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Where do all the electrons go?

If you connect copper wire to steel wire, how come the steel does not start becoming copper (or vice versa)? I'm lookin...
25 comments posted 16yrs
posted by pvs_industries
25 comments posted 16yrs posted by pvs_industries

There's light left in them thar bulbs!

"Representatives Joe Barton, Michael Burgess, and Marsha Blackburn have just introduced the Better Use of Light Bulbs A...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by heybub
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by heybub

3-way CFLs?

hi all does anyone sell 3-way CFLs with a max brightness greater than "150W equivalent?" trying to avoid replacing goof...
20 comments posted 16yrs
posted by njnagel
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by njnagel

Clothes Washer TIMER -- Replace?

I have a six-year-old Whirlpool Direct Driver clothes washer (top load). Recently, we've noticed on occassion -- not al...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by timbirr
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by timbirr

Window well covers

I am posting this for someone else, but I would also be interested in any responses since I will be doing something sim...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by RogerT
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by RogerT

Electrical box

Ok, so I'm probably making more of this than I need to ... I am replacing outlets to match new paint in a room and did...
22 comments posted 16yrs
posted by tom_sawyer70
22 comments posted 16yrs posted by tom_sawyer70

Bending Gray PVC Conduit

I was looking at a building under construction and they are puting on the gray PVC electrical conduit. They made some b...
14 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jw
14 comments posted 16yrs posted by jw

Antique Electrical Devices - Website

I just stumbled across this website that has lots of really old electrical devices. Pretty interesting. http://www.urba...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jw
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by jw

Split Receptacle GFI outlet. Do they exist?

Got a 15 amp split receptable mounted on a studded basement wall for a washing machine and gas dryer. I want to install...
31 comments posted 16yrs
posted by yup
31 comments posted 16yrs posted by yup

Maintenance at 1700 feet

Watch this video. I'm sticking with my ground job http://www.impomag.com/scripts/ShowPR~RID~15333.asp I cannot imagine...
24 comments posted 16yrs
posted by esp
24 comments posted 16yrs posted by esp

Toilet clog problem

My toilet has been plugging up a lot recently. I do not think it is the trap in the toilet because when I put a toilet...
23 comments posted 16yrs
posted by neutrino1
23 comments posted 16yrs posted by neutrino1

Wiring question

Okay. I changed out a light switch that controlled the light above my kitchen table and the light outside of the neares...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by kurtullman
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by kurtullman