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There are two types of contact saline solutions (I'm not talking about contact cleaning solutions). You either have sterile (preservative free), or the type with preservatives in it. The sterile solutions come in sealed bottles, and are only sterile if kept sealed. That's a terrible solution...

I forgot to mention the best parts. First, you're allowed to tighten and then back off up to a quarter turn. Can't do that with teflon. But the other thing about it that saved my bacon a few months back is this. I was working in the tank of a wall hung toilet where the hose from the...

On the pneumatic side of the house, even the 1" uses the same air motor. It's all just counterweights to match the pad to keep everything in balance.

Ok, um, wow, yeah, that's one way to do it. Just keeping in mind that a standard 5" pad will not work. But that looks like this specially weighted pad would work on my 6" Dynabrade sanders too, though it's an expensive pad. Cheaper than the counterweight kit, but the pad price would add up if...

Really? At least on my Dynabrade RO's, you cannot change sizes with just the backing pad. There's also a matching counterweight. If you change from 6" to 5", you'll end up with a lot of vibration. I'd expect any GOOD RO to be like that (and the Mirka is excellent, and should be an equal to...

With the white tape, 4-5 turns is best and a bit of pipe dope doesn't hurt. With the thicker tapes (red, yellow, gray & blue; I have no experience with green, but believe it's the same), 3 turns is better. However, while I do still use teflon tape in places where I can turn-until-tight, a...

Most of my drains were cast iron. The stack still is, but a lot of the horizontal has been replaced by PVC after I've had failures in the cast. I wrapped the PVC in MLV (mass loaded vinyl sound dampening sheet) before closing, and it's quieter now as PVC than it was when it was cast. I also...

I almost did that, but never liked the direction that pulled. What I did was take a link from a 3/8" chain, cut out a section the width of the handle, closed the jaws, and aligned the chain link with the jaws when I welded it on. That way it pulls straight away from what it's holding.

I have an OLD Ridgid toilet snake, and it looks like it's the K-3 without the drill attachment, and I really cannot comprehend why you'd ever want a drill on it. Toilet snakes are hit or miss, with many toilet traps bending too tightly to be snaked (my old American Standard was like that, and...

It is a little like that by me too. Three phase medium voltage at pole tops leaves the substation, and if that right of way passes by commercial areas, it stays three phase, but the residential blocks it passes along the way only get single phase transformers. Further from the substation, the...

BS. You're being misled. I'll set the record straight. High speed charging is done via DC. Tesla super chargers are one example of HVDC chargers, but not the only one. You do need a 3-phase source to power an HVDC charger (and these are CHARGERS), but they require an ENORMOUS amount of...

Keep in mind that the wire only works because the animal closes the circuit between the wire and the earth. If snow (or weeds) touch the wire, the electric current will bypass your target pests.

I installed one around a koi pond. The red terminal connects to your charged fence (which must be insulated from ground). The black terminal connects to a ground rod. A piece of metal driven into the ground should be fine. However, I was under the distinct impression that Nuralagus rex was...

Yes, and if you know the orientation of your magnetized steel, turning it 90 degrees and smacking it again can demagnetize it.

Yeah, it's an Axis lock. Great ambidextrous locking mechanism for holding open (the "omega" springs do break sometimes). Not much more than a spring holding it closed. If the omega spring does break with this in your pants pocket, you may end up bleeding. I'd carry this in a pocket where...

They sure as hell do. There are a number of options. In my neck of the woods, transformers are fed from fused cutouts, but every residential pole transformer also has a circuit breaker on the secondary, with a "hammer head" hot stick attachment ring on the can. Yes, it looks like a tap...

Both the tape and watch demagnetizers I'm familiar with use 60hz line voltage to scramble the magnetic domains in their magnetized targets. It works well enough if you start the steel part closest to the demagnetizer and slowly pull it away with the field on. It's not magic. Yes, a pulse...

I think that's due to thermal bridging. I know I've seen pictures of smoke preferring to condense over studs.

Prybars aren't case hardened. They're not even all that hard. I've filed and ground dozens of them. In fact, I hardly have any that come from the factory with an edge to my liking. I'm always breaking down burrs, rounding sharp corners and sharpening up bevels for better wedge action...

I'm going to suggest another theory. Electrostatic attraction. Airborne particles are highly influenced by it, both in how they float, and in what they land on. I suspect the metal in the screws alters the surface voltage enough to cause this weirdness. Magnetism might be plausible too, IF...