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I have a Genie GR-20 man lift. (Same as a GR-12 or GR-16 so far as I know.) There is a pretty decent hydraulic leak on the side of the mast where the hydraulic pump and the manifold are. I don't see an obvious leak, but hoses and such at the bottom are covered in dirty hydraulic oil. Anyone...

I have a fiberglass man door on my garage that has not been painted. The UV is causing the fiberglass to delaminate slightly. I know I need to sand before painting. Do I need to use filler before painting? I am going to use an acrylic trim paint from Sherwin-Williams.

I keep buying duplicates of tools because I misplace tools all the time. I have at least three hammers, but I can only find one. I have two wrecking bars and cannot find either. I misplaced my set of Wera Joker SAE ratcheting wrenches. My portable tool box tipped over and scattered tools...

My new garage is technically an accessory structure per the city. I have another detached garage for my daily driver. Does the NEC still require the same electrical items as it does for a garage? Due to recent financial setbacks due to my health I no longer have the money for the high bay...

My brother and my father wired his house when it was built in 2019. Fully permitted and inspected. Anyhow, they used a fused A/C disconnect inside the house for a small pool. Breaker tripped recently, and my brother thought the pump failed. He opened up the disconnect which was melted...

I am probably going to install UFO high bay lights with 0 to 10 volt dimming. What cable, power supply, and dimmer are recommended? Do I need junction boxes for the low voltage, or can I just use Wagos out in the open? I did some searching on cable already, but the stuff Southwire sells is...

It has been suggested I go with high bay UFO lights instead of the twenty nine $2 tri wing bulbs I bought from Menards. More money, but less wiring, and apparently less likely to stop working. A bunch of web sites use the same online lighting calculator, and they generally recommend four or...

My new 24x60x16 garage has been finished for months except the lighting and electrical. What is a good way to install the lighting on a 16 foot tall ceiling? Scissor lift is great, but I don't own a vehicle, except a giant motorhome, that could tow a rental scissor lift home. It is a pain to...

My 18 month old 14x14 roll up door is broken and essentially unrepairable. Warranty is only a year. The manufacturer basically said the entire door needs to be replaced at a cost of around $3,000 for just the door. Not going to go with another roll-up door since they only last 18 months. How...

I have a RV rooftop A/C that is short cycling. The compressor runs for about 45 seconds and shuts down. A few minutes later the cycle repeats again. The air is cool, but not cold when the compressor runs. Any ideas? I suspect it lost the refrigerant, and is going out on low pressure. It...

I have now lost electrical items in three separate lightning storms over three years. After the first storm I installed a Siemens Boltshield whole house surge protector, Surgestop power strip for TV and related items, and Zerosurge power strip for Internet/networking items. I lost ALL of my...

I bought a 14x14 garage door from Menards, but they gave me two springs for the same side. For a number of reasons I won't be able to get Menards to replace the spring. (Not Menard's fault.) I installed the door just before winter, but I can't open or close the door until I get new springs...

I was looking for electrical stuff for wiring my new garage today. During the course of my looking around my basement I found three nearly new rolls of red Scotch 35 and a roll of some crappy brand of red electrical tape that barely sticks to itself. I guess I just keep buying new rolls of red...

I just bought a set of new Proto bit sockets from Zoro. Part number J4900-7C. I don't think a single one of the bits is parallel to the body of the sockets. They are all crooked to some degree. Is this to be expected from bit sockets? I expect better from American manufacturers, but not...

I just bought 450 feet of 1/0 cable that needs to be pulled through a 2" conduit. The cable is very heavy. Two of us could barely lift the spool into the back of my minivan. It will get cut into three pieces for neutral and two hots. How do I pull that much weight in cable through my...

I have a solar ground mount rack made out of hot dip galvanized steel. The manufacturer supplies special C-profile nuts they custom make. They are galvanized, but not sure if they are hot dip galvanized. The recommendation is to use stainless socket cap screws with these galvanized nuts. The...

I use True Blue basic air filters from Menards for my furnace. The price has more than doubled since 2019. They used to cost $1.99 in 2019 and now cost $4.99. Not, only that, they cheapened the quality. They have a metal mesh to keep the filter paper from sucking into the return. They...

Smartside trim installed horizontally is supposed to have flashing over the top so it doesn't get saturated with water. I have installed Smart trim that doesn't have flashing yet because the caulk at the joints need to be re-done. It is way too cold to caulk now. Will it hurt to leave this...

I have several battery chargers in my motorhome that are in use when the RV is parked with power, like at home. I have a diesel generator with automatic transfer switch in the motorhome. I do not want the circuit the battery chargers are plugged into to be energized when the generator is...

Am I better off with a new Generac 14KW standby generator, or a used Kohler 11KW or 12KW standby generator? Note that the Kohler generator is already installed, but it has a bad gas valve so the gas is turned off and the generator is disabled. The black gas piping from the gas valve to the...