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Mod edit: bad advice
Somebody fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Nov 12, 2020 |
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Oct 30, 2020 20:38
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How deep is that drywall screw? Wait for the plumber before answering...
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Nov 14, 2020 00:16
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I should probably change my under sink shutoff valves. What’s the recommendation for reliability here? I’ve heard quarter turn instead of the annoying ones I have with a thin oval stamped metal handle? Sharkbite on the supply side?
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Nov 27, 2020 23:50
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Ahh, I misread the photo. Well, I'm not a plumber, but I don't see why you couldn't raise the run up to where you drew that line. As far as I can tell about the only difference it'd make is if something got jammed you'd have less water pressure to flush it out with. I wanna say screw those slip joints too. Get some ABS fittings and cement and build a new run much higher up out of the way that’s not going to get jostled and isn’t going to fall apart or leak if it does.
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Dec 1, 2020 08:27
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You can buy lithium ion rechargeables in many form factors including D, with built in USB chargers. But since the track is stationary, so maybe look for an adequate 9V DC wall supply?
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Dec 13, 2020 08:29
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H110Hawk posted:Link to reputable brands? Sorry, don’t want to open this can of worms but I buy this sort of stuff from aliexpress, so no reputable brands, no safety guarantees and not here any time soon. I see on amazon a couple of battery eliminator products that pair a wall supply with stand in spacer “batteries” but they look overpriced to me. Someone somewhat electronics handy should be able to build you something out of a thrift store find for cheap, as another poster mentioned.
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Dec 13, 2020 20:37
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I’d just just try to do a controlled burn with the range hood on. Those elements can stop working if they get cracked.
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Dec 19, 2020 09:31
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Not my wheelhouse, but look into a scan converter or upscaler device and use your existing flat screen TV for retro gaming. Getting a CRT seems a bit excessive unless you’re posting in yospos.
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Dec 27, 2020 20:01
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cr0y posted:It was a tiny pebble worth of mineral buildup blocking the little regulator hole at the tip of the faucet head 😑 Yup, always worth a quick check for that. Nice going.
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Jan 18, 2021 05:17
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They make L shaped mending plates that screw in from the back too. Whatever you choose I’d clamp the piece before installing, a little wiggle room is pretty apparent.
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Feb 1, 2021 03:30
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Elviscat posted:You can't cut the plug off, because it's molded into the power supply case, it most likely comes with the adapter, if not it's fed by a little LED power supply, google "LED Power Supply" and you'll get your choice of a billion cheap power supplies with a 5.5mm DC cannon plug that should work with the light as-is. Just check that the current matches.
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Feb 10, 2021 03:38
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DreadLlama posted:Where can I get the best price in Canada? Will mat work OK or do I need woven? Does it actually need to be rigid? I assume your reflective material will be essentially a big piece of sheet metal or something like that. If it’s pressing down on the support, as long as the support is taught it should be good. If it’s regular canvas or poly or nylon webbing, you could fasten one side and pull/relax the other side for adjusting focus.
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Aug 8, 2021 18:17
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:E: Hooked up the battery charger (30~ year old Sears model), earth grounded the generator, let it run for an hour. Started on 2A, worked fine, flipped to 10A, guage on the charger starts swinging, flipped back to 2A and it held fine. His batteries were getting down to 11v flat. Got him up to 12.3v before cutting it off, already back to 11.8v an hour later. That lovely controller or whatever, when cycling through, seemed to indicate 10 amps across all 10 batteries. But who knows because the manual is poorly photocopied chinenglish. If the batteries were also inherited from a previous owner I would test them. They sound pooched. It should be safe to charge the batteries with the charge controller connected. You can run those things in parallel. I’d get a better charge controller. One with MPPT can more efficiently harvest power from the same panels. Mine has a selectable battery type setting and does cell equalization to maintain battery health. It even has a relay with both normally open and closed contacts so you can fire up a generator if the voltage drops too much or turn on power to some discretionary circuit if the batteries are charged.
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Oct 4, 2021 03:21
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Dimensional lumber worked well for me and is more attractive than melamine in my opinion. Depending on the store around here it was quite cheap and of nice quality, with interesting grain patterns, but I live in a place with a lot of pine logging. Could throw some stain and varnish on it if you were feeling fancy. Or, if your shelves aren’t bowing very much, maybe a simple peg, almost invisible, at the back where the middle stud is would be enough to support it.
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Oct 13, 2021 05:44
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One final thing, there are drainage tubes that run inside your car that can clog or leak, not just from the seal. Google for ideas on checking and fixing that.
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Oct 22, 2021 16:13
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Unplug your pump the next time you’re going to be at home for 6 hours and keep an eye on it.
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Jan 24, 2022 03:35
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Suburban Dad posted:Electric stovetop has one burner that's on full blast no matter what the knob is set to (but does turn off). Guessing potentiometer or something failed. Is there any troubleshooting or replacement I can do to fix it? The others all seem to work normally. GE profile series. Those things are pretty generic and you can swap it out for a replacement easily. They are not potentiometers, they are a self contained heater and thermostat that cycles the output power. Search for “infinite switch” for background info. Yours could be repairable instead, but you might end up disturb the range of it so it’s 0-75% instead.
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Apr 17, 2022 17:04
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Me, personally, would not worry about it. You could also crack open the housing and try looking at the markings on the PCB. With these sorts of things some guy is soldering wires on a 12 hour shift and it'll work whichever way he does, so I wouldn't be too surprised if he zoned out while doing yours.
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Aug 20, 2022 17:23
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Slugworth posted:I'd been toying with this idea, but I always hear it's bad for the drill's bearings. You’re probably ok, just wrap or sandwich the sand paper a bit so there’s less lateral force. I think the bigger issues come from trying to use a drill as a router.
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Aug 21, 2022 18:47
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My buddy’s heat pump outdoor unit freezes over frequently when heating in the winter. Does anyone ever bolt aftermarket heat sinks to these things to increase efficiency? If this is a thing, can anyone direct me to further resources?
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Jan 22, 2023 19:16
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It’s just about feeezing here, so it’s natural to to get icy. It’s an older Daikin ducted system, don’t know the details on it except apparently there are complaints about the aggressive defrost cycle with these so I suspect it’s a little bit of suboptimal physical design patched over in firmware going on here. He’s on top of the regular maintenance and cleaning, so I was just doing some outside of the box thinking about improving performance before suggesting replacing the unit.
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Jan 22, 2023 21:34
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I’m installing a range hood and a direct horizontal vent out the wall behind it. i.e. the duct is going to be a couple inches long, flush on both sides of the wall. How am I supposed to tape up the duct like the instructions suggest? I can only think that I could take out the fan assembly temporarily and do it from inside the range hood / duct. Or should I not worry too much and these instructions are more for the people running 15 feet of ducting with lots of connections?
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Feb 14, 2023 06:02
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Leperflesh posted:Can you install a length of duct to the hood, tape it, and then put the hood in place? You want to tape all joints to prevent smoke and grease from leaking out the edges of the joins. Yeah, that’s the problem. The duct is going to be entirely within the wall unless I mount the range hood a couple inches forward from the wall, so there’s no opportunity for taping up the joints unless I open up the wall. When puzzling over this I saw that the vent cap I bought can slide open to allow to taking the damper out to turn it into an intake, this should give me enough access to tape the inside seams of the duct after connecting everything up. Unless there are better ideas. I could always run a vertical duct and 90 elbow to the wall, giving room to tape the final connection but throwing away a perfect short and direct duct run doesn’t seem great. Thanks!
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Feb 15, 2023 08:19
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Bloody Mayhem posted:Apologies, I’m so newbie that I don’t understand what you mean here. Buy new wire and spade connectors basically? Should be enough slack in your existing wiring to cut off the burnt end and slap a new connector on. Also, if there isn’t, stove wiring sometimes has insulation rated for higher temperatures, random hookup wire might not be sufficient. You’ll have to strip the end of the wire and crimp that in the inner set of jaws on the new spade connector to make a good electrical connection. Ideally you’d have a crimping tool, wire strippers sometimes have a crimping function, but pliers will work in a pinch. The backmost tabs are designed to clamp onto the insulation and provide some amount of mechanical connection. I dab a bit of solder on when I do this kind of stuff to ensure it’s a good connection, but it should be fine without.
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Apr 2, 2023 23:19
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I’m in Canada. Where’s a good place for curtain hardware? I’d like some wood brackets, but it appears there’s only two styles sold anywhere and they’re really expensive.
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Apr 16, 2023 16:50
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Every faucet I’ve seen has a detachable handle. I’d give the screw a chance.
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May 18, 2023 05:25
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Maybe there’s some way to jack the shed up and optionally pivot it out of the way for a proper pour? 8x11 might be doable with the right equipment.
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Jun 15, 2023 14:38
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Might be worth checking hoses and possible filters for partial clogs too. Hopefully there’s some quick connect hose clamps to make it easy to work on.
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Jul 30, 2023 04:10
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set up a shopvac at their entrance and go have lunch
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Sep 2, 2023 16:08
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Deadite posted:I have these outdoor floodlights that I use during Halloween but I need a better way to mount them. They have a bracket with holes that I usually screw to a wooden stake, but that only allows me to adjust the light side-to-side and I’d rather be able to adjust it up and down. Right now if I want to shine it on something tall I have to drive the stake in at an angle which puts it too low to the ground. Can you loosen the bolts holding that bracket on? those things are usually meant to pivot there in the up-down direction.
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Oct 3, 2023 07:15
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It’s a cool design to bolt the heating element MOSFETs to the cold water input. I never thought to look at how those tankless systems are built.
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Nov 5, 2023 06:09
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Deteriorata posted:It's main toxicity is due to its alkalinity. Otherwise it's just phosphate, which is quite harmless. For example, phosphoric acid is an ingredient in Coca Cola and many other beverages. Phosphates can cause algae blooms which will kill off other life in bodies of water.
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Feb 8, 2024 05:44
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Speaking of drainage, I have to redo my perimeter drains at some point soon. I have a storm water right of way through the back yard so it should be a pretty standard job. I have a local company coming out to give me a quote, but a ballpark figure I heard in the past for this was very expensive so I’m wondering if this could be something I could do myself, maybe in a couple stages. Taking a couple weeks off work and renting equipment would be cheaper than hiring out. I’m pretty handy but haven’t done drains before. Anyone got a good resource with some best practices so it’s done correctly? There’s a paved concrete walkway up against one side of the house, would that have to go or would I just run the pipes in front of it? Edit: My province has an 80 page research paper covering all the bases! https://www.bchousing.org/publications/Builder-Guide-to-Site-and-Foundation-Drainage.pdf yippee cahier fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Apr 18, 2024 |
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Apr 18, 2024 04:01
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Skipping the hanging part means you can make each bay wider, storing 2-3 totes beside each other if you use 2x4s. You’ll have the vertical rail support pieces in the way if you try to retrofit to standard shelving later.
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Apr 20, 2024 19:03
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