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It has to do with the cost of a mechanical lift. Concrete is relatively cheap and available locally while the lift would need to be imported and customs duties paid. Modern cars do not need anywhere near the frequent lubrication of the old cars. I can remember when the ball joints and u-joints...

I use pegboard and hooks and hang a loop of cord that goes around the wire or cord and hooks back again on the hook. with different length loops of 1/8" nylon cord I can hang multiple cords off the same hook and it takes very little space and everything is in sight and easy to access. For spools...

Motors can more than double the load as the windings need to be energized. When they are turned off they through this back into the circuit and can cause problems for other devices that share it. Capacitors are used with AC units to minimize the power drain on the circuit. For maximum motor...

A MIG welder needs a lot more power for a given thickness of material. My 130 amp 220v MIG welder is only good up to 3/16" with flux wire, and with the MIG setup I am limited to 16 gauge. For thicker materials I either use the oxy welder or go to a friends shop where he has a 250 amp welder...

I connected the cut-off box for my hot tub to the same circuit I use for the oven. I can't run both at the same time anyway with my 100 amp service. I ran the wires under the house to the cut-off box which I mounted to the side of the house. From this box I ran the cable underground and then up...

Lamps need to be either plugged into an outlet or wired into a switch by code (and it is a good idea anyway to avoid a house fire from a wiring problem in a lamp). You can run power from an outlet to a switch and from the switch to pancake boxes mounted on the ceiling. This is not all that...

I recently rewired my garage to add light fixtures and to put outlets in more locations, including the ceiling for the lights. I placed them directly over the work locations for the built in benches I have and then in work zones. I have areas where I will work and it may be a 8x8 or smaller area...

All the studies I have seen show that more than half of the AC units in houses are grossly oversized for the space and the area where the house is located. The builder thinks that bigger is better and they don't have to worry about a professional design for each house layout they build. With an...