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Light for cat house
Made insulated cat house from foam board. Placed straw pillow inside with flannel blanket. Then took large tin can. Made hole on top, vents in sides, used drop lightbulb cord, and 20 wat bulb. My wild...
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Does the car heater heat your leg?
Doesn't this make their legs hot? From time immemorial and certainly in 1950, a car heater was turned on and off and the temperature adjusted by a valve in the hose that sent hot water to the car's...
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Nest - overall costs - realistically - does it work well or not?
Nest - overall costs - realistically - does it work well or not? New England temperatures. All I want is every room in the two story home to be around the same temperature. Usually around 62 degrees....
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router Archer ax3000 pro with trade in
Saw this at Best Buy and wondered if it's a good replacement for my old tplink n gen 4 router which isn't working well. a 15% trade in of the old router (should I keep that old router?). ax3000 pro...
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OT. Weinermobile Driver Wanted
Oscar Meyer is looking for drivers for the Weinermobiles. The story says they want college graduates. <> That doesn't make sense to me. A college degree to drive a truck and be cool to kids when...
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What size slipper is one inch bigger?
I've never bought shoes online, because of this very problem, but I need slippers. I bought size 9 and they are too tight to get into and their sole is exactly 1 inch shorter than the slippers I have...
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Honeywell White Round Thermostat - 4degF Heating Offset
Honeywell White Round Thermostat - 4degF Heating Offset: UNIT DESCRIPT: White Round 'Classic' Honeywell, heat only, NO perimeter switches for A/C mode, Fan on/off, etc. Pointers for (top)set point,...
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Car battery charging below float voltage?
I have 8 computers with 15 graphics cards running science projects. The graphics cards run from 12 volts, adding up to a lot of current between them. I have three 1kW power supplies connected to a big...
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scissors won't cut strings
I have several pairs of scissors. They cut paper alright but when trying to cut cotton strings of less than 1/32" thick, they just slip. What gives?
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Roman Concrete
Scientists think they know why the Pantheon is still standing 2,000 years after it was built. <> The majestic structures of ancient Rome have survived for millennia — a testament to the ingenuity of...
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Generatore for home or solar backup?
Our power goes out a lot and now the grandchildren live with us. I'm told even if you have solar panels, they don't run the home even in the day when the power goes out due to some regulation on...
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Rain water for distilled water in car & iron at home?
My neighbor collects rain water for his car and home (iron) and he said i's the same as distilled water for those two purposes. Is it?
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Stripping multicore wire?
Does anyone have a way to strip the outer sheath without damaging the inner ones?
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TrickleStar® DryerSaver®
From: BGE > Reply-To: BGE Subject: Save more on every load of laundry, for a limited time Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:33:52 -0500 Discover how a Quick Home Energy Check-up and a dryer sensor can make...
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Splitting versus chains awing wood logs into quarters or eighths to burn in fireplace
This is my second of two different questions, where in both cases I'm trying to find the least expensive way to heat a room that happens to have a double-opening wood burning fireplace with an...
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