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I'm currently at hour 108 of a power outage. In the 6.5 years I've lived in my house, I've never lost power for more than a minute before this. Now it seems it may be another day or two (or more) before I get power restored. I had never thought much of a generator, since I am cheap, and...

I have one of these http://www.kwikset.com/SmartSecurity/electronic-locks/Powerbolt.aspx installed on my house door inside the garage. It sticks every once in awhile, but that's my only real complaint. I've considered getting one of the ones that doesn't have the motor, since then I wouldn't...

Just be careful you don't throw many stones while you're near the house. On a side note, I know it's probably too late and too expensive, but you could always look at "Smart Glass". With Smart Glass, you can flip a switch and the glass ceases to be transparent...

When I setup my grandma's new opener a few months ago, I contacted Homelink's number for tech support. After some troubleshooting, they ordered me a repeater. I think it cost $7 total. Just make sure your car can support homelink. There is a more expensive repeater if you need homelink's...

It's still a good price at $17 right now. If there were any in stock locally, I'd be buying one. I've got $10 of SYWR burning a hole in my pocket. I even looked at Kmart, and while they have them in stock, It's $20, and I'd have to drive to Kmart. I'd also have to actually go in to Kmart as...

I'm sure it's fine. I can see lots of caulk outside. I'm sure they used flashing and whatnot as well. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Hopefully these will help better. You can see they replaced the window sill in post #7 with the OSB. It wouldn't have been my choice. I would have used a nicer piece of lumber myself. I'm not too concerned. The price was right, they are experienced, and I'm 100% sure that the windows will...

Why not just stick with the 100 amp panel, the 60 amp subpanel, and then get a slightly smaller heater? How big is your shop? How often are you going to be out there? Do you really need a 35 amp 240v heater? 8400 watts seems a little on the high side to me, unless you have more than a two...

The new windows are in. The roof is done. The reroofing job unexpectedly made a HUGE mess in my garage. The garage decking is 1x6 boards. Shingle dust was covering half of my garage floor when I got home. Luckily, it cleans up easily with a shop vac. I covered everything with a tarp for...

You're going to have to derate with that many conductors. From my experience working with #6 in a 3/4 EMT, I would recommend going to 1".

If it was me and I had an electrician friend coming to help, I would discuss this with him. It's all good to have a plan, but if he's the one of you that's the expert, why not discuss it with him and then go get the stuff he tells you that he needs?

My understanding is that the main cost to a service upgrade is that they have to bring the entire panel 100% to current code. So for example, my current panel is grounded to my water main at the point of entry only. To be code compliant, they would have to run about 40 feet of thicker copper...

He can't do that! It would make the promised water wheel generator obsolete! He's got to offset his carbon footprint somehow. Maybe solar panels on the roof. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

According to camelcamelcamel, the lowest price of that model was $188 for a couple days around black Friday this year. Consequentially, I have one sitting in my basement that I bought on black Friday from Amazon. I'm planning on putting it in once it's a little warmer outside.

Not sure if the HDMI board failed. HDMI inputs were still showing video. If I set the receiver to pass the HDMI audio to the TV, I would get audio through the TV speakers. Doesn't make much of a difference though really, as it was worthless broken. THey'll fix me up soon hopefully. I would...

Just a thought, but could you use one of those garage tent things with your trailer? I'm sure you'd have to find a way to vent it, but it seems like it would kill any wind going over the camper. Just a thought.

Never had an overheating problem that I've noticed, but mine has open space all around it in the armoire it sits in. Having said that, about a month ago, the sound just stopped working. I could output the sound to my TV speakers from the receiver, but it's like the amplifier just gave up the...

I'm glad to see the weather hasn't slowed you down to bad. We're supposed to get a few more inches today. Keep going. It's just stuff. It's good to let it go. Besides, with all of the stuff in your sheds and house, you'll still have 10x the "stuff" that a normal person would have. Let us...

My findings with just about every purchasable item out there is that there is a significant cost/quality curve. As quality reaches 100%, price reaches infinity. This can be used on cars, tools, garages, computers, and even audio equipment. I'm having a very hard time thinking of an item...

That's certainly important to me. If I spend all that time/money building a house, it is certainly going to be zombie/bandit proof. I need to be able to take on at least a dozen armed men without having any issues. I'll just have to find a builder who doesn't flinch when he sees pictures of...