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    Help with a home thermostat that went blank

    i had one of those free PEPCO ( our power company) thermostats. One day in the summer i touched the thermostat and got a static shock. The thermostat was blank, no signs of life. I called Pepco and they came a day or so later and replaced the thermostat with a like model worked fine. Everything...
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    Pipe to use with my air compressor

    thanks for all your replies. You have given me lots of ideas..... oh Pex piping , just got my house re-piped with Pex , the copper started to develop pin hole leaks or little specks of blue/green. so Plex pipe will work ok ?
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    Pipe to use with my air compressor

    thanks, i just passed soda through my nose when i saw PVC :D
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    Repair shop without being registered as a repair shop.

    did you have to get a dealers license and plate to do that? where i live i can only flip 10 cars a year, anything over that and i have to register as a used car dealer. yep i heard that about what totals a car, usually its the labor price and not the parts. Its a racket though. My niece...
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    Repair shop without being registered as a repair shop.

    when i worked for Chevrolet 2 of the mechanics left and bought a garage and restaurant that was next door. The wives worked and ran the restaurant and their husbands ran/worked the auto shop. I think the main issue is run everything past a lawyer and have him draw up a draft for a bill that...
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    Pipe to use with my air compressor

    What is the best type of pipe to use for my air compressor. Where to buy, and fittings and what not to use
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    Unusual home AC voltages at light switch

    I have a flood light outside of the house that was added some 50 years ago. It does not work. I took both incandescent flood lamps out, both are bad. the one the whole inside is completely black inside the other has a rattle. Tried a new lamp did not work. I went to the switch and disconnected...
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    The Best Light Fixture Ever!

    i just bought an HFT LED fluorescent looking tube and fixture. I bought it for my computer area / small engine repair area. Very mobile and i can hang it from chains or hooks. I also found a really good use too since it's virtually unbreakable
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    Air tank

    i have an air compressor from the mid 90s. It is rated @ 40psi 7.5 CFM and 90psi 4.6 CFM. unfortunately it is on a small pancake type tank. i have an external 5gal tank I can run air tools like a dye grinder for 1 minute till the air runs out. then i have to wait. anyone know where i can get a...
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    Alternate or upscale tire plugs?

    i have been pluging my tires since the 80s used the camel repair kits the ones w/ the little tube of cement and the stepped plugs. tried the gooey string ones did not seem as good. I bought a HF manual tire changer about 5 years ago. can change a tire in 10-15 minutes as long as the bead...
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    pulling out crash damage

    you have to click on the little box with the "x" to see the pictures
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    The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread...

    out of the horde of tools purchased at HFT over the years.... their Torx set broke with normal force FAIL Solar cell phone charger FAIL For the Torx I went to Amazon and bought steel ones
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    Hollow Punch Set

    I bought 2 different sets from the neighborhood Tandy leather company store back in the late 70's. one set is 3 fixed size. the other set has a driver and detachable different size cutters maybe up to 9mm. I from time to time make my own gaskets and these are indispensable in that process.
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    pulling out crash damage

    HERE are the pictures. they are not the best. I would have liked at least one pic of the whole front end clip. you have to click on each pic to see it. he also held his phone vertical. why do people do that I see so many people take pics like that. its like holding a 35mm camera vertical, LOL
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    pulling out crash damage

    pictures are on the way, my Nephew just got back from Huston last night and sent the pics. I just need to upload them , I forgot which site I am using now that photo bucket started to charge. Should be this weekend. so what sites do you use for photo sharing?
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    pulling out crash damage

    I will be doing something like this that's the cambium, its the only live part of the tree about 1 inch thick around the outside of the tree. I plan to cut 2x4's to place around the tree. ...aren't those only on imports? :confused: it has a Mitsubishi motor I think it was assembled here. I...
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    pulling out crash damage

    hi. my nephew was in a minor car accident with his 2006 dodge stratus. the front passenger side is pushed in slightly an the hood is buckled slightly. want to try and use a 2 ton pull back ram to pull it out and put on a new hood. I have 2 it trees and some chain. I will attach the ram to one...
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    question about an inverter flux core

    ok it's a HFT 90a ………… its my first welding rig may is it is. I have heard that by using a 150a bridge rectifier I can make the welder a D/C welder where it will improve the welding characteristics. The only issue is a lot of people say to hook the positive of the bridge to the ground and the...
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    Found tools on the road

    in the mid 90's I found a Makita drill in a metal case with extra battery and charger. the batteries were no good even back then, NiCad. I found various other tools. When I was 14 I found a ratchet on the side of the road stamped "spain" little further down found a kick start for a M/C, then a...
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    what's out there in the way of a garage

    you put the structure up first then pour the concrete. I thought it would be like an addition they put on a house when I was a kid. they had bolts in the concrete sticking up. then they either put a 2x4 down with holes over them did the framing. or did the framing then lifted the complete...
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