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WD stands for Water Displacement! I will agree that simple green does not have the best aroma! Rick

Meaning no disrespect, but why do people want to clean or lubricate anything with WD-40? It is meant to displace water. I can see it as a sort-of rust preventive, but that is all. And it is not the best smelling stuff out there either! It works good as a diesel starting fluid!! :) Lubricate...

Klein for flat tips, Wiha for everything else.

GFCI's do not require a ground connection to operate.

That is called a Multi Wire Branch Circuit (MWBC) and is common. Current code requires that both of the breakers need to be common trip or have a Handle-Tie. Each breaker must be on a different phase, with respect to the neutral, and it allows for the common neutral to be shared.

If you are ripping material, as opposed to crosscutting, you should use a blade with 32 to 40 teeth. 80 to 120 tooth blades are for fine crosscuts. You may want to look for a blade that has been laser cut, like a Diablo (Freud) or Forrest as opposed to the less expensive stamped blades that...

The one you have is of an Oil-Free design. All Oil-Free units that I have seen, including the smaller pancake units, are stupid loud. A Piston type compressor is much quieter than any Oil-Free design. Check out some local repair shops and ask to listen to their compressors and you will see...

I went to the lumber yard and bought 2, 8 foot, 1x6 pine boards. I had them rip a 45 degree cut in each one. I screwed the 8 foot cleats to the wall, top and bottom, and then cut the individual cabinet cleats for each cabinet. Then I attached them to the cabinet, and hung them. I would put...

The plural for the word "Equipment" is Equipment, not Equipments!

It's not a SMPS. It is a simple bridge rectifier with a couple of resistors that power the logic circuit. There are no reactive components in the DC power source. No reactive components, no cosine of the phase angle (PF). The logic circuit simply senses whether or not there is an imbalance...

As an experiment, I tested a single Leviton, 20 amp, GFCI receptacle, a newer one with a LED, using a Fluke 79 DMM in series with the line, set to measures amps. With 126 volts applied, I measured .01 amps. So, yes, current is being drawn, but in my test, it was 1.26 Watts. Power Factor is...

I would not rely on the method of using a clamp meter trying to read current flow that is that small. I think it would be prudent to place a dmm amp meter in series with the circuit and see what you have. That would be a more accurate test.

Experience is what you get, right after you need it.

Klein Linemans, Knipex dykes, needle nose, cobras, Wiha screwdrivers for me. No one brand has the best of everything, not even Snap-On. Buy quality but buy what feels good in your hands.

That is why I said, "Not so Much"! The point is that you said you can't work on electronics with a soldering gun and I gave an example that illustrates that you can. Can you use one on surface mount devices, no you can't. On older PCBs you can use a soldering iron. Again, it depends on the...

Depends on the electronics. I can work on a point-to-point wired tube guitar amp all day long with a soldering gun. On an iPhone, not so much. Different applications.

Cookie, If I may ask, what kind of work are you going to do in your townhouse garage that would require a 5 HP, 175 PSI compressor? It looks like it is a 60 or 80 gallon unit. Don't get me wrong, you can do whatever you want to do, but a unit that size can power lifts and air tools at a small...

The Neutral is the Grounded Conductor. The bare wire in NM is considered to be used as the Equipment Grounding Conductor. The Hot lead is the Ungrounded Conductor.

Backstab. The holes are too small, by design, to accept 12 gauge wire. You can loop #12 around the screw without any problem.

No worries! These are Wiggies...