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i had one of those free PEPCO ( our power company) thermostats. One day in the summer i touched the thermostat and got a static shock. The thermostat was blank, no signs of life. I called Pepco and they came a day or so later and replaced the thermostat with a like model worked fine. Everything...

thanks for all your replies. You have given me lots of ideas..... oh Pex piping , just got my house re-piped with Pex , the copper started to develop pin hole leaks or little specks of blue/green. so Plex pipe will work ok ?

thanks, i just passed soda through my nose when i saw PVC :D

did you have to get a dealers license and plate to do that? where i live i can only flip 10 cars a year, anything over that and i have to register as a used car dealer. yep i heard that about what totals a car, usually its the labor price and not the parts. Its a racket though. My niece...

when i worked for Chevrolet 2 of the mechanics left and bought a garage and restaurant that was next door. The wives worked and ran the restaurant and their husbands ran/worked the auto shop. I think the main issue is run everything past a lawyer and have him draw up a draft for a bill that...

What is the best type of pipe to use for my air compressor. Where to buy, and fittings and what not to use

I have a flood light outside of the house that was added some 50 years ago. It does not work. I took both incandescent flood lamps out, both are bad. the one the whole inside is completely black inside the other has a rattle. Tried a new lamp did not work. I went to the switch and disconnected...

i just bought an HFT LED fluorescent looking tube and fixture. I bought it for my computer area / small engine repair area. Very mobile and i can hang it from chains or hooks. I also found a really good use too since it's virtually unbreakable

i have an air compressor from the mid 90s. It is rated @ 40psi 7.5 CFM and 90psi 4.6 CFM. unfortunately it is on a small pancake type tank. i have an external 5gal tank I can run air tools like a dye grinder for 1 minute till the air runs out. then i have to wait. anyone know where i can get a...

i have been pluging my tires since the 80s used the camel repair kits the ones w/ the little tube of cement and the stepped plugs. tried the gooey string ones did not seem as good. I bought a HF manual tire changer about 5 years ago. can change a tire in 10-15 minutes as long as the bead...

you have to click on the little box with the "x" to see the pictures

out of the horde of tools purchased at HFT over the years.... their Torx set broke with normal force FAIL Solar cell phone charger FAIL For the Torx I went to Amazon and bought steel ones

I bought 2 different sets from the neighborhood Tandy leather company store back in the late 70's. one set is 3 fixed size. the other set has a driver and detachable different size cutters maybe up to 9mm. I from time to time make my own gaskets and these are indispensable in that process.

HERE are the pictures. they are not the best. I would have liked at least one pic of the whole front end clip. you have to click on each pic to see it. he also held his phone vertical. why do people do that I see so many people take pics like that. its like holding a 35mm camera vertical, LOL

pictures are on the way, my Nephew just got back from Huston last night and sent the pics. I just need to upload them , I forgot which site I am using now that photo bucket started to charge. Should be this weekend. so what sites do you use for photo sharing?