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HVAC questions

Back in March, we moved in to this 1979 house. We had a new Rheem furnace put in as part of the FHA rehab - everything...
13 comments posted 15yrs
posted by none
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Storm Door Closing Very Slowly

Have a full view storm door with a closer on top and bottom. Has been working great until recently it is suddenly closi...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jeffy3
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by jeffy3

Pipes and Winter Weatherizing

After making an emergency run to fix a friend's broken pipes, I'm thinking what can be done so this won't cost me much...
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jeff_thies
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by jeff_thies

Patching vs New "Sheet Rock"

This week I had someone come and bid on installing sheet rock on my house. After he looked it over he gave me some valu...
37 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nmbexcuse
37 comments posted 15yrs posted by nmbexcuse

Gas stove-oven - electronic ignition

I have a gas stove with oven and electronic ignition. I was watching the ovens operation and the ignitor-coil continued...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mark.ransley84
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by mark.ransley84

OT Clock synchronization

I really have no need to know the exact second of time. I do, however, often wish electronic clocks could automatically...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kilowatt
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by kilowatt

Running Gas FP at Partial Throttle

I have a gas fireplace in the family room that is probably a bit oversized for the room. It can turn things tropical in...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by wandererfan
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by wandererfan

OT - Porta-Jump

A 'booster-jumper' battery. Anybody know anything about this thing? Can it possibly work as advertised? http://www.porta...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Chewintherag.com
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by Chewintherag.com

Ryobi battery pack disassembly?

I have several 18v Ryobi tools and battery packs, including one of the lower-capacity Li-Ion ones that shows as fully c...
15 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Nobody
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by Nobody

Rayovac batteries - leak problems?

I usually use Duracell or Energizer batteries. I got some Rayovac batteries because they were cheaper. I figured that t...
90 comments posted 15yrs
posted by youknowwhat.mccranie
90 comments posted 15yrs posted by youknowwhat.mccranie

Low cost outdoor thermometer

I want to be able to turn on my gas logs automatically whenever an indoor thermostat is calling for heat AND an outdoor...
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by NoSpam
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by NoSpam

OT a bit - Propane prices

Here in extreme SE Iowa we heat both our newish two story home and our 1,200 sq. ft. shop with propane fired high effic...
38 comments posted 15yrs
posted by don
38 comments posted 15yrs posted by don

Solder question

Say you've got common equipment for soldering copper water pipes. Can ya solder other metals to copper? Solder, say, st...
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Cadillac.coffin
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by Cadillac.coffin

"Heatballs" kicked out of the park

"A German man has failed in an attempt to circumvent the EU ban on 100 watt incandescent lightbulbs by rebranding the p...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub