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Here's an overly paranoid question for the safety patrol. I have a few motorcycles and a very well insulated garage with some lights, stereo, electrics running. During the winter I like to keep the bikes on battery tenders to keep the batteries maintained. Should I be concerned with a buildup of...

Any tips on retroactively disguising some wires in the garage. Thought I'd planned ahead pretty well, but of course there's always more to add. I'd run speaker wires before completion, as well as garage door wiring and all my electrical. Now I'd like to run a HDMI cable to a wall for the TV and...

I have a very old Honda HR215SX and the motor is smoking pretty badly now. The mower is close to 20 years old and still starts first pull however. My plan is to try a Harbor Freight motor on it while I order some parts to revive the old Homda motor with piston, rings, and con-rod. Does anyone...

Here was mine. The power supply board is the one you're looking for.

Here was my quick and easy solution. Instead of the chains hanging down, I disassembled the fixture (three screws...no big deal). I had some PVC tubing scrap, so I cut it into 2" sections and used them as spacers. Blended in well, and looks great. The first picture was a "test" and the picture...

Not an antique by any means, but here's my space-saving fan. It's a typical cheapo pedestal fan. I took off the base, inverted it, put it through the ceiling and clamped it to the joist above with a conduit clamp. It can now be "lowered" with the built in height adjustment, oscillates, and takes...

I'm going to give the laser assist a try. I'm parking an XL beast into a garage almost 20X20. Images of front and back attached after a "guided more, more, more, STOP!"

Yes. I imagine it as being "garage heater on" in the up position, "all off" in the center position, and "hot tub on" in the lower postion with no possible way for both to be on at the same time.

I haven't priced getting another line run. The thought behind the either/or was that I could do that myself with minimal labor invovled. My main is pretty much full. I think that having another line run would require a sub-panel, etc which would run the cost a little high for a $250.00 heater. I...

I have a hot tub running on 240v/30 AMP dedicated circuit with a safety breaker within 20 feet of the hot tub outdoors. I'd like a 240v line in the garage to run a heater during the times I'm working out there. The 240V line supplying the hot tub runs through the garage attic before exiting the...

Can you describe the HD machine? I'm doing insulation this weekend but have only studied the Lowes machine. It's the heavy steel, green Cocoon machine that's square with just a simple switch on the unit. If HD has a better machine for "free with bags", then I'm sold for the remote switch and...

Looks simple and clean. Post up some degrees/ hour when you can. No 240V for me right now, but maybe by next fall. Good idea with the tv bracket!

I may have just found my future business partner. I'd thought the same thing. I've never seen one.

I knew I would leave out important information! I have one dedicated 20AMP-120V circuit and two separate dedicated 15AMP-120V circuits, but no 240V. No easily accessible gas line either. I wish!

Okay, so I think I've narrowed down my heating options, but need some input for heating a well insulated, 20 X 20 garage. It's sheet rocked, with an insulated garage door, double pane energy efficient windows, one people door, 8' ceiling, and concrete floor. I live in Memphis and the "winter"...

Okay, so here was my final comprimise. I had some 1.5" diameter PVC laying around. I cut it into 2" lengths at the miter saw and fastened the lights to the ceiling with the screws going inside the 2" tubing. the PVC white like the lights and ceiling, so it blends very well, and now the lights...

I suspected some sort of heat output would be the reason. I may try a rigid down rod to mount them which would keep them secure and still provide some airspace between the fixture and ceiling. The chains have a 10" drop and the fixture itself is another3". That's a total of 13" lost on a garage...

Does anyone know why the instructions say not to surface mount fluorescent shop lights and why this can't be done? I have six 48" T-8 fluorescent shop lights I'm getting ready to install, but instructions say no surface mounting. Headroom is an "almost" issue plus I really don't like the look of...

I replaced them in my Magnavox 42" about a 1.5 years ago and it's been working fine since. When the problem first started I'd notice the power-on LED light would go on and off about 3 times before the set turned on. It continued until the LED light motored on and off non stop. Researched on the...