Recent content by 14binders

Every single part is available for that engine. It comes as a kit and costs $109.99.

Fluorescents weren't commonplace until the 1960's, especially in schools (I remodel schools for a living). In any case, those ballasts probably contain PCB's. Beware of any black gooey fluid. If you trash them, please take them to a hazmat disposal station. Where I live, they are free to dispose...

T-8's have been the standard commercial fluorescent lamp for 15+ years. T-5HO (High Output) lamps are just starting to become mainstream as their price drops. However lamps and fixtures are still difficult to find retail. They are very popular as a replacement for commercial high-bay (14'+)...

1) Sheathed in conduit? The whole way? do you have some UF but want to install conduit for later? 2) How deep? 18" is code for most residential in conduit, but I always go 24". Bury some red tape 6" above it. 3) Ground wire? Yes, 4 wires minimum. This is an important one- You must remove the...

A two speed hole-hawg with an 18"x3/4" ship auger is the only way to go. I have inherited my father's 30 year old hawg. It has plumbed and wired at least 100 houses. An 18" auger keeps your knuckles away from the adjacent stud and allows you to drill 8' high top plates from the floor. They can...

If you do a lot of paint shop type stuff, spring for some wall mt. lights. Otherwise mount your outer rows of ceiling mt. lights 1'-2' from the walls and paint the ceiling and upper 2'-3' of the wall gloss white. It really works.

Remember, these things are a full 24" wide. Even 2byX joists or trusses only have 22.5" clear between them. The diffused lenses are designed to reduce lamp image for office buildings, not shops. They will reduce light output by ~15% alone over a bare bulb and the lenses will also fill with dust...

Rakesdl- I have a degree in electrical engineering specializing in power systems, as well as 15 years experience wiring houses, cars, etc. So if the elements weren't on, then were did it go? In physics, matter (energy) can neither be created nor destroyed. It has to have gone somewhere. There...

Unless you want to completely 'wing it' and blow some cash by undersizing, or sometimes worse, oversizing the system or even mismatching components that will never work quite right together, you need to do some heat loss calcs. Too big a boiler for the system/heating load will short-cycle and...

Hi- First time poster and disenchanted auto drain user. My big-boy-toy Ingersoll Rand T-30 came with a Hankinson auto drain. I was always leary of it and I hadn't heard it pop in a few months. I finally remembered to pull it apart when the tank was already low in air. Turns out the first owner...