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    How to land an electrical apprenticeship?

    dont have to move, there camp jobs, up for two weeks, home for a week, they will either fly you direct, or repay flight costs to there fly out hubs. just means time away from home, but you will eat well.
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    How to land an electrical apprenticeship?

    move to Newfie land, I swear every job site I go to its over run by the Newfie maffia , anyway that said, you COULD do a Pre app course, basically its 6 months in school, its the First year of classes and at school work experiance, doing a bunch of dumb projects, 15 sq foot houses ect, while its...
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    I this a reason for a customer to be mad?

    I am sorry Miss, our techs and service writers did a survey on you to see how good of a customer you are, and you were found lacking, petty and spitefull, therefore I am afraid we have no choice but to charge you a 1,000 dollar surcharge for grief, or tell you to take your car elsewhere, your...
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    Anyone Know about LCD T.V.s?

    if your laptop has an ATI video chipset, you may want to get the newest drivers and make sure you have the Catalyist Control Center ( CCC.exe) now called the AMD Vision control center still uses the CCC.exe anyway go into there, try the various settings will likely be Under " My Digital...
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    Non-Contact AC Voltage And Current Detector?

    Love my Fluke, its an older model just lights up red when it senses something, newer one is a greenlee with the green on red and beep when hot. I use mine 95% of the time to find the breaks in extension cords on site, the other 5% of the time to piss off my co workers when it beeps non stop...
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    The long run

    Call the first guy back, get him to do the job, ( he probably does not remember you ) let him do it all, when he hands you the bill, say thanks, I already paid you 3 years ago, good bye and get off my property. Other then that, good info here in the post. not much I can add unless I want to...
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    Work Bench Designs?

    well from another group I hang out with, this is there link to there standard 2 level table, has a material list, and instructions. some have mounted wheels to the end just off the end, so you tip the one end, and the wheeled end rolls. Anyway here ya go with a link...
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    Asphalt or concrete

    oh yea, sorry, I should add, I have never re sealed the thing, had bobcats scrape it removing snow, dragged trailers around on it, done the 362 point U turn in the driveway more times then I care to count, am finally getting some depressions in the old section ( 25 years old ) but the 5 year old...
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    Asphalt or concrete

    Asphalt all the way, soon as its solid enough to walk on, use a heavy application of Powdered cement, ( not the pre mixed **** ) and a stiff bristled 2 or 3 foot push broom, brush it into the driveway well, time your done go back and use a heavy mist from the hose to soak the drive way ( it...
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    Dear Sears (5 years from now)

    Re: Dear Sears(5 years from now) I liked Cman tools, but I could care less if its made in the USA, maybe living in Canada has something to do with that, I want a quality tool for a fair price, sorry i dont see the value of Snap-on, its an F'ing wrench with a serious mark up for a name and...
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    Moving heavy items into new garage....

    umm flyer at local campus, Heavy tools need moving aprox 200 feet, Looking for 4 strong students willing to work for a few hours, 20 bucks cash per hour / per student and a 6 pack to go. whats the problem? no starving students there?
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    mortgage modification with my bank

    as said above, they dont tell you about over paying, and try not to talk about Bi-weekly or weekly payments, want to save some money, pay them weekly, bet you save close to 30% of what your paying now.
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    blank canvas 33 deep 44 wide

    start watching for sales on Electrical panels, wire, outlets, lights, that kinda thing, plan your garage so you can start right away with the boring stuff ( drilling holes for wire ), are you building it? or contracting it out? whats the ground like? can you bury a ground grid while you have...
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    Garage Sweeper?

    here is an Idea, Lean too next to shop and turn it into a wash bay, so there clean before you park them in the garage.??? would save alot of clean up.
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    12-2 wire with 15A circuit?

    Original question, YES its safe. use the 12 with the 15 amp breaker, its fine. Original poster STOP READING. alot of others, oh boy, where to start? nothing wrong with it, its safe, in SOME cases you use a breaker to protect the wire, is some cases its to protect the load, Motor loads are a...
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    The Finest Car Covers

    around this board I am surprised no one has mentioned the carcapsule. dont like them myself, but some do, nothing like putting the car in a big inflatable bubble to keep **** off of it. www.carcapsule.com
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    Defective double pole breaker?

    dont know the panel that well, so just a guess here, does the 2 pole breaker span BOTH sides of the bus?call it A and B, Black and red wire, whatever, I know the federal Pioneer panels you could stuff a double pole into a single leg, each side reads 120V but your not getting the full proper 240...
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    Fiber Optic vs Cat6

    if your Buddy is buying, Hell ya go fiber. otherwise cat 6E ok, now I gota ask, what is this guy smoking? lets add a fiber line between the house and garage, give you insane abilitys and bandwidth, added costs, JUST to get to the house faster, and choke the **** out of the signal, to run it...
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    Can I mix wire size in a circuit?

    CEC says your fine so long as the joint is in a box AND accessable. nuff said, do it. In fact the current CEC is a F'ing joke, run a 20 amp lighting circuit from a 20 amp breaker 2 feet to a box, switch to 14, run across the building, then joint back to 12 and 2 feet to the light. under the...
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    tempurary power to new building

    the only Issue I see at this time is money spent on a temp solution, when you will be doing underground when it thaws, now if your OK with this, here is my suggestion. Run a small feed from the main panel to a 30/40/50 amp 120/240 (with ground , amps based on wallet and needs) Receptical near...
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