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I've got a central ac unit in the basement (unfinished) that is setup for 2 zones, main floor and upstairs. Its always been a struggle to get even cooling upstairs. Some bedrooms get really cold while others (west side) have a tough time cooling down in the evening for bed time. I've tried...

I’m a little bit overdue for replacing my smoke detectors. What ones do you guys prefer or recommend? I would prefer to stay with hardwire.

I finally got my electrical in through out the garage. Don’t think I’m going to run gas for heat anymore so I’m looking into closing up the walls in the garage. What would be a middle of the road option, I’ll try to DIY as much as possible. My garage is 2x4 walls with the fiberboard sheathing (I...

I'd like to add a time of use meter base to the back of my garage for my new EVSE. My garage is covered in vinyl siding. I saw the installers next door just attached the meter base on top of the vinyl siding and then foamed the back to close up the gaps. It looks fine from afar but is quite...

I finally finished the installation of my sub panel and my tesla EVSE. I setup the EVSE and noticed there is a 1-2v difference between L1 and L2. I think it was like 119/117 bouncing around a bit. Is this voltage difference acceptable? Everything was torqued, jiggled, and retorqued. I don't have...

I posted about putting in a subpanel awhile back. I was planning to mount the subpanel in this garage stud bay, next to the house. Then run the SER down and through the corner (yellow line). Well I started tearing into the wall this weekend and ran into this problem. The 2x4 wall is not aligned...

I just recently purchased a Tesla and I wanted to installed the wall charger in my garage. Spoke with an electrician and then I was asking them to put some extra receptacles in and then it got “complicated” as he put it. I didn’t actually get a quote back yet but I started doing a lot of...

picking up a rx450 this weekend. Do you guys have any preference between the assenmacher or private brand tool for the 64mm cap? Those seem to be the popular ones from the various forums I've gone through.

I'm thinking about picking up the snap on retention sockets. Are they good for the money or are there better working sockets. I'm trying to stay away from the rubber boot ones. I don't seem to have good luck with them. Also looking for locking extensions. I'll probably grab some from harbor...

I bought a 5 drawer tool cart this past weekend. Its pretty nice for the money but I'm thinking about returning it and getting a tool box instead. I realized I have way more tools than i originally thought I did. Once I started gathering my tools into one pile and fitting them in the cart I...

How much width do I need for a lift? I've got the standard 3 car garage with the 3rd stall being the single bay that'd id be interested in putting a lift in. Of course this stall is right up against my exterior wall. I think I have a foot of space from the door opening to the exterior wall. Is...

I'm looking at a used snapon qjr3209c. it looks like this model isn't made/sold anymore. Can anyone tell me anything about it? good/bad? The seller is asking $100/shipped for it. I'll be using it primarily for wheels and light work around the motor. If this isn't a good buy can anyone suggest...

First post. I just had the pleasure of using my friends matco socket set to do some work on my car including his spark plug socket. He was a mechanic for nissan/infiniti. I'm most in awe after using his spark plug socket + locking extension. There is no rubber boot in there to get stuck when...