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Trapped water in pipe while soldering
Hi. This happened to me last year when it took me 3 separate tries, each time resulting in a leaky soldered joint! The water in the pipe obviously kept turning to steam and making the soldered joint...
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120V between Neutral and Ground
I have been trying to trace down where a circuit starts showing voltage between my ground wire and neutral wire. I found the a receptacle on the circuit that is correct where the neutral and ground...
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plausible using backyard oak to make something ?
I am wondering if it is plausible to use the wood out of an oak tree=20 in the backyard to make something ? How to go about it ? or just forget about it ? Short version ... A living oak tree (i think...
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casters on chairs with slanted legs
We have very heavy maple Captain's chairs, with slanted legs. They are heavy and hard to move. Tried putting split wheel casters on, but they wouldn't slide right, we think it's because of the slanted...
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Allister Access 3000
I have an Allister Access 3000 rage door opener with the sensors to prevent injury. I have a Harley Davidson remote door opener sensor that i need to wire into the opener that will allow me to open...
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OT Hiking trail distance
Google has a way to plot a trail and tell you what the distance is, but it is either too complicated or I am stupid or both. I figured out how to do it last year, but I can't' figure it out this year....
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OT Bill Pay
I have been using Charter for my ISP for a very long time. I have my email address tied to bill pay. Because I am changing ISPs my email address is no longer valid. I have started sending my gmail...
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Ot: Press CLEAR at gas stations?
Amici, I tried to check this out on Snopes but didn't find. A friend sent me a warning that when using the credit machine at gas pump, one needs to press CLEAR before and after pumping gas. The...
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How would you set up two 50 gallon hot water heaters in series?
I bought a home a few months ago and didn't even think to look at the hot water heaters. A friend suggested today that I set the temperatures differentially; and when I asked why, I realized I had no...
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OT (???) - I guess...well, it's wood. Maybe on topic. I dunno really.
Lots of things have been around since before Jesus: Prostitution, taxes, and, um, olive oil.
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Moen Shower Knob : Screw Won't Come out
Have a single knob Moen shower assembly, the kind you pull out to turn on the water and turn left and right for temperature control. I believe the knob is broken as it turns completely around but...
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painting stainless steel hose clamps
I have some stainless steel hose clamps that I brought from Lowes. I'd like to paint them black as part of my project. any recommendations on this? they are apparently treated a bit differently than...
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Electricity consumption
To measure how much electricity a single home appliance uses: 1. We know there are ammeters, which show the amount of current used instant by instant (as a speedometer shows the speed of a car;) 2....
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Using door and window molding as floor base molding
Just curious has anyone used standard door and window molding for the floor? I know at HD and Lowes they have them labeled as such in the aisles, but I have used moulding meant for the doors and...
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Revised version of RC beam calculator
The revised verion of RC beam calculator is now available on the updated the page can be used for both systems of unit FPS (north american units) as well as SI/Metric units. Please visit
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