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    Garage Mini Split Installation Debrief

    There is no need to be a jackhole to a guy who is asking questions.
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    Garage Mini Split Installation Debrief

    Hey, man, look. I can't tell you how many times I RTFM trying to figure it out. And like I said, I had no idea it was pre-charged, which may have what led to all the confusion. I was expecting to evacuate not just the lines and evaporator, but the condenser as well. Also, go back and...
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    Garage Mini Split Installation Debrief

    These directions only listed instructions for recharging, not initial setup. But yes, I know the preferred method. The bigger problem is that the service hookup didn't give access to either the lines to the evaporator or the condenser. See Attached from the manual. The red arrow is the...
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    Garage Mini Split Installation Debrief

    The only port on mine was on the low pressure valve. Open to evacuate, and you simultaneously opened the refrigerant to the rest of the system (and vacuum pump). I should have just opened it, and purged some on the high pressure side (system off) the same way you do gauges, by cracking that...
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    Garage Mini Split Installation Debrief

    I just did a Cooper & Hunter 9,000BTU in my attic (12" open cell foam, so very well insulated). Had my contractor run condensate and refrigerant lines, as well as control and power, so mine was easily plug and play. Oh dear lord it feels heavenly up there now, even set at 80 degrees, because...
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    unloading/moving a 60 gal compressor

    Right, I know, maybe I wasn't clear. I was saying he'd need a hoist to remove and install the pump. Yeah, I was able to move my tank around, as well.
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    unloading/moving a 60 gal compressor

    I moved my 80 gallon compressor a few months ago. This is not an easy task. If you take the pump and motor off, you'll still likley need an engine hoist to take it down and put it back up, unless you have an infinite amount of room. Guess you could lay it down, then take off pump, and same...
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    Sticker shock! No I didn’t buy.

    They are my go to for herbicide, though.
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    Best deals on M18 batteries?

    Yes. At Walmart. Walmart.com to be specific. It may be fulfilled by a 3rd party (like Amazon), but the transaction goes through Walmart, and any issues would be handled through Walmart. Interesting, it shows as a totally different fulfillment place to me. FWIW, I bought a few 12V...
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    Best deals on M18 batteries?

    2 for $130 at Walmart. About half off.
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    Best deals on M18 batteries?

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    Drywall Finish Costs - Mud and Tape

    This. Just moved out of a house I was in for 19 years. IN the past couple of years, I renovated all of the bathrooms, which involved a lot of drywall work. The garage was a wreck, I tore out a lot of teh drywall that was there to make it cleaner (I had run 240V throughout for my lift, a mill...
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    Milwaukee Power Tools Deal Permathread

    The small 2.0A-hr batteries on sale for $26 at Walmart Link to walmart
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    Suggestions for Replacement Mesh WiFi Router System

    We have the eero, and it hasn't quite been as simple for us, but once the kinks were worked out, it has been. First, the modem we have is also wireless. Can't set it up using the same name as you use for the eero, or the devices get confused. So now we have King for the modem, and Kingdom for...
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    exhaust manifold studs stripped - best way to remove?

    Absolute worse case scenario....after using heat and a penetrant with an E-Torx socket. Stack washers on the stud, and torque it down where the threads are still intact. Class 10.9 M8's have a 26 lb-ft torque spec.
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    I live in Florida, do I want gas?

    There's a saying you read a lot over in the tool section: Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. One thing I will say is that a gas water heater will save you a ton of money over a resistor element one. Now, conversely, if you have a heat pump water heater, those...
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    Shed - Build, buy, or DIY "kit." Any input appreciated

    Yeah, sorry that was ambiguous. I just mean final positioning. Where I put it will be a compromise. I'd like it set back from te front of the house, but the property line isn't parallel, so it'd be getting "pinched" and then come into play with a small porch for my grill off that side. So I...
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    Shed - Build, buy, or DIY "kit." Any input appreciated

    Normally I would, but like I said, at some point, I'll be too old to do the maintenance, and won't need the stuff, and I will likley want to 86 the shed. If I could put it in a back corner of our property, not a problem. But I can't because it is below the elevation TVA will allow improvements...
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    Detailed load calculator (attic storage)

    Any R410a is no longer legal to manufacture so any units are just existing inventory
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    Detailed load calculator (attic storage)

    Looking at mostly NOS R410a stock, since I have a 25# cylinder of it :)
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