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Aluminum frame screen repair
This is the type with a grove around the frame to hold plastic screen. I bought a small roll of screen and one of the rollers to install it. Before I attack it, and hints or warnings? TIA
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Inventions....
Some inventors levity....
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can i connect a 240v to this?
Short answer No You have 15a fuses (plug breakers) in there indicating 14ga wire. You need 10 ga wire and 30a fuses. The disconnect will handle it, just not the wire.
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When a gas furnace gas valve turns off, can it still leak and allow some gas to vent from the burner ports?
I can smell gas from the furnace after it has been off for several hours. I have a gas leak detector and I check and am sensing gas at the gas ports (tubes) long after the gas valve is off. Is this a...
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OT: R.I.P. John Glenn - Semper Fi
A true American hero and patriot. John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95 http://n.pr/2hq1IYq
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How much flourescent ballast humming is too much indicating replacement?
How much flourescent ballast humming is too much indicating replacement? I have some ballasts that don't hum at all, and some that hum loud enough to hear them ten feet away and some that barely hum,...
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torpedo heater - OT ? you decide ...
My 30,000 BTU lpg torp heater has started burning back into the mixer tube , and I can't figger it out . I have so far tried an adjustable regulator thinking that maybe the original was malfunctioning...
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OT - Wired Magazine: What Happened ?
Never subscribed - don't have the grey matter to digest it regularly. But whenever I hit the library or Barnes & Noble, I read or buy it. Just opened up the December 2016 issue and all I could think...
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Advice requested from those of you who have successfully checked camber at home
Practical advice (helpful hints & suggestions) requested from those of you who have successfully checked camber at home (to sufficient accuracy). If you have never checked your automotive alignment...
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OT Political
Though I've been keeping my political remarks to a minimum ...here is the exact quote from Gingrich. He made this yesterday on the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor: "75 years ago the Japanese...
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OT. Disco Duck & Alzheimer's
OR Preliminary research in mice suggests disco lights might help alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer's. Strobe-type lighting halts the build-up of harmful amyloid plaques in the brain - a key marker...
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Cool Swing
Uncle Monster posted for all of us... The next thread is what manufacturer was used?
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Need instructions for a SMART Electrician Plug-in Timer Model DT300
I was given a "SMART Electrician Plug-in Timer Model DT300", but no instruc tions, and it is not intuitively obvious what buttons to push. I went on t he web and could find a nice picture of the...
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OT: The Navy's Potential Sub-Tracking Drone Has No Engine
Ingenious approach The Navy's Potential Sub-Tracking Drone Has No Engine If President-Elect Donald Trump's aim is to cut costs, this is a bad way to do it.
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OT. Fruitcake vs. 50 CAL
Bulletsafe, maker of bullet proof vests compares their vests to various things. In the spirit of Christmas, the target is fruitcake. Did you know that Fruitcake is kind of bulletproof? Well, you can...
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