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Is there any part of Louisiana that doesn't flood?

Once I buy a house in the suburbs I will have stuff to post on-topic about, but in the meantime since Louisiana has the...
23 comments posted 12yrs
posted by rigida7147
23 comments posted 12yrs posted by rigida7147

Battery backup to run my furnace?

Hi All, Anyone have a favorite battery backup to run a gas forced air heater's fan in an electrical power outage? Been...
59 comments posted 12yrs
posted by Todd
59 comments posted 12yrs posted by Todd

Splitting 240V

I've got a junction box with some 1953 sheathed cable feeding it. Looks like asbestos fiber sheath with silver spray pa...
27 comments posted 12yrs
posted by perilmung
27 comments posted 12yrs posted by perilmung

Solder or crimp ??

This article says soldering is less desirable than crimps for Anderson Power Pole terminals. http://www.survivalblog.co...
108 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
108 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Frosty the Coal Man

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2008/12/10/33504/clean-coal-carrolers/#
4 comments posted 12yrs
posted by atlas-bugged
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by atlas-bugged

OT: temporary fan belt repair

Is there a short term fix for a 'thrown' fan belt? Needed something that would run the water pump and the belt is waaaa...
46 comments posted 12yrs
posted by robert.a.macy
46 comments posted 12yrs posted by robert.a.macy

Wood stove Q's

OK , the stove produces massive quantities of heat - sometimes . This morning it wasn't doing so great , like it couldn...
35 comments posted 12yrs
posted by snag_one
35 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Clearing Error 27 on Canon PIXMA MP190

Does anyone know a way to clear error E27 (ink absorber full) on Canon MP190? I have cleaned the ink absorber. Turned t...
21 comments posted 12yrs
posted by guvbob2003
21 comments posted 12yrs posted by guvbob2003

Radios: here is the pix...

of the radios I got free from a guy on the radio group https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1496322_7...
51 comments posted 12yrs
posted by philo
51 comments posted 12yrs posted by philo

house build pics

There's a few new ones added to the bucket
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by snag_one
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Microwave oven stopped

My almost 3 year old M O was baking a small red potato. I had set it for 6 minutes and while it was being cooked, I was...
24 comments posted 12yrs
posted by harri85274
24 comments posted 12yrs posted by harri85274

Fish Tape

I need to run a power cord through an existing concrete foundation. There is a schedule 40 PVC 1 5/8" ID, 1 15/16" OD w...
19 comments posted 12yrs
posted by perilmung
19 comments posted 12yrs posted by perilmung

Aluminum threshold on cement floor

I've been asked to anchor aluminum threshold for commercial doors. About six inches wide, and runs the width of two 36...
45 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
45 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Oh, Shoot, good timing

GDO all of sudden quit last night, Hurried out to get a replacement. Have to spend all day putting it up. This time 1Hp...
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by dragon40
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by dragon40

OT Dratted crop dusters!

3 AM this morning for a half hour - crop duster spraying herbicide, insecticide or homicide this morning. Circling the...
15 comments posted 12yrs
posted by invalid
15 comments posted 12yrs posted by invalid