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I usually clean my central air condenser unit each Spring, but since we have had a cold and wet Spring I had not done it as of yet. But Sunday I decided that it was time to get it cleaned up and I got out the shop vac and garden house along with some 409 in a spray bottle. I removed the heavy...

My older Craftsman air-Compressor rusted thru the bottom of the tank and it is now leaking. I bought it in the early 80's and it has been a really good compressor for all these years. I thought about trying to buy a new tank for it, but then I thought that buying a new compressor is a better...

A buddy of mine has a 15 amp circuit for an outlet in his bathroom. Not sure why the circuit is 15 amp, but it has 14 gauge wire and a 15 amp circuit breaker, so that's what it is. Anyway, the outlet is close to the sink so he wants to remove the regular outlet and install a GFCI outlet...

On a new installation of a dishwasher, do you hard wire it, or do you need to have it protected by a GFCI? If it needs to be GFCI protected, can you install a short power cord or do you hard wire it and use a circuit breaker that has the protection?

A friend asked me a question today and I really didn't have an answer for him. I am sure someone here will know the answer. He was replacing a defective wall switch that turned on the light in the ceiling fan in his living room. He has plastic electrical boxes in his house. The new switch...

Last night we turned on the central air and it didn't work. I know capacitors do go bad quite often in central air units, but I wasn't sure that was the problem in our case. Also, we have a 10 year parts warranty on it and it is only 7 years old. Anyway, this morning I talked with the...

My oldest daughter wants to remodel her three season porch. The porch was an "add-on" that was installed MANY years ago and she doesn't use it hardly at all because it is either too cold or too warm. There is no heat or air-conditioning out there so the porch has very little value, at least to...

I have a question, but I think I already know the answer and the answer is "NO" but I will ask it anyway. The bathroom fan we have is very old and makes quite a bit of noise. It has gotten worse in recent weeks. I took it apart and cleaned and lubricated the motor bearings, that helped out a...