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12V Battery charging problem - MASSIVE SPARKS
I have a farm tractor with a positive ground. I hooked a 15A battery charger to it, and had massive sparks shooting all over the place. Yes, I did connect the polarity correctly, with the red clip on...
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Arc-fault breaker trips
A family member's house was completely rewired in 2011 and has arc-fault breakers for the bedrooms. One of those breakers will not hold in at all, even with nothing plugged into any of the outlets. Is...
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W10 activation issue
wiped My HD and tried to load W7 ultimate, but the built-in modem will not load. I then loaded w10 and tried to use My W7 activation to activate W10, and was refused. W10 works, but get the activation...
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8 years ago
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Google is not the only one who knows all about you.
Interesting experience. All I wanted to do was get the phone number of the place I get my blood tests, so I could call them today and find out how much a couple special order tests cost if I have to...
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Major Winter Storm kills thousands of people in Eastern USA
On the Eastern part of the US, at exactly 9:49 pm, EST Winter officially began. During that one minute, over 8 feet of snow fell. It came down so fast that thousands of people were crushed to their...
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Review on TV antenna
I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 Many of the over the air broadcast stations are 20 - 30 miles from my resid...
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Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown?
Is it true (or an urban myth) that a swimmer would be sucked under (presumably to drown) when a capital ship sinks?
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How to remove leaked "juice" from flashlight battery
I have a cheap flashlight, so it's no big deal if it dies, but the batteries leaked a very little amount inside of it. These were STANDARD batteries, (not alkaline). There is no corrosion inside the...
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Tonight is the Winter Solstice
Just letting everyone know. It's at 9:49 EST. 10:49 CST, etc.... Which means TODAY and TOMORROW are the shortest days of the year, and it's OFFICIALLY Winter.
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8 years ago
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What happens if you use a non-dimmable LED on a dimmer?
What happens if you use a non-dimmable LED on a dimmer? Obviously you should not do this, but if someone did it, what would happen? Would the LED simply not light unless the dimmer was on FULL...
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Honeywell T8411R Not showing LCD Display.
First, yes, I know LCD Display (Redundent I know but sounds right.) The display stopped working. The settings as follows: Fan: Auto Heat/Cool/Off: OFF No batteries to change in disply. Checked the...
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ANSWERING MACHINE RINGS
My answering machine was answering on four rings, all of a sudden it has started answering on 1 and a half rings. It is still set up to answer on four rings. I thought maybe my machine had gone bad,...
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Store Clerks "DUMBER THAN HELL"
I went to a big city "big box" home repair store yesterday. I got most of the stuff from my list, into my shopping cart, but I could not find an outdoor thermometer (the old one I had outside my...
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Preventing paint from freezing in garage
Hi, I'm finishing my basement and will have to permanently move my collection o f paint, joint compound etc, from (the climate controlled) basement storage into the unheated stand-alone garage. To...
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commode flapper issue continues!!
Ok, this one is getting to be a real pita! Have been at it for 3 weeks. Started getting occasional running of commode a month ago, presumably due to leaky flapper. Replaced flapper, still running, so...
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8 years ago
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