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Quiet dishwasher makes too much noise
I replaced the dishwasher that came with the house with a new and moderately pricey super quiet dishwasher. It's great that I can hardly hear it while it's running the wash cycles. However, it...
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Question about stain on linoleum floor
My daughter has a fairly new linoleum floor in her bathroom, she dyed a couple of rugs to get the color she wanted, but the problem is when the rug next to the bathtub got wet, it bled to the floor...
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Taco cartridge circulator
I have a Model 006-BC5Y-2 on my geothermal heat pump to recirculate the hot water it produces. When the water heater quit today, I noticed that the circulator was not working. I tested the wiring, and...
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Trouble with TORO Snow Blower
Thanks for response. Before I address what you said, I am wondering why the ether starting fluid will not ignite if there is spark (arc) at the spark plug. It just seems to me that regardless of...
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Home wiring: is 47V between neutral and ground OK?
Hi All, I just installed a ceiling light in my kitchen, and now I measure a 47V (AC) difference between the light's ground wire and its neutral wire. Is this normal, or could the ground wire be...
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Crude Oil Prices/Electricity Rates?
With crude prices as low as they now and heating oil/gasoline prices much less than they were last year, can we poor schlubs here in the Northeast have any hope that our electric rates will similarly...
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Plaster walls are how expensive?
Hi, I'm working on a kitchen project. The kitchen is 16'x16' with 8' ceilings and a couple closets. I had a straight up drywall guy give me a quote of $40/sheet or about $700. Then I...
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Why Does Toilet OCCASIONALLY not Flush?
I installed a tall, elongated 1.6 GPF toilet 8 years ago. It works fine....most of the time. About every 100th or so flush, the bowl fills with water from the tank but for whatever reason it...
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Excessive Mineral deposits clogging humidifier?
I'm having a problem with what I can only assume are mineral deposits. I usually run my warm mist humidifier in the winter and clean the heating elements about once per month with vinegar....
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Well Water Pressure higher then 60PSI?
So I have a Pump that can produce more then the typical 60PSI @ 30GPM. I'm drawing from a 5000 gallon tank. When looking for a Pressure tank I only see ones that have a 40/60 PSI range on them....
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Thermostat elimination? re-positioning?
I have a Cozy vented Nat Gas space heater with a closed front using a Robertshaw 710-205 gas valve. I recently replaced the valve with a supposedly identical model and I'm now having problems with...
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accoridan door for bathroom
Anyone replace a bathroom door with one of those accordian types? I've just finished remodeling one of my 2 smallish 6 x 10 bathrooms and it's so roomy without the door that I'd like to...
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Stair step dims according to code
Greetings All, I am wondering if there is a short set of rules for residential stair tread heights. In a nutshell, we had a second floor added a couple of years back. The stairs are just site-built...
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Ping Don Klipstein - Series String Bulb Shunts
Just what is in the "shunt" built into series string decorative lamp bulbs which takes over when the filament opens? Is it something like a PTC thermistor which heats up and melts some powdered metal...
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Any experience with Quartz portable geaters
This year, I have been getting a number of junk mail ads for these quartz heaters, making all kinds of claims (obviously). They seem pretty expensive at $300 ti $500. Anyone have any experience with...
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