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Daisy-Chaining Light Bulbs: Wire?
Just added six naked light bulbs to the ceiling of my garage and the improvement in visibility for working is so good that I want to add three more. For the six, I threw myself on the mercy of the guy...
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OT/Duck Dynasty
I heard today that A&E is canceling Duck Dynasty again. They are going to replace it with a reality show about the Whitehouse called Duck Responsibility
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How difficult/expensive to move a refrigerator and it's water line?
Doing a conservative renovation in my kitchen and one thing I'd like to do is move my refrigerator but it has it's water line already hooked up to it. I just want to push it down about 5 feet - would...
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3 billion US $ thermostat.
or just View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com. CNN's Jarrett Bellini was assigned to buy a Nest, install it, and report...
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(totally OT for home repair) train horn codes
Long, long, short, long. Why do trains blow a morse code letter Q? This is a video I made on Jerry Rd in Pasco County in Crystal Springs Florida of a work train going by and only 3 minutes later a CSX...
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Color Changing Paramagnetic Paint
Here's a video of some people who painted their Jeep with paramagnetic paint. The paint changes hue/saturation with a high voltage, low amperage sinusoidal wave electric current applied. That's done...
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The Children Of Today Are Evil
I've always known. o_O TDD http://www.devilsduemovie.com/ An animatronic "devil baby" in a remote controlled stroller goes on a rampage through the streets of New York City and hidden cameras record...
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Rubber washer for washing machine fill hose.
There is a small leak where the fill line meets the cold water input to our Whirlpool washer, model number GSQ9300EQ0. The part number on the hose is, PF149815. It's a 3/4" house. I went to Ace...
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shallow well stops pumping after 5 min. then stops until I turn off and wait.
water presssure is fine for a few minutes,then it stops. I turn off the water and wait a few minutes and it returns for the same cycle again.
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Lowe's low price flash light
(URL sent me by a friend) Looks like a good light. Says it's got a Cree emitter, which is nice. Not the LED that I'm used to. Half watt, I think it said. I've got enough of the harbor Freight free...
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water heater leak!
Does anyone know what and why the heck this happened to the water heater? We where gone for four days and came back to it. Family came home a while ago to a leaking water-heater tank. It flooded into...
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toilet wax seal question
Concrete floor. Metal ring well fastened directly to floor. Ring surrounded by ceramic tile approximately 5/16 inches high. Because of this height do I need to add a second wax ring seal or is one...
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Anyone heard from TDD recently?
Monday Jan 13, 2014 I've not seen TDD post in the last couple days. Anyone know if he's OK?
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Home Depot/Lowes appliance repair?
Anybody here have any experience getting appliance repair (refrigerator, clothes washer/dryer, dishwasher) from either Lowe's or Home Depot. I will be in the market for a low-end top loading clothes...
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Can I Run 110 In Schedule 40 Inside A Board-On-Board Fence?
I have a shed that is wired via grey Schedule 40 PVC that runs underground from a GFCI receptacle under my deck. The shed is up against a wooden board-on-board fence similar to this: I'd like to add a...
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