Recent content by jaw22w

I got a hold of Protex. The tech said from the beeps I was getting that the lock pad was not seeing the power from the external battery override. The plug is 2 very small pins, Wasn't making contact in the socket even though plugged in. I bent the pins together just a little bit and was able...

Yes, you can do a reset, but the door must be open to perform it.!!!

Yes, I am going to call them this AM, but they are in California and probably still sleeping. I am in Indiana, three hours later. I have their number and will call them around noonish. I have tried the external battery override. No go. Now, trying the default code is a good idea. I am not...

To further explain. I believe the batteries are good because the light lights and beeps when I enter the code, and I am sure of the code, my birth date, my wife's birth date and my son's birth date. This safe has a provision to plug in an external battery override, so the safe can be opened in...

I have a Protex safe, model HD100, about 15 years old in my shop that I keep a couple of guns and titles and such in. It has an electronic lock. It hadn't been opened for quite a while. Yesterday, I went to open it. I had some trouble opening it. It finally came open about the 5th or 6th...

LOL! Just the thought of getting rid of that ugly assed dish off the front of my house alone was enough to get me to switch to the fiber internet! I also have a TV dish that is biting the dust at the same time. I don't want to leave the brackets. I think roof sealant might be better than...

I had a new roof put on about a year ago. There is an internet satellite dish mounted on it. They recently ran fiber internet down my road. and obviously I had them hook me up to fiber internet. Now I need to remove the dish. It is lagged to the roof. What is the best way to patch the holes...

I thought I would come back and finish this off. I finally got all the cables and such to hook this system up. Exactly as described. It works great. I can change the tv screen from my laptop to the Superbox just by pushing one button. TV2 works fine, but apparently the active 75' HDMI cable...

Thanks guys. I didn't even know for sure that this was even possible. To clarify, I want to have 2 fairly synchronized TVs in the shop. One in each corner of a 30 x 36 shop. Too damn old to crawl around in the attic. Going to run the HDMI cable along the corner of the wall and ceiling. 66'...

I live out of town and had to get my internet by satellite at about 4 Mbps. I now have fiber internet at about 900 Mbps. The one TV in the shop only ran off an antenna, so my whole TV world has moved into the 21st century. So, I bought a new bigger TV for the shop. Now I have an extra 40" TV...

Couldn't a paver come in and patch what was necessary rather than a complete re-pave?

I learned in the trades. Just like a wine cap! Put it on level and turn it to the right!

I like laying out with pencil much better than using a sharpie. Gives a much sharper, more precise line for cutting. So, here's what I'm going to do. Lay it out so that I am always cutting off the pencil marks! Just for my buddy, Leebo.

Yep! I didn't think of that. The whole dissimilar metals thing. I guess I didn't think of it because of the paint. I would think that would stop the electrical flow. But then some of the graphite could become embedded during the cutting process, shearing or abrasive, I guess. Looks like my...

I'm currently trimming a new lean-to on the barn with metal siding and trim. I discussed it with a friend who has years of experience leading a crew of ironworkers in constructing metal buildings. He's quite knowledgeable. He advised against laying out sheets or trim with a pencil, claiming it...