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2nd loss of power in the last two days. This time, most of the city due to ice storm. Have the 6500 running outside and cords holding up the two fridges and the computers. And the coffee pot. Works, but PITA as you can imagine. Panel is a Siemens 200A G3040MB1200CU Has the main 200A 4x...

Have a nice Torin Big Red engine crane. The 8 ton cylinder is leaking down slow under load. I can replace it for under $100, either with a replacement Torin or an HF air assist unit. I suspect it's wore out, having been in use over 20 years. Could be leaking past the bleed down valve, but...

I haven't gone over to Kelly-Moore to ask, but I thought I'd throw this out here and see what people thought. We bought a new $750 front door from Lowes for the house. Saved $150 by ordering it primed and not colored. (will never do that again, period - as you will see). 1st mistake - bought...

I see this come up sometimes - "Should I insulate, I'm not out there much..." etc. So here's a demo of how a little goes a long way. Ceiling is minimal R13 batts laid in after construction, so no real "vapor barrier" formed by stapling to joists. Also, part of the ceiling is open for over...

Working on removing about 10x24 of the shop ceiling to allow full use of the two post lift. The sad thing is that there are 11 runs of 12-2 heading across the space in two separate channels. There is no good way to pull the runs back out of the box and re-route, so it looks like a huge...

Since we just had a near hit from a lightning storm and lost all the outdoor LED landscape lighting, xformer, GFCI, DSL router and such - I'm looking for whole house surge unit. The house panel is a flush mount Siemens G3040MB1200CU and it's full of Cutler-Hammer breakers, mostly BR120s. Local...

Not sure where to place this - not my deal, I'm just on a email list and this guy comes up with who knows what - primarily race car parts. This looked like a GJ type item someone might be interested it...

Was in Lowes Saturday and noted that they are closing out their Utilitech brand 4' T8 LED drop ins. $9.99 for a 4 pack, bought two 16 packs of 6500K for $39.95 a box. This store looked to have 6500K and 5000K on the shelf. Allowed me to do the other 6 fixtures in the shop and the race...

Each may not be all inclusive about could be a good guide for what might be needed. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mwps_dis/mwps_web/tr_plans.html

I know the other thread got locked - apparently nobody though to research codes and just decided to throw mud. The OP on that thread resides in CO. My research shows that CSPC 16 CFR 1211.2(c) is part of the NEC and for sure in NEC 2014. The point being that CO has adopted NEC 2014 as state...

Found those in the store on sale, 4 bulbs for $17.98. Probably a close out, but still carry a 3 yr warranty. I bought 3 boxes to try. I tried to get some kind of picture that would show the difference but it's just not working. Suffice to say they are a bit brighter to the eye and the light...

Offered for discussion and reference: I found these pics I took in a house being built near us, this was a few years back. I took them because the build used some made up beams and supports allowing 2x6 lumber to span across a wide living room, about 24~26' wide x about 20~22' deep. Nobody...

Or maybe not. Any leads on affordable units. I have a three drawer 18 x 26, love to have 1 or 2 more for the new race trailer but no longer a Craftsman item and not much else. Everything's gone to 12" deep, so may be stuck with the 12s.

We're looking at getting a new 34' race trailer. It'll come with 5 T8 duals as part of the standard interior light package. Rather than spending $110/fixture to put replace the T8s with LED panels inside I plan to just buy Direct Wire LED bulbs and remove the ballasts. I looked at some...

Searching for some old info,deep in a basement, I found this forgotten tribute to real steel and American office equipment manufacturing buried under a pile of "records" and junk. Was filled with 3x5 file cards with personal type info that I noted needing immediate destruction and some older...

Well - just placed the order. Will follow up here and on my shop thread as things progress. That $1000 I won at last weeks race sure went quick. :)

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I have a electro-mechanical light timer that is working perfectly well controlling the driveway lights. Got to thinking it would be good to have a manual override for turning the lights on outside the timer settings. Thinking a three way switch would do it, see attached. The only "downside" I...

Here's a good one for you to chew on. My wife has to have a fan running at night, no exceptions. You older fellas are probably familiar with your ladies that have internal environmental issues beyond their control. *****. Sometime late or early - probably around 2AM but it's not my habit...