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Battery Operated Reciprocating Saw
I think I want a battery operated reciprocating saw for Christmas. Do you have any positive or negative recommendations? Porter Cable got some good reviews from Consumer Reports recently. A friend has...
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Lubricating PVC fittings to pre-fit
I am pre-fitting some PVC fitting for a 3-inch sewer drain line coming down from a first-floor toilet. Where the drain comes through the basement ceiling from the toilet, there are two 45-degree...
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Refrigerator Malfunctioning
We have a G.E. 2-door refrigerator that's about 15 years old. It's never had any problems. Recently, I noticed that the contents were warming up, and the ice began melting. When I turned the main...
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Culligan IC-100 Refrigerator Icemaker Installation Guide
The ice from our refrigerator always tasted less than great. So I bought a Culligan IC-100 for about $13 and installed it this past weekend. It took about 30 minutes to finish. I took pictures of the...
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Way OT Google maps should include the phone number with the directions
It would be nice to have the phone number of the business on Google maps. Even with such good directions you can still manage to get lost driving in big cities. It would also be useful to have a small...
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Historical furnace or heater question.
Can anyone give me any information on when a fail safe circuit using a thermocouple or pilot generator for a heater became standard for household use or when it became mandatory for manufacturers of...
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Chain Saw Question
I have my choice of cutting up some just downed trees, pretty wet, in the next few days, OR, letting them dry for a few months and cutting them up next spring or summer. There is no problem leaving...
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Compressor watts, as function of discharge PSI
Can't remember if it was this list. The question was raised, does compressor amperage decrease as pressure increases. I set up an informal test, using equipment on hand. Plugged in a Kill A Watt...
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Need a better battery.
I have a project to decorate the family "Little Red Wagon" with Christmas lights. So I stated experimenting with LED light strings and battery combinations. I finally decided to use an Inverter and...
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175 sq ft home
"[NEW YORK] Zaarath and Christopher Prokop -- and their two cats -- live in the smallest apartment in the city, a 175-square-foot "microstudio" in Morningside Heights the couple bought three months...
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Tile installation question
I'm getting ready to install some tile in my kitchen. I'm using 3x8 tiles, and I'm doing them two high and about 30 feet long as a backsplach on the wall around my kitchen counters. I have pretty much...
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Oversized New Work Electrical Box
Does anyone know of an over-sized, single-gang, new work, electrical box? The standard ones with the swing out tabs are too small. The guy who re-sided my house with Hardiplank cut the opening for the...
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Dishwasher / Garbage Disposal Drain / Can Opener Mystery
Yesterday I was confronted by a brand new (< 1 year old) Bosch dishwasher that was not completely draining. It had been installed in an older home (+ 25 years). I ran through a wash cycle and the...
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Dual Saw -- anyone use one?
Awl -- I haven't, but for the life of me, all I see are *disadvantages* to this gadget. The first is, of course, cost. This thing is triple the cost of a 7 1/4" circ saw, with blades that are 4-6...
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Spontaneous oily rag combustion, hood grease fires
Awl -- Any thoughts on this, esp. on how likely this all is? Anyone with personal experience? says Yea on the possibility, for *uncovered* Linseed oil soaked rags. Also large Q's of pistachio nuts --...
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