good barter
I went over to a friend's house to rewire her thermostat due to the wire being shorted within the wall. It was snagged on something so I could not fish a new wire through. I had to drill a hole in the...
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1979 Carrier oil furnace,
A few miscellaneious questions, if you can help me. The first are more important. At the end, it's just curiosity. If you answer any of them, it will help. If it matters, I live in Baltimore. How do I...
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OT: Old Lexmark Optra 40 Color Printer
I've had this for some time but it's been idle -- haven't printed a color page in years but have some current graphics would like to make some prints of...anyway, brought it back upstairs from storage...
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OT Humans Need Not Apply
Support Grey making videos: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey ## Robots, Etc: Terex Port automation:...
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Here's and Idea
Businesses tear down perfectly good buildings only 25 years old. Why can't homeowners? It makes no sense to pay top dollar for a building 100 years old no matter what repairs. What does make sense is...
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[SOLVED] Alkaline Battery Leakage: Dissolving?
Got an LED flashlight where the batteries leaked and made the push-button switch on the end not work. Just looking at it, I can see deposits from the leakage, but cannot get to them to physically...
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Follow-up Convertible rear window: Was: How to glue smooth vinyl to lexan, or to small steel washers
Follow-up Convertible rear window: Was: How to glue smooth vinyl to lexan, or to small steel washers, for a short time. A follow-up. 1) First about the gluing to the vinyl. I finally noticed that...
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U.S. Using Fake Cell Towers On Planes To Gather Cell Phone Data
I have been checking WiGLE lately, and it knows a string of numbers about the tower, and it puts the tower on a Google map almost exactly. T-Mobile 209159_256_17859-GSM-EDGE -85dB 3:33:19pm T-Mobile...
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to all you chubby guys out there
to all you chubby guys out there, when you're up on a ladder do you tend to tense up or hold your breath and then your pants fall down? Or when you're carrying something heavy?
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propane heater not getting any propane?
Hi, I'm installing propane in my shed. Eventually I will have two appliances, a heater and a two burner stove. Currently I'm working on the heater. I installed the 1/2" copper supply line, fittings,...
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Furnace repair York down flow
This afternoon, my thermostat said 70 degrees, and my indoors said 65. Hmm. Not good. I read the error codes, and did some trouble shooting. Find a limit switch that had gone bad. Call my heating and...
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LG Washer ready for takeoff
I have a four year old LG washer and dryer pair installed in a walk-in closet. Both have performed well since new. They are used to wash and dry roughly two loads per week over those four years....
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