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^ You win at this. :D Depot just last week had a sale on a 2500/3250 watt generator for $179. Oddly that's what I paid for my 4-circuit UL listed transfer switch which is eleventy billion times less glamorous. People think, "Oh I should get a generator." They rarely proceed to the next...

How come an out of work excavating company hasn't come in and levelled out a driveway, dug a well, and started a septic and foundation? They have all the gear and employee/owner just sitting there not making money. Why not flip a property? My FIL is a carpenter and knows plumbers...

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Combo-Wrench-Set-28-Piece-28CW002/204342563 28 pc wrenches for $15 OOS around me, mostly. Apparently still avail online; buy 3 for $45 and get free shipping. I have a set, they're nice-ish. Haven't leaned on them yet.

I don't really want to touch this voodoo but: what sort of load is on the motion sensor (eg, CFL, incandescent etc) and does it have a neutral connection?

Yeah this. I had the site work done in 2006 on my garage, lots of fill and gravel delivered. At the time, fuel was jumping from 2 to 3 to 4 bucks a gallon. Since my gravel guy owns a pit, most of what I was paying for was fuel for all his heavy machinery. It looked like a Hail Mary at the...

I got some ANSI z.87 prescription glasses from Walmart for $29 complete. Nerdy as anything, very 1980s, but it's great having honest optical plastic to look through, and not be layering, which leads to fogging.

HDX 5 pack scissors $2. Pretty useful except for goofy pinking shears. Good for the kids. HDX 3 pack rubber grip utility knives $2. Single knives are $1.98 elsewhere in the store. :D

Around here one can't buy an empty lot and throw (just) a garage up on it, unless it's zoned commercial/industrial etc. I wonder what would happen if you razed the house. Similarly, occupancy permits, current codes etc might make rebuilding on the same footprint more expensive than...

How do you plan on wiring this? Most door openers plug into the ceiling. Will you be hanging heavy batteries overhead? Running lots of helter skelter extension cords across the ceiling and down the wall? The old fogey in me says don't do this. If the power goes out, pull the red string and...

It doesn't matter if it's your oil! The way the finger pointing works, is they find something, they find an MSDS of what it's in, then they find a deep pocket to go after. Look at the MTBE debacle. I would similarly hesitate to run/own/lease a shop on "auto row" where any one of my neighbors...

Have a friend who flips cars. It's legal most places if it's "your" car you're working on. He gets heaps that don't pass inspection, then does brake lines, used tires, patches rocker panels, whatever it takes. Gets them legal and dumps them on craigslist. Don't forget obscure liabilities...

I wonder if you could yet save these by getting a mega-pack of two-pin tombstone lamp connectors and making each fixture take 4 foot T8s. Either rig them one long bulb then another (like walmart is doing now) or scrap half of them, steal their ballasts, and double up on the other fixtures...

I stared at this set twice and couldn't get past the missing 14mm long. So I got these Huskys instead for $20. Includes case and 14mm long but then skips 15 and 16mm. Can't hurt for trying. ;) Wrenches are very basic, no model number or COO on the wrenches. They had issues ringing it up...

For me it's perceived value. A US brand also has what I see (perception) as inefficient distribution. Either buy from Sears brick & mortar and pay commission, buy from a tool truck and pay for the truck. One or more layers of middlemen go to a US tool factory, slap a flag on the box, add on a...

For wheel weights Advance auto lets you mail order them. Get $125 worth of stuff, use a $50 coupon, and pay $75 with free shipping. Decoding part numbers will take you some time for the brand they sell. Steel rims take "normal" weights but then aluminum ones have about eight different lip...

Also your meter might be somewhat inaccurate measuring "true" AC. Wander from outlet to outlet measuring it and try to get representation from both phases. From the power plant to the transformer to the meter, fusebox, outlet, and appliance power supply there are a series of (semi-) BS factors...

Maybe there used to be 1/2 an outlet that was switched but the outlet went out or some in-between homeowner thought it was broken and replaced it with a new outlet, with the shorting tabs intact, thereby backfeeding the entire switched portion of the circuit. I'd get one of those voltage...

ES123 is good if you're at $50 as it's $20 off or 40%. However order padding gets boring and 35% off bigger ticket items may work out better. http://www.retailmenot.com has an up to date list when I'm ready to buy... these codes have been ongoing for years. The "$50 off $100 for the first 500...

You're assuming a short when IMO you more likely have a charred/oxidized connection that wigged out when a lot of current went through it. Backstabs are the best/worst for this as the spring is notoriously loose and metal-to-metal contact area small.

Prime member here. I've gotten... brake rotors for $16 with free shipping Innova 3160 scan tool IR impact gun cases of Peak 10w40 on sale... worked out to $1.30/qt. My thing about abandoning one item in a cart is Amazon cleverly jerks the price around a few percent... if I'm ready to buy I...