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Furnace questions
American Standard Freedom 80 single stage. Just had the company out this morning to do maintenance on my furnace (cleaning and checking). I have a contract with this company. The tech informed me the...
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sump pump repaired
thought I'd share this one. Came home last night to the sound of the sump pump running continuously. Unplugged it, disconnected the outlet pipe and pulled it out of the pit. The float switch's...
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100+ years of Popular Mechanics now online
Link starts you off in 1950.
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Water heaters
Can you turn off the water to a water heater and not turn off the pilot. I have a water heater where you have to physically light the pilot and it is a pain to restart when we get back from vacations...
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Maytag Washer "No Hot Water" Connundrum
\"Share your knowledge. It\'s a way to achieve immortality\" --Dalai Lama ------------------------------------- I have a Maytag washing machine, Serial No. LAT7304AAE, that does not dispense hot...
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LED Xmas Lights: Brightness Question
I recently purchased some LED "C-9"s for use outside. Every year I try this, and every year they are returned. Is there any type or brand that come close to the brightness of a standard incandescent...
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Gas Range heats up kitchen
Just installed a new range and it heats up the kitchen way too much. It says in the manual not to block the 'vent' so they designed it to waste all that heat. Why?
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Quiet dishwasher makes too much noise
I replaced the dishwasher that came with the house with a new and moderately pricey super quiet dishwasher. It's great that I can hardly hear it while it's running the wash cycles. However, it...
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Question about stain on linoleum floor
My daughter has a fairly new linoleum floor in her bathroom, she dyed a couple of rugs to get the color she wanted, but the problem is when the rug next to the bathtub got wet, it bled to the floor...
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Taco cartridge circulator
I have a Model 006-BC5Y-2 on my geothermal heat pump to recirculate the hot water it produces. When the water heater quit today, I noticed that the circulator was not working. I tested the wiring, and...
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Trouble with TORO Snow Blower
Thanks for response. Before I address what you said, I am wondering why the ether starting fluid will not ignite if there is spark (arc) at the spark plug. It just seems to me that regardless of...
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Home wiring: is 47V between neutral and ground OK?
Hi All, I just installed a ceiling light in my kitchen, and now I measure a 47V (AC) difference between the light's ground wire and its neutral wire. Is this normal, or could the ground wire be...
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Crude Oil Prices/Electricity Rates?
With crude prices as low as they now and heating oil/gasoline prices much less than they were last year, can we poor schlubs here in the Northeast have any hope that our electric rates will similarly...
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Plaster walls are how expensive?
Hi, I'm working on a kitchen project. The kitchen is 16'x16' with 8' ceilings and a couple closets. I had a straight up drywall guy give me a quote of $40/sheet or about $700. Then I...
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Why Does Toilet OCCASIONALLY not Flush?
I installed a tall, elongated 1.6 GPF toilet 8 years ago. It works fine....most of the time. About every 100th or so flush, the bowl fills with water from the tank but for whatever reason it...
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