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Interesting side quest there with the air guns. My uncle gave me an air rifle almost 30 years ago, my dad still has it at his house. I bought a pellet rifle from Walmart a couple years ago to dispatch vermin, moved out to the country.

It's prettier.

You're right, I don't care if it's code compliant. I care if it's safe, this is the home my family and I live in. The code provides guidance to make the house safe, so typically I learn it first and then work from there. I think I'll put a low voltage old work bracket on each side of the...

I appreciate the information all. I'll keep looking for a good method to power a projector and get the signal from the Apple TV to it. I'm not real keen on a grommet passing through the wall, kind of cheesy looking. But I really don't want a double gang behind the projector with a duplex...

I would prefer to install a single outlet with a keystone HDMI in the bedroom wall by the projector, but that seems to be a difficult device to find.

Cable Pass Through Wall Grommet I would like to install one of these through the wall between my master bedroom and a closet. I want to put a projector on the wall of the master bedroom and locate the power outlet and Apple TV in the closet. The power cable to the projector and the HDMI from...

Oil pressure is reading good on the gauge.

Ohh boy. Rod knock and valve issues. Fair to say it's going to need a full rebuild?

I have owned this Quincy 325 ROC 7 for about two years now. Use it in my home garage infrequently. I last used it about two months ago, have been out of town for work. I fired it up this morning and it will not exceed 30PSI. It spools up slowly because I have it on a VFD that ramps the...

This is Garage Journal, a forum dedicated to going over the top. If good enough were the option we all wanted, we wouldn't be on the forum.

You might be a genius. Hadn't considered stringing the lights from the end and working back. The extra at the start of the strand won't be an issue at all in this situation. Sometimes I worry I might be a dumb ***.

Not the worse plan, better than the electrical tape I have been wrapping them in. The tape unravels by January when I take them down.

For your issue, I would buy some solder sleeves and just repair the string. I bought the below kit to replenish my stock recently, haven't used them yet - should be fine, simple enough item. If you haven't used them, they are really simple. Strip both wires, slide the solder sleeve on one...

I've seen that molded resistor. I'm out of town for work right now, so I don't have access to the light strings. Killing time in the hotel and doing some research for when I get home. I assume that resistor is there to soak up extra voltage in the line to avoid overdriving the leds? If so...

Because it's a nuisance. I clip them on the edge of the shingles with the cable stretched snug. Would need to stretch cable, then pull back 0.285" to maintain even spacing with each bulb. I know I am being excessively **** retentive, but I feel like it's simpler to modify the string once than...

Thank you! I'll do the math and some figuring to see how much resistance is being removed from the circuit. Then I'll look into the wattage range the bulbs can handle, I'm sure there is room for a little fluctuation. I have one string in particular that I wrap around the eaves of the kid's...

https://grayhousestudio.com/how-to-shorten-string-christmas-lights/ This article outlines how to cut the strings down. The article has some good diagrams at the bottom showing how the lights are wired. The article mentions the change in voltage each bulb will see, but doesn't cover adding a...

They are indeed wired in series. Depending on the strand, they will be wired 20-30 in series and then the next set will be 20-30 long. Thats why a bulb going out will take out just a section. I tried pulling the last couple bulbs, but then that section of the string went dead.

I am putting some mini led Christmas light strings outside. I would like to cut the strings to custom lengths to get rid of that remainder that hangs down. These are the typical multi-color mini led light strings you get from Lowe's, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, etc. For instance, I have a string...