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Electric space heater repair question

I had a $20 space heater fail after about 4.5 yrs of use. It looks the nichrome filament burned through near a crimp fa...
45 comments posted 11yrs
posted by x
45 comments posted 11yrs posted by x

Need New Vacuum - Recommend?

My Hoover bagless upright just destroyed itself. Need to buy a new vacuum. I know this might produce a lot of opinions,...
34 comments posted 11yrs
posted by johnwayne
34 comments posted 11yrs posted by johnwayne

white lithium grease

Neighbors have had a screw-drive garage-door opener for 15 years. They had trouble. I downloaded the manual. It says to...
12 comments posted 11yrs
posted by burns4
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by burns4

fuel line fitting diameter

If you know the diameter of the nipple flexible fuel line slides onto, can you tell what size line to buy? The hose on...
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by burns4
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by burns4

Mouse, maybe mice

Is this on topic for this group? If not, please ignore. How do you catch a mouse that simply will not be caught? Okay,...
29 comments posted 11yrs
posted by julie.nils
29 comments posted 11yrs posted by julie.nils

All you macho guys will like this:

All you macho guys will like this: http://www.weather.com/sports-recreation/hunting/news/disappearing-act-amazingly-real...
38 comments posted 11yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
38 comments posted 11yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

OT/Immigration

I keep hearing that our immigration laws are broken, but I can't find anyone to tell me what exactly is broken. Outside...
48 comments posted 11yrs
posted by nospam
48 comments posted 11yrs posted by nospam

Aprilaire 600 humidity output

I'm extremely new here so please let me know if I'm posting things at the w rong place. I recently (3 months ago) insta...
111 comments posted 11yrs
posted by hongyikang82
111 comments posted 11yrs posted by hongyikang82

Boiler

I own a oil fed Burnham boiler. It is used for our hot water and some household heating. Is there a way I can further i...
10 comments posted 11yrs
posted by joe
10 comments posted 11yrs posted by joe

Compressor trouble shooting

Got a 12 gal Sears oilless compressor from a friend of mine. And the compressor continues to give me trouble. It starts...
12 comments posted 11yrs
posted by cayoung61
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by cayoung61

OT - What to do with old CDs?

I have about adozen old CDs that I no longer need or want. Ican just toss them, but thought maybe someone here had come...
17 comments posted 11yrs
posted by hrhofmann
17 comments posted 11yrs posted by hrhofmann

Taking our our trash

This may be a stretch. We have two trash containers that must be put out on our street each Thursday. They have two whe...
62 comments posted 11yrs
posted by wolftracks
62 comments posted 11yrs posted by wolftracks