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Something you wanted to know about electrical plugs but were afraid to ask
Anybody have any ideas as to why the prongs of an electrical plug (US plug) usually have holes cut on its tips?
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Room Air Conditioners
I've been looking ar room air cons and have a question, or two. There are two types that I've looked at-window units, and in-wall units. The window units fit into a window, with "ears" at the sides to...
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How to clean heavy patina on brass door handles?
My house is 30 yeas old. the brass handles on three doors have never been cleaned or polished. See photo. What can I do to make them look a bit more presentable? Preferably without a lot of hard work.
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Cleaning behind pool light
I know an actual on-topic discussion, I'll try not to do it again any time soon (grin). I have been using way too much chlorine recently and the pool company thinks it is algae behind the pool light....
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Toaster
Great use of the subject line eh?
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What type of spray for Carpenter ants?
If you have carpenter ants you have a bigger problem than the ants irritating you. Carpenter ants destroy wood and if they are inside your house, they are almost certainly nesting inside the wood of...
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(OT) Stinky candle disposal problem
I like to go to auctions and find bargains. A few weeks ago I bought a boxfull of oddball items because there was one item in the box that I wanted. I loaded that box in my car and several other buys...
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Running Triplex indoors
Just curious. I want to run power to a trailer house that I use for storage. The nearest building is the barn. I'll be putting a post next to the trailer and run triplex from barn to that post. But...
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Dying for work
Still watching you (the USA) swirl around the toilet bowl as you go down. Nice bill-boards you're putting up for yourselves... ========================= you are driving to work this morning in Las...
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Grounding a house via overhead suspension cable?
I'm renting a vacation house on the Outer Banks of NC. It's one of those stilt built houses. I was looking at the service entrance and noticed 3 wires going into the pipe. 2 are obviously power but...
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Genrator and Auto Transfer Switch
I have a functioning 10kw Generac propane generator with an automatic transfer switch. Circuits from the original panel were of course fed to the transfer panel. The outside generator feed goes into...
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Another Garage Door issue
Garage door problems are on the rise and mine is experiencing another one. This morning, the door went up and stopped about 3/4 open. I lowered it with the remote, then reversed to open again helping...
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OT: Heh! We'll frack YOU!
"The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently impeded the ability of truckers to deliver water and sand to drilling [fracking] sites by reinterpreting a 50-year-old rule to limit...
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Do they make bottle jacks to use horizontally? (2024 Update)
I never gave a second thought to using bottle jacks in any position, until I tried to use one on it's side, in other words, jack something horizontally. The jack did not function. I grabbed another...
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On India's power outage
An overview story. But buried in the story is this: "But progress is being made. CenterPoint Energy, a regional utility company based in Texas, is in the final stages of constructing a network of...
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