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I did a snowblower tank this summer. Clamped the tank in the lathes chuck and let it spin with some sand rocks and water for an hour or so and coated it with POR## inside and out. Strap the tank to any wheel and let it spin. Walta

And when the battery gets to be 7 years old? Walt

So in the event of a power outage long enough to deplete the back up battery the door will be unlocked? Walta

Before you blame the messenger consider the GFI maybe detecting an actual fault and doing its best to save your life. The best safety measure is a well-grounded appliance. Does this refrigerator have a 3-prong plug? Also make sure any extension cord used with this appliance is 3 conductor and...

The cheap travel converter I bought and tested rating were overstated about 300% from what I thought was appropriate. When shopping look at the shipping weight and figure about 25 watts per pound. Walta

I tend to agree with this quote. I recall reading that every surge absorbed by a MOV weakens its ability to flow current and increases the voltage before it begins conducting. My guess the indicator light are simply pilot lights in circuit after the fuses inside the suppressor. A lot like old...

Total agree the time uses very little power but I doubt the water in the tank cools much in a few hours making the saving small. All the timer does is shift the time of use back a few hours. Walta

How often should you replace a hole house surge suppresser? AI says 5-year max? With darn near everything being electronic maybe it is better sooner than later. Walta

Consider the last time the power went out you still had pretty warm water 20 hours later. The insulation on your tank is pretty darn good. Any saving can only happens if the temperature differential from inside the tank to outside the tank gets smaller because the water cooled off. How much...

Not sure ALL of them lack the slack sensor but the old ones almost certainly don’t have them. I like a bargain as much as anyone but operable garage door openers seems unlikely to get upgraded on a whim. Walta

Assuming your door has torsion springs on a rod over the door you need the gear that goes on the rod and the chain between the 2 gears. Looks like a commercial unit unlikely to have built in wireless remote controls. The wired control is likely a 3 button station. No auto reverse or photo...

With the display resetting, that sounds like a fault in the controls not so much with the element or the safety cutout. Will the upper oven display its current temp. maybe the temp sensor is giving bad data to the board. Or maybe the cancel button on the front failing. Note It looks like the...

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Don’t kid yourself. All the home assistants (Google home, Alexa, Bixby, Siri) are all money losers at the present time sooner or later they will monetize them or the service will go away. Remember if you’re not paying for a service, you are the product. Same for the AI stuff.

Coming soon too the smart features of a cars we may already own. Walta

Consider this oven. It will hold a 9x13 pan, 12 inch pizza or a 14 pound turkey. Runs on a 120 volt 15 Amp plug and at 30 pounds you could move it easily. We just upgraded from its slightly smaller twin after we wore out the fan motor. Make great toast. If it will fit in this oven the wife will...

You may find this video interesting. Used cheap water pipe to run over a 1000 feet with fiber and 48 volts DC to power his gate and camera. Walta

My in laws got an old yellow range with 2 ovens for free. It lived on the covered outdoor patio in phoenix for 20 years. They used it often. I did replace the thermostat for the oven at some point. No GFI just the old fashion 50 Amp 3 prong outlet. It was a different time in a house full of...

How many watts of heat do you want? Consider getting one of the old fashion glass head lights used on every car before the mid 80s About 40 watts or so connect them up with a thermostat so they only run when it is cold. I guess any assembly from the junk yard would work. Walta

I am not say you are wrong help me understand. Please explain why a VFD outputting the same voltage and current would provide less breakdown torque? I could see how a VFD would sense an overload faster than an old fashion motor starter and trip off faster but there are setting for that. As...