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Alt.Home.Repair - Home Improvement Usenet Group
Alt.Home.Repair is a worldwide Usenet news group that is used to discuss various aspects of Home Improvement.
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Code Question For Closet Lights [40 articles]
DerbyDad03 - 2010-09-27 15:57:00 [In: Lighting | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Existing setup:
1955 house, pull chain lights in closets, junction boxes in ceiling,
porcelain fixtures flush with ceiling.
Plan:
- Install box extender on existing box.
- Run Wiremold race...
Looks like a scam [34 articles]
Caesar Romano - 2010-09-29 12:19:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Lighting | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
Is anybody here familiar with this? It looks like a scam to me.
The Light Controller That Works Like an MP3
BY Ariel SchwartzFri Sep 17, 2010
LumiSmart lighting controller
What do MP3s an...CFL questions [34 articles]
I still have a bunch of "regular" bulbs left, but I'm buying CFLs as they run out. So I have several questions that I know the more technically inclined people here can answer. I did try to goog...Should they ban BOOB LIGHT FIXTURES? [13 articles]
2010-10-02 08:22:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | ]
http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/08/21/on-light-fixtures-that-look-like-breasts
Just for fun, I'm tempted to put two of these right next to each
other. I guess that would mean putting an ele...How many wires in one junction box? [24 articles]
I'm getting ready to put in some recessed lighting. I'll have six lights in a rectangular room: one on each short end and two on each long side. The access above makes it easiest to run all the wi...Running Plumbing Supply Lines [3 articles]
The updates are moving along and I'd like to thank everyone for the help. I'm ready to run new supply lines to the kitchen and bath, distances are not great (10' - 15' or so). What I have no...GE stops making its iconic bulb in the U.S. [51 articles]
willshak - 2010-10-03 13:28:00 [In: Lighting | Walls & Ceilings | ]
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/09/30/the-last-american-light-bulb-ge-stops-making-its-iconic-bulb-in/
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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remov...Need to tap off circuit for kitchen hi-hats [6 articles]
Mikepier - 2010-10-06 13:57:00 [In: Appliances | Bathrooms | Electrical & Wiring | Kitchens | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
I had posted another thread a few days ago about an upcoming kitchen
reno. Here's another electrical question. As I said before I have to
run 4 new 20A Circuits to a panel.
1 circuit -Fridge
1 c...Lighting a pavillion for picnic [53 articles]
Stormin Mormon - 2010-10-13 08:18:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Roofing & Gutters | Walls & Ceilings | ]
http://landerwoodswimclub.org/pavillion.jpg
This isn't the one where I was, but it's the same general
idea. The church single adult hayride and campfire was held
tonight. The host family...Kitchen Lighting and Efficiency [15 articles]
Jeff Thies - 2010-10-14 18:11:00 [In: Energy Efficiency | Kitchens | Lighting | Walls & Ceilings | ]
The kitchen is moving along and it is time to look at lighting. I'm
looking for ideas. The house is plaster lath so recessed lighting is out.
I see this as being divided into general lighti...Flood Light Fixture Replacement [14 articles]
Robert Higgins - 2010-10-11 23:33:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I want to replace some aging flood light fixtures on the outside of my
home. I bought some motion-sensing flood light fixtures and went to
swap them out, but I discovered that the electrical boxes a...Legal number of tandem circuit breakers in a panel [8 articles]
2010-10-12 22:31:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
Last night I had a double-tapped breaker fail. Turns out the former
owner put most of the overhead lighting, and the living room outlets,
on these two taps.
It's a Cutler-Hammer box so the double...How was old cloth covered wire made? [7 articles]
2010-10-14 12:42:00 [In: Lighting | ]
I've seen women make cloth with a spinning wheel, and seen all sorts
of other sewing done, but how did they mass produce that old cloth
covered wire? What was the material used? (it seems to last f..."Old Wives Tales" NOT Working For Skunk Control!! [23 articles]
MICHELLE H. - 2010-10-18 09:45:00 [In: Bathrooms | Decks & Patios | Home Electronics | Landscaping & Gardening | Lighting | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Windows & Doors | ]
Hi All,
Does anyone know of any EFFECTIVE way to keep skunks out of the yard.
For about 3 weeks now, we have had a skunk coming out at night and
destroying the yard. Also, they aren't destroyi...Weird toggle switch [39 articles]
I have a switch in bathroom that lights up my 25w florescent bulb. For years I've used the up toggle switch to turn it on and down to turn it off. Now, for the past week or so, its doing the reverse...