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Just got a tuffshed, hate that it uses a key as i use keypads now for my house. Any idea how to make it keyless? I probably can’t find a lock to take its place, so would be open to adding another lock of some type and just leaving the key lock unlocked. Have thought about just putting a key...

I am getting a wood shed built. I want to have a LED light inside and possibly one outlet to charge some batteries. There is a outdoor outlet close by in a metal outdoor box. This is fed with 14ga wire on a 15a circuit. What is the correct way to tap this to have a light inside? or just use...

I thought you can’t run romex in conduit? Also they used tees for each of the runs upwards. Gets me also why they couldn’t have just ran the conduit at the top of the wall instead of the branches up from the ground. Also creative heating up the conduit to bend the top.

As soon as I start to weld(miller in 120v mode), it trips my arc fault breaker. Only way to fix is put in a standard breaker? I usually have it connected 240v, but doing work outside and can only use 120v Not going to buy a generator for this.

My driveway is 30ft across, I bought a water trench nozzle and attached to each end of the conduit. I guided it under the driveway what I thought was a straight line. But doesn’t seem to be the case. I have 36 feet that I passed under, but no sign of it on the other end. Is there anything to...

When I installed my 2post asymmetric lift in my garage, I placed it so I could work on my full size truck. I find I work on cars 90% of the time and when I put those on the lift I don’t have much front clearance and a ton of clearance n the rear. I probably can move the lift around 3-4ft and...

Garage gets fairly hot in the summer. Has anyone had any experience with Gable fans? I have 2 gable vents on opposite ends of my garage. Just curious how well they work. I do have a closed ceiling, so not sure if it will do much especially with a 16' ceiling, would think it has to pull air...

Was helping a friend, his kitchen circuit for the outlets stopped working. About 6 outlets with no power. No breakers tripped. The gfci won’t reset. Pulled the gfci out and there is no voltage. Checked power at the breakers and all have power feeding out. Not sure what else to check...

These weren’t actually that cheap, but come to use the 36mm, I ran into an issue!

I have a lift at my property that the renters have used in the past but tend to not clean up after themselves. I removed the lift arms from the lift as a consequence. I am looking for a way to remotely disable the lift as I am not at the property often. There are times that someone may want...

I have some sprinklers that have a leak somewhere. There is not enough pressure for the heads to pop up. Anyone know where to start? I have a layout of how the lines are run, just do t know how to start to find the leak. Cap the heads off? The lines are ran off a main feed line to branches...

Was trying to remove the blower fan on my range hood. Was using a ball end hex key and it snapped off the ball end into the set screw. Am sure stuck with only trying to drill it out? Anyone have any luck doing anything else?

Not sure if anyone can answer this for me or not. I have 2 12v batteries in series to get 24v for my tank pump. I have a circuit that switches over from the wall adapter to the batteries when power is lost. I have 12v lights that I want to power also from one of the batteries. Will it work...

I have a property with this old panel in it, was thinking up upgrading it to something newer. Not sure if it’s worth changing out or not. Haven’t had to buy a breaker yet, but they dont seem common. Any idea what I’m looking to spend to replace this?

I have a lightweight Craftsman Jack that i have had probably 15-20 years now. Its been leaking and now doesnt pump up anymore. Its a Model 50240 if that maters. A rebuild kit online is $50 shipped. Should i rebuild it or pickup a HF lightweight jack for $90? Not sure if the time...

Have multiple chargers for different brand tools. They are just a mess on my workbench. How is everyone organizing their chargers/batteries? And yes I buy different brands as not just one make everything.

Just posting here to see if there is something I am missing. First of all, this fridge is a built in unit, so very hard to move it to get to the outlet plug. Woke up this morning and fridge was dead. Checked the breaker, didn’t trip. Checked the voltage out of the breaker ~120v. Neutral is...

Anyone have any idea how to remove drywall without damaging it? My brother-in-law is closing his business and has a hand drawn mural in the wall. Just curious if there is any way to try and save it? Pretty sure it’s metal studs.

Seen some nice setups in the past, but nothing coming up in search for me. Looking to add a car wash station in my garage that has a wall mounted pressure washer, reel, filter.

So i finally got a quote from one contractor to run new service to a commercial building. I am thinking its high, but is this normal pricing for commercial? This is in California, so prices already will be higher. 200a 3 phase from overhead, Power pole about 45 feet away, putting in a new...