Recent content by Tuhls

Thank you very much for the generous offer, BillK, but reading walta’s post above and reading that these vacuums generally operated drawing 170watts, I may rewire it with 18-3 then locating a point on the metal portion to connect the ground. Once again, thank you for your offer, you truly...

thanks for that, wyliesdiesels, i was unaware that the possibility existed…

I have not and should…all indications are that 16/2 SVT is what I need…responders here have led me to that conclusion. one posted a Home Depot extension cord that other than being 20ft instead of 25ft is virtually a match. thanks for your respinse.

Thanks for all of the input…the cord presently attached has no markings, it is just light gray with fine ribbing. I did the install in the early 1970s, I believe the cord came from a spool of Carol brand cable. The appliance is a Singer hand vacuum cleaner, not a sewing machine, the unit was...

I have a very old Singer hand vacuum that was rejuvenated approximately 55-years ago…at that time I wired it with a 25ft two conductor (no ground) ‘appliance cord’ that was gray with fine ribs. There are no markings but I removed the plug and stripped the two conductors, they strip as 16 gauge...

This may have been mentioned, I admit to not reading all of the above, many mentioned LEDs, how about a step further back in time and just stuff each letter with white miniature holiday lights? many online retailers sell them in great lengths…if there are numerous ‘hot’ points of light from the...

if i am not mistaken, aren’t there ‘jigs/holders’ for angle grinders to utilize one as a chop saw?

Not an alarm suggestion, but I installed a BLINK camera above a sump pit with a 9w (60w equivalent) bulb on 24/7/365. I had a CSH Industries hardwired water alarm WA9-04-30 mounted on the main hvac plenum to be heard everywhere in the house. This was at my parents house, if the alarm sounded...

I have had both, I prefer the pedestal style. I had one submersible fail, the case ‘rotted’, that doesn’t mean that all submersibles should be avoided, but personally I like the idea of all of the electric workings residing above water. I have a second pedestal pump sitting there with the check...

Are you referring to wood pencils with a slip-on ‘grip tube’ (either round or triangular) or mechanical pencils with integrated rubber grips? One issue with integrated rubber grips is that inexpensive ones break-down into a sticky mess. Knurled grip surfaces on the other hand are forever...

Pentel .9mm is like using an ‘always sharp’ wood pencil, this is my standard. I never had good luck with the .5mm, always breaking the lead UNTIL I tried some 4B lead in it, it makes a world of difference, and is sooo smooth!

I apply peanut butter using a syringe (approx 1” diameter x 4” long available from McMaster-Carr), that way I can replenish easily with a few PB dots at the entrances of my Victor M460. Late last summer I began shaking a ring of carbaryl dust around the trap (maybe six inches out from the trap)...

Victor M460 is very effective outdoors…I have several placed around…