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So I have this problem with an air conditioner on the same circuit as hardwired smoke detectors. when the compressor cycles off, the resulting voltage spike causes hardwired smoke detectors to go off. what I have narrowed it down to is the spike is inducting to the interconnect com wire (the...

So I have lots of aging fuel injected domestic 90s- early 00s vehicles.. the MT2500 serves them well. I know it, I like it.. I've had no reason to upgrade it. Then of course.. The woman has to upset things, with her 2005 Nissan Z with an airbag light, and my poor mt2500 with its only to 99...

So I have a barn garage, built in 1924. I'm looking to redesign the roof trusses to free span 20' I have called about 6 structural engineers, have been bounced to voicemail on all but 1 and not a single one has called me back. I've tried to stay local to my area (central western Mass) but...

So it started, I thought I needed reed valves, the compressor would build up pressure, then kick off, the compression release would just continually release ALL the pressure and when the motor kicks back on, it tries to fight tank pressure and pops the breaker.. I assumed oh its just leaky reed...

just swapping the arm around so the legs point backwards and bolting it to the 4x4 wood flatbed crossmembers that are bolted to the frame, also thinking of running two safety chains that run from the pivot of the arm, to the frame of the truck roughly. aiming to move some 1k-1500lb boulders to...

So, my garage is creeping up on 100 years old. built almost entirely of 2x4 rough sawn. and entirely out of wood. presumably the concrete floor was added later, who knows when.. anyways, I have an issue with a support column, it looks like the concrete is lifting, and also the beam is...

Hi folks! Going to be letting the sawdust fly tomorrow to build some shelves and racking for parts storage, and store a sport ATV on top of another one. plan is build it like a 4 post storage lift, that doesn't lift, just is with a removable ramp leading to the top storage rack, and a crank...

well this is going well, just bought a house. one of my first planned upgrades was upgrading from 100 to 200a service, not new to wiring, but new to home ownership I wandered down to the town hall to inquire about permits for me to install my own electrical work. I was informed that although...

Hi folks! so I'm in the market for a wood stove for my small workshop and garage. (450sqfish) anyways what I wanted to do is put a wood stove in the workshop which is separate from the garage, run a heat exchanger and pipe forced hot water from the stove to the garage and then run a hot water...

So just about ready to move in to my fixerupper. the garage needs attention as I want to get that up to shape before I move in all my tools and heavy things. problem is they didn't smooth out the concrete when the slab was poured, its not terrible, but has a "pebble grain" texture. its level...

so planing on upgrading my 100a service to 200.. obviously I'm not going to be working on anything before the main breaker. what I want to do, is only pay an electrician to do minimal work, and do the rest of the upgrades myself. as a homeowner what can I do and still be kosher for...

Long time no see folks! its amazing, 10 years almost has gone by.. been an interesting run really.. anyways, working on making an offer on my little chunk of heaven set back in the woods. its a log home. problem is, no garage. I've got about 20k in the budget for building a garage /...

So I need to cut down the shank of a 9/16 drill bit, going to do it on the lathe. everyone says that the shank isn't hardened so that the chuck jaws bite the drill well, and that its regular soft steel. and that makes sense. Here's where it gets muddy for me. the drill starts out as a...

So the shantyrage is now leakproof, time to light it. I run off a 3500w generator for high amperage stuff, but its really a waste to run the generator to just to run the lights. right now i just have an extension cord from the generator to a florescent shop light. which works, but totally...

so I have to have my generator right next to my shop. was thinking the best way to keep fumes from entering (and they do) is an exhaust stack, say about 13' in the air (about 3' above the roof) would that be enough to dissipate fumes? or is there some other way to do this? thanks folks!

So in my shantyrage its going to get really cold soon.. almost no insulation to speak of, its drafty, going to be a pain to heat. I'm planning on using a used forced hot air heater. problem is all the ones I find are natural gas. now as far as conversions go, isn't it just changing an...

found a lincweld 225 dc welder with a 16.5 onan ccka boxer twin with a bad motor. is there any other engines that will work in place of the onan?

so my first attempt welding off my 3300w generator didn't go so well, not enough amperage to start the weld, poor penetration blah blah blah. I do believe it was too small of an extension cord that caused this, but just in case its not i have an idea, since the output of the welder is dc...

so built my shantyrage using a 10x20 temporary shelter steel frame skinned with aluminum garage doors for a roof running 2x3's latterally with the edges of the aluminum screwed to the 2x3's which from the design left 2x1" channels which i "sealed" with tar. there still leaking, and really i...

new kludge in the works, I am going to build a workshop on a piece of rented land, it can't be permanent for square footage and tax reasons. basically its a free standing metal pole carport, skinned with hollow aluminum garage door panels. the back 8' will be enclosed by a dividing wall...