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Hot plugs

I wondered why my fanheater kept melting sockets. First I blamed the socket, then the fuse, it was just oxidised pins o...
125 comments posted 7yrs
posted by bruce.farquhar
125 comments posted 7yrs posted by bruce.farquhar

Septic gas smell (2025 Update)

I just moved into a house we recently purchased. In the remodeled basement is the laundry area. The original washing ma...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by caedfaa9ed1216d60ef78a6f660f5f85_13703
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by caedfaa9ed1216d60ef78a6f660f5f85_13703

Moldy basement (2025 Update)

What are the health risks having a moldy basement? On a hillside, 990 sq ft house. Half underground, half walkout drive...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by canopeily
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by canopeily

Power pole transformer getting red hot (2025 Update)

To all who say it is impossible.. I am living in a gulf coast city in Mexico. Old infrastructure. Last week we had big...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by caedfaa9ed1216d60ef78a6f660f5f85_13702
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by caedfaa9ed1216d60ef78a6f660f5f85_13702

VINYL sliding patio doors (2025 Update)

What are the best lubricants for VINYL sliding patio doors if the adjustments after install don't do enough to make door...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by docmarv
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by docmarv

Roku TV???? (2025 Update)

I'm considering leaving Directv due to $$$$. We are looking at Roku, the main issue is that we record A LOT on Directv...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by albosch
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by albosch

OT; NYC news, recycling in trouble again....

CBS NYC had a story about recycling in the tri-state area and how it's having trouble again. Seems most of the recyclab...
20 comments posted 7yrs
posted by trader4
20 comments posted 7yrs posted by trader4

diagnose Kenmore coldspot 106.57572791 (2025 Update)

My kenmore 106.57572791 stopped working, the fan still runs, but the compressor does not come on..do not hear any click...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by caedfaa9ed1216d60ef78a6f660f5f85_13689
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by caedfaa9ed1216d60ef78a6f660f5f85_13689

Why not LED bulbs?

We ran out of spare bulbs so I was tasked with getting new ones. "None of that LED crap mind". Now I knew 'florescent'...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cheesesoupnews
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by cheesesoupnews

Peanut allergy treatment 'in sight' (2025 Update)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46259123 Why aren't the US peanut growers paying for this? Why is the cost of peanut...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by super.pooh
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by super.pooh