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9 volt charger with a 7.5 volt Makita drilll?
What happens if you use a smaller than the original 9 volt charger with a 7.5 volt Makita drill, which currently is totally dead. I just don't have time to find a 7.5 volt wall wart, and it's not...
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NiMh batteries
Looking for recommendations for 9 volt NiMh batteries. EBL has one they claim has a 600 mah capacity. What about Tenergy's 200 mah battery ? Especially interested to hear from those who have used...
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chilipepper water recirculating
Does anyone have any experience with or opinions about the chilipepper hot water recirculation pumps Running a separate return pipe would be a lot of work and unlike the other brands you all told me...
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Maintenance Free Battery!
Long ago I read that sulfate left on battery plates eventually hardens. In addition, it?s good to have a battery well charged before hitting the starter because the surge can knock sulfate off the...
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Chainsaw Comment
Likely unrelated to Danny D's post today. Maybe ten years ago, I stopped at a friend's to help him cut up some damaged trees after a wind storm. He remarked to me that his chain saw takes straight...
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Drat. I have been using TCW-3 two-stroke oil in my chainsaw gas:oil mixture for two years
I just realized, when I bought a new gas can to mix a new batch of 50:1 two-stroke oil for my chainsaw, that I have been using TCW-3 two-stroke oil for the past two years. Drat!
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Transmatic
My lawn tractor has a Transmatic transmission. It slips in "5th gear". A transmatic has a drive belt coming off of the engine which goes to a double pulley. A belt travels from this pulley to a...
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furnace replacement vs. heat pump
My husband and I want to replace our old furnace and defunct central air sy stem. We have called four contractors for estimates. Each one of them has t ried very hard to sell us a heat pump. Several...
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Bathroom sink faucet handle won't come off (stuck?)
i tried the same puller no go. next step is the cutoff wheel to cut handle in half/
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How to make clear glass frosty
Next to my main entrance door there is a window - 10"W x 37.5"H - of clear glass. While it appears to be three distinctive windows, if I take off the decorative trim there is only a single 8.0" x...
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OT - Modern Nutrition - (changed from the slanderous Damn that JB subject line)
The problem, of course, that cooking takes a lot of time and now that most women are in the work force, who's going to spend all day cooking fresh food? I've started cooking more now that I've retired...
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Danny D. Where you B?
Danny, What's happening with the well water problems you folks had going? Any improvement or changes?
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Toilet Seat "Bumpers"
Hello, Am trying to find some replacemnt "Bumpers" for the underside of a toilet seat. The, more or less, rectangular ones that have press-in studs on them. The studs are about 1-1/4 apart. Easy to...
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Separate ground wire to panel to ground outlets?
This question was posted in another forum by someone that I know and I thought that I would try posting it here to get some feedback on his behalf: He wrote, "In a house that has ungrounded, 2 prong...
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Waterproofing product For A Cardboard Tube ?
Hello, Is there some kind of (liquid ?) waterproofing product avail. at HD or Lowes that I can apply to a cardboard mailing tube to make it waterproof ? Would like to use it to store a fishing rod...
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