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We just rearranged my daughter's room and as I plugged in her clip-on 2-prong metal desk lamp I wondered (again) why some such appliances aren't grounded. I took a good look at it, and it seems to be pretty well made, but any such device still seems like it could be one good cord tug away from...

I'm pretty tired of using portable humidifiers and it seems that the Aprilaire 800 is a very well regarded unit. Our HVAC provider sells them along with a Trane unit that they say is also made by Aprilaire. They want $2150 to install one which seems pretty high to me. We have a fairly small...

We have a Trane system with Honeywell Prestige IAQ stat. Today there was a nearby strike that took out a few things at our house and our neighbor's including our downstairs HVAC. The stat is calling for cool but the IAQ board is power cycling. Green power light, then cool light and a buzzing...

Is there a particular rating that outdoor soffit lights need to have? I can't find any mention of it online. There is waterproof stuff but that probably doesn't apply to a sheltered soffit. I need an entry light for my garage and I don't want a wall-mounted fixture. There is a pretty deep...

A friend is moving the main panel in her single-family house during a remodel. The panel (on the main floor) is only moving a few feet but it will apparently be pretty much back-to-back with the meter, and she is planning to go straight through from the meter box and have the panel be the main...

Being in central Virginia we have pretty frequent (and usually brief) power outages. My computer is on a plug-in UPS but the modem and routers aren't whenever we lose power my wife gets kicked off the VPN and that's a pain. While the computer and modem are near each other, their circuits are...

I would think this has been hammered out a billion times but I can't find anything conclusive. I think the codes have changed recently on this and many things I read may be based on older codes. Virginia is on 2011 AFAIK. In my unfiinished basement I am replacing a subpanel and a freezer is...

While doing some work in my older (15+ years) 200A QO main panel I found this: There's no indication that the breakers that were in that spot are overheated so it might be old damage. Searching for anything about overheated stabs brings up pages of FPE info but nothing about repairing a QO...

The cheapest option for my new 100A subpanel is a kit that comes with a tandem 30A breaker and a few single 15s or 20s. Pretty much every other kit also includes a 2x30. I don't need it. Not a big deal; I'll take it to work and maybe someone can use it there but what is so ubiquitous about a...

Our new commercial space is divided by walls consisting of 12' metal studs with two layers of 5/8" sheetrock on each side. The electricians are installing outlets for the other spaces before the second side of rock is installed, and they are running MC to them. The project manager asked about...

Over the holidays I got a Shop-Vac with the so-called 6 peak HP motor (no idea what that really means but it was one of the bigger motors). It has the regular 1.5" hose and a few attachments. I will need to do a lot of floor vacuuming in the near future and was looking for a good floor brush...

I'm replacing the old (long gone) underground power to an 18x18 detached garage. It's not a shop; it's just parking although I do want a 240 outlet for whatever comes up. Basically lights (maybe 200W total) and a few outlets. I occasionally use a portable air compressor out there, and the car's...

Not sure is this is the right spot to post it, but there's a KRL773 on eBay ending tomorrow. The 773 is kind of special in that it's the only 24" deep Master triple bank. Well, there's also the 763 with the door instead of drawers, but still. It's not for everyone but if you have a need for a...

I'm thinking of something like this for under my lathe. The shallow depth is great for that and the overall size is right or maybe even a bit bigger than I need. http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/tls/5883701070.html The left side looks like the current KRB2006 that I can buy off the truck...

Do the stickies need to show up on every page? By the time anyone has paged back a few times they have just become a space-blocker. I can't think of any other forum I frequent that shows them on every page, especially when there are so many.

I'll be moving and rearranging my repair shop so I have a chance to change how I organize some things. Right now, in my 'bench work' area I keep relevant tools and some parts in a KRL1001B in back of where I normally stand. Works well, holds more than enough stuff but I'm considering the idea...