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Denver Collects Fines On Drivers Who Stop At Red Lights
Denver Collects Fines On Drivers Who Stop At Red Lights city of Denver is bringing in thousands of dollars in fines every year by ticketing people who stop at red lights. They?re ticketed because...
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Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world
Revealed ? the capitalist network that runs the world study, by a trio of complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, is the first to go beyond ideology to...
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How to keep mice out of the house
From Popular Mechanics: "As the temperature outside drops, we cozy up inside our nice, warm houses. Unfortunately, so do insects and rodents. Whether the invaders are as small as an ant or as big as a...
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Well problem - pump dont always kick in when it should.
I have a deep well with submercible pump. It's always worked fine, but lately on occasion it seem to not want to start on occasion. This is on a farm. When I use small amounts of water in the house...
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Evaporative cooling for metal buildings
I am about to complete a metal building project. I had shown to me a HVAC study where large industrial sized buildings were cooled by a surface application of plain water, sprayed on with regular PVC...
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problem with deep well and check valve
We have a deep well. A few months ago we started having problems with it. We got a well company (that I have used before) to come out. The replaced the tank (leaking diaphragm) and put a check valve...
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Took apart pool pump motor - what is the armiture actually made up of (no wires, no magnets)?
I thought I knew how a brushless AC motor worked in that you spin a magnetic armature inside a surrounding coiled-wire stator. But I just took apart my 1.65 HP pool pump AO Smith QC1102 220V motor and...
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Well problems
I am having issues with my well. It is a two inch well that is approximately 35 feet deep and has a jet pump. The well was drilled in 1965. The well head is buried. I have been told by the previous...
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Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
I had posted a question about the whitish film my Maytag dishwasher was leaving on stainless flatware and promised to post the solution when I found it. Well, I did. Whoever suggested TSP hit the nail...
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Fishing network cables?
I need some ethernet cables between my computer room and the TV room. The easiest way is to run the cable in the crawlspace and then up through the floor for about 1 foot. The plan is to drill a hole...
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OT How long is it going to take before everyone uses the same forms?
I was at the doctor today. I had been there before so I did not have to do any new forms, but the woman in the lobby had to, and she was hard of hearing. She had her son with her and he was reading...
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Power Main Monitoring Question?
Voltmeter?
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OT...car forum
Anyone care to share a good auto forum?
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Stihl Chainsaw running too fast
It's an older saw I bought at a garage sale. Runs well, except it runs way too fast. There is no idle when I release the trigger. However, if I push downward on the trigger button, it slows down to...
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Unlock your car with a string
This seems to have a very low probably of working. Anyone ever done it? I was at Atlanta raceway one weekend in the infield. The driver of a new Camaro had locked his keys in the car. The guy was...
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