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    $1200 Kobalt tool box at Lowe’s for $600

    Lowe’s in Round Rock Texas still has 1 of these in stock. I just grabbed one today.
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    Watched an epoxy company do my new neighbors floor.

    New neighbors in a 3 year old house had an epoxy floor put in yesterday. Im pretty sure the guy did a a poor job prepping and didn't even let the floor completely dry before application. Previous owner worked on off road trucks and had the concrete pretty oily in spots. This company started...
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    LM8500 Wall Controller Failure.

    I tried to get a new updated controller. They want you to now trouble shoot it. Check wiring, reset remotes, etc. Than you have to wait for a day or 2 and see if it happens again...
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    Closing on a house with no HOA...wait there is an HOA....

    Hoa = nice yards and no cars parked in the front yard in a residential neighborhood. No HOA = cars parked in front yards, grass over grown, running a tint shop out of your garage with banners on the back fence and across the front of your house....
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    Lets Talk about power washers

    Check out the home depot returns/ refurb. They are usually in the garden department. I believe a 30day warranty too. I got my 2700psi Simpson pressure washer for $125. Retail was $300. Just the other day they had a dewalt 3400psi for $299. Retail was $600 You can sometimes get a good deal if...
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    Trying to find a round 3uf cap for a dayton fan. Is a square replacement ok?

    Grainger had the oval 3uf caps. Might have to rig up a cover if it dosent fit in the original housing. Thanks for the replies.
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    Trying to find a round 3uf cap for a dayton fan. Is a square replacement ok?

    I found oval ones at Grainger but I don't think they will fit under the cover.
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    Trying to find a round 3uf cap for a dayton fan. Is a square replacement ok?

    So we picked up a small shop fan for work. When my buddy went to buy it he hooked it up and it worked fine. Got to work and it wouldn't run and just hummed. He was able to get it started by hand a few times and not it won't even do that. It spins free and I'm thinking it's the cap. It takes...
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    Wireless security camera issues. Help!!

    You can try running a wifi speed test with the cameras on and then off. Do the test 30-40' from your wifi setup. say you get 10mb with the cameras off and 2mb with them on then your getting wifi interference from the cameras. that's what i had going on. The cameras are in fact using the 2.4ghz...
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    Wireless security camera issues. Help!!

    After pairing have you tried holding down the pairing button on the camera until the image appears on the screen? Have you registered it on the lorex web site? There is also a support ticket center on there. Your still under warranty. Once you register the product you can select returns then...
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    Wireless security camera issues. Help!!

    I've been using lorex for a few years now. I have a couple older lorex wireless cameras on my system. They are probably 4-5 years old. The only issue I've ever had was with 3 of them running and their 2.4 band channel hopping killed my Wi-Fi. I just run all my stuff on my 5ghz band and I'm...
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    Wireless security camera issues. Help!!

    What model lorex wireless cameras are they? My lorex wireless cameras run on 2.4.
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    Home security system DIY or go with the pros

    I have 2gig equipment and monitoring from https://suretydiy.com. They use the alarm.com interface but the monitoring is handled by https://suretydiy.com. I work in emergency services and researched this place and they have one of the fastest response time getting alarms sent to dispatch centers...
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    roll up/over head door alarm contacts

    I have George risk industries contacts on my garage doors. The same one in the picture you posted. About $20 each https://suretydiy.com/product/miniature-overhead-door-switch-4532l/...
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    Code requirements for network cabinet

    Im in Pflugerville Texas and ran 1000' of cat6 and extra coax in my home while under construction. No issues with the code department just make sure any runs through studs and firewalls are sealed properly. And all of your faceplates for the low voltage have to be installed prior to the final...
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