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I see some long time members have stopped the progression of their post count from going up. Is that a "User CP" option or one that was "opted" to them ?

This is my battery for my 3 year old B & D battery operated yard tools and all of them use the same 36 volt battery. They are for a B & D string trimmer, blower, and hedger..... I think the 36 volt lithium battery tools are being phased out now and are being replaced with the 40 Volt units. I...

How much temperature spread should be between inside of the house and the attic ? Can these readings help determine the status of the ceiling insulation using temperature values.... or are the numbers below useless ? On Edit : New reading at night time taken. Presently at my house.... 5:33...

I am stumped on this one.... My wife is cold natured and the bathroom has no room to sit space heaters, no free wall space to cut in a recessed electric wall heater. The attic space above the bathroom is too low to access, to put in a infrared heat lamp unit. ... She informed today to please...

I have a Luxair horizontal flow condensing gas furnace in my crawlspace that has the filter rack on the return end of the furnace. The return filter box holds one 20" x 25" x 5 in" thick pleated filter snugly. .... The big box stores locally carry the 4 " thick filter in stock, but not the 5...

A few weeks ago a fellow in my state was in his bathroom when he heard a LOUD noise and felt his house shake. It was a ranch home over about a 4 ft. tall crawlspace on a hillside. He ran outside and found his home was teetering on what was left of the home's cinder block wall foundation. A...

Last week I finished up changing out my 1959 model Murray 100 amp service and upgraded it to a 200 amp. Before I ever put large conductors in a large termination lug, I always like to test the integrity of the lugs connection to the bus it serves. I have found over the passed years, that...

Are they good or bad for the unit while they are off line for the winter ? Will they make the unit rust while holding in mositure all winter? ... Before start up this Spring I cleaned the coils and could see in the bottom of my 3 year old Rhuud condensing unit, a pile of leaves. The only way I...

We turn the hot water faucet on in the bathroom vanity the first thing in the morning and for just 2 seconds... we get the rotten egg smell. The rest of the time/day...no other smells from any plumbing fixtures in the house. If memory serves me well, this smell can be caused from anything from...

A have a 1959 vintage one level home over a crawlspace that houses the horizontal flow gas furnace/AC/air handler. I went and checked the crawlspace one 90 deg.f. day when the AC was working hard and found all of the uninsulated metal duct work in the crawlspace was sweating profusely. ... I...

A few months ago I installed 5 hard wired surface mount Lowes (F32-T8 lamps x 2) lights on my garage ceiling, using the existing light circuit for their power. I had the lights on, as I was changing a broken 3-way switch cover plate. My left arm was grazing the overhead door metal track that is...

Just a reminder to any contractors out here that work on commercial / industrial cooling towers ( think NYC LD outbreak right now) just for your safety and your customers. The place I just retired from I had my water treatment company for the cooling tower to make Legionaries Disease testing a...

1959 Model Murray 100 amp service equipment in a old house we bought. It looks solid, but then over the years you can see where "unhandy" hands got in to it. I think I have my work cut out for me. :lol_hitti

When I am out in the front yard and wanting to get in my one car garage (no man door) I need a way to open it, maybe like a secured key switch in the door's exterior jamb ? .. Right now when my Jeep is sitting in the drive, I have to open it and push my remote button that hangs on the sun...

I know the techs on here have this nailed down but I am lost. What is the secret to determining the age of a furnace or condensing unit ? Is the year of manufacture embedded somewhere in the serial number or the model number like the first two digits, last two digits etc ? Thanks

The little ones that plug in the wall outlets so a person can see how to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I think they use a C7 lamp mini candelabra base ? ... They give us fits as they don't last long and the sockets crack. Anyone making a plug in LED night light that lasts...

I did a search but found nothing related to my question. If it is even possible, how does a person attached pics in their PM they are sending a fellow GJer ? thanks

I finally tired of my garage floor looking like **** with 5 different layers of paint and carpet glue on it, from the previous 40 years of owners. I have used a grinder and cut it down in prep for 12" x!2" porcelain tiles.... Should a person "mist" with water, the back of each tile before they...

I am talking really remote here, say up to 300 feet away with concrete floors between the monitoring point and appliance location. I have looked in Grainger's, but I cannot make sense of what goes where and what plugs in to what.... I would like to monitor the inside temps of...

Just bought this for some light duty bending at work. Does anyone know if it will bend 18 gauge SS ? The price tag label on the display unit in the store stated it would bend 16 SS metal. When I opened the box at work I noticed the label on the machine does not list 16 gauge as a metal it will...