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    Switch on one leg of 250V circuit

    I think you compressor would not be happy if it tried to start and run on one leg, which it will try when it calls for pressure
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    Reading Glasses for Garage Work?

    zim have a pair of bifocal glasses built upside down so that when i work under a dash board i can see without cranking my neck out of shape
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    Thermostat will not work, too cold???

    why not just add a switch to "jump start" the thermostat when you want to heat up mthe area. turn on switch it will start the boiler and when it gets above 35 deg turn the switch off and let the tstat do its job it you want it could be a spring type timer that you turn on for the start, them...
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    Modifying Auto Floor Guard for drainage hole?

    use a hot knife to seal the edge as you go or after you cut it seal it with something like a soldering iron
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    Heating My Garage

    I have a zone off the furnace run into the attached garage, I keep the thermostat at 50 works real well and has the ability to heat the 26x42 space to 65 in about 30 min
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    Perplexed by Generator Output

    measure your voltage under load, the spider box could have a flakey connection. when you draw current the voltage drops
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    intermittent central air problem

    sounds like a connection problem, check the wiring for tarnishing or bad connection
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    Project "4 wheel Street Bike"

    look at 600 ledgends race cars for inspiration or check out a modlite style car on racing junk .com
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    Recessed lighting for bedroom layout

    if you can look above ,locate the studs otherwise you just might need the drywall
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    Help me heat my garage...

    what heat do you have in your house, if its hot water just add another zone and put a modine style heater in the upper corner. It keeps my 4 car space at 50 deg with out a problem and when I want to work out there I turn its thermostat up for a while. using a programmable thermostat It will...
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    1 tool everyone should own?

    telephone,
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    Went pickin today

    it's a drill stand for that old metal drill
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    Adding a sink to the garage, but no water

    how about a fountain pump like they use in a parts washer to pump water out of a tank
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    Give me made up parts/phrases...left handed screwdrivers etc.

    sent the parts chaser guy to the hardware store to ask the female clerk for "6 ft of fallopian tube"
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    wireless keypad

    what do you have for bulbs in the opener, I had cheap leds and cfls and the opener got intererence from them/ changed them to regular bulbs and no more problems
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