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I have learned over the past 3-5 yrs no to purchased electrical stuff from Amazon. Last Oh **** was a group of electric wall switches. Looked identical to those I had installed prior! Checked the two switches and although they looked the instruction sheet was not professional, and some of the...

Ya, I love Eric and some of his advice !!

Anything that is mounted within a main panel, or sub panel had the TS stamped on the side of the device, main panel have the TS listed on the large label on the front. As for electrical sockets i believe the TS are torqued to around 10 - 14 inch pounds. anything within that range should be OK. AL

I use a 24 and 36 in squeeze on the garage floor as well as walkways and driveway!

Welcome to KY We moved to Shepherdsville KY several yrs ago, and pass on some of our experiences.... I use to be a contractor in N IL and we documented everything.... 1, What ever you do, get an estimate, followed up with a signed acknowledgement / contract. 2. Don't pay for any services...

WoW! Now I don't fell so bad! Back in the 70s we were doing a job in Cairo, and the equipment supplier only provided SAE drills, and only 10" long, We ended up getting 18 and 24 Inch "metric masonry drills out of Germany, and each drill bit was north of $200 and that was in 70s dollars. Don't...

Also, you need to mark the floor where the lift control and revivor is!! You do not want it on the back wall where you could get trapped, should something fail !!

i purchased one several yrs ago! A started using it on electrical wiring, and the CB connection in the main panel, along with suspect overladed electrical circuits! This yr. a new sub pump stopped working for a couple of months.. the area in the basement smelled of something HOT. the discharge...

do the led lights get hot?? What about putting shrink tubing around them shrink the tubing?

That would make it easy. the only issue is the ATS only has That would make it easy ..... there is only a 15, and a 20 amp spare CB open !!

Ops, thanks! Will consider moving to 70 amps

we have a yard drain system to pump out the back yard. We need to increase the size of the pump and change it to an ejection pump. The issue we have is there is no direct way to get to the house ATF transfer panel, due to gutter drains, gas line, water line, ATT and Spectrum lines. plus the...

I’d go with two tanks…. 500 gal won’t be enough for a 2nd garage plus the house. Also makes it easier should you have a leak..

In KY they install two typical SD in the garage. Nothing fancy…

In northern IL yrs ago we use to use a 100 watt HD bulb in our cement well pit. Size was 5x5 and probably 6 ft tall and probably 18 inch’s above ground. Worked fine for yrs and we sold it!!

Back in march we lost both sub pumps. Basement flooded as both pumps failed. We had subpump insurance that pays $25K. But with losses the total loses was well north of 50K. TVs, radios, and other electrical devices and several breakers were off. Soooooo, looks like a lightning strike or some...

As a funny side note… We are in the process of upgrading our outside yard since we moved in. Removed to pool and found numerous rusty wrenches and pliers, removed the banana trees and large fountain only to find several utility knives under the landscape fabric. There is a hammer under the deck...

LoL! i spent a boring day and tried verifying all the AC breakers in our 200A main panel. Should have taken a six pack out with me. so far 12 circuits out of 40 were correct?? Will postpone till another boring day ...............

However, back in the 50s and 60s the country roads folks in MI would spray used engine oil on all the gravel roads… Fast forward 59-60 yrs and all the streams and rivers have problems. If we had only knew.

WoW This is amazing topic and timely subject. At 78 in my final garage. Two large tool boxes with tools acquired across 50 yrs. To make things worse I traveled internationally with my tools installing equipment. So now I have to sort all this stuff and put some sanity in the project. To make...