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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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Dangerous electrical panels? [9 articles]
Daniel Prince - 2009-04-24 18:52:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Health & Safety | Security & Surveillance | ]
We recently received a flyer from an electrician. It says:
ELECTRICAL
PANEL SAFE?
A Potential
HAZARD
could exist at your home
AT RISK: Federal Pacific,
Zinsco, X.O Style Square D,
Push...
Fun with electricity (or A Question about Wiring) [19 articles]
Hi there, folks. I'm not electrician, but I've changed out a fair number of light switches and outlets in my house. I decided this past weekend to swap out the dimmer switch in my dining room with...240 volt compressor [12 articles]
pbblake - 2009-04-24 00:40:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
William Blake Baron
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Hi. I have a campbell hausfield 240 volt compressor extreme duty. I have
moved to a place that does not have 240 volts in its shop. Can I...240 volt compressor
pbblake - 2009-04-23 14:47:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
William Blake Baron
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Hi. I have a campbell hausfield 240 volt compressor extreme duty. I have
moved to a place that does not have 240 volts in its shop. Can I...What Manufacturer are these? [11 articles]
Michael Dobony - 2009-04-25 10:04:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Lighting | ]
I have some fluorescent light fixtures that need replacing. The local
electrical supply has nothing like these. Can you identify them? They
only have one label, "Encore."
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pbblake - 2009-04-23 14:50:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
William Blake Baron
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Hi. I have a campbell hausfield 240 volt compressor extreme duty. I have
moved to a place that does not have 240 volts in its shop. Can I...Magnets and Electrical Meters [12 articles]
DerbyDad03 - 2009-04-25 21:59:00 [In: Driveways & Walkways | Electrical & Wiring | ]
Grandma won a twin-pack of these at a church function and gave them to
me.
http://tinyurl.com/magnetled
They have 3 ways of being mounted: screws, double stick tape and a
small magnet built in...Small centralized UPS [22 articles]
RickH - 2009-04-25 21:34:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
I need to put a centralized UPS in my business office. Do I need to
get into an expensive 3 phase unit? Or will the elecrical code allow
me to distribute the outlets from a less expensive 115v con...Simpson meter calibration/alkaline cell q? [16 articles]
Nate Nagel - 2010-04-12 20:24:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Pest Control | ]
Main question is, are alkaline cells at exactly their rated voltage, or
a little higher? Just got my "new" eBay purchase today, an old Simpson
260 series 7M. Appears to be good on resistance and...Is this Benchgrinder ready for the trash?? [9 articles]
Ron Cliborn - 2010-11-16 11:30:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
I inherited a rough looking old bench grinder.
I put a plug on it and the thing wouldn't turn on.
As I said it was pretty old and also kind of rusty.
I figured I'd look inside before doing anything...Insulating a flat roof [11 articles]
TomYoung - 2009-09-23 12:19:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Insulation & Weatherproofing | Roofing & Gutters | ]
Hi all:
I'm insulating a flat roof from inside the house, using faced
fiberglass batts.
There's 3 or 4 places in the roof where insulated electrical wiring
(14/2 w/ground) is run across the jo...Fire extinguisher safety training
Construction Safety Equipments - 2010-06-25 23:29:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Health & Safety | Security & Surveillance | ]
In these current times in, it is nice to know that many workplaces
have taken measures to insure the safety of their employee=92s times of
an emergency. The law states that employers are required t...Circuit breaker as switch? [13 articles]
2009-04-28 02:16:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
I want to semi-permanently turn off two spas/whirlpools that came with
the house we bought last summer. (They have "on" buttons that I think
are too easy to push.)
The only way I can see to do t...How to ground electric outlets over a slab? [60 articles]
Jonathan Sachs - 2009-05-15 07:48:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Foundations & Excavation | ]
I used to own a house that was built on a stemwall foundation. I
grounded the electric outlets by drilling a hole up through the bottom
plate under each outlet box, pushing ground wires up through t...BWRE: U.S.A. MAYTAG RECALL - SHILLS FOR INFLUENZA [2 articles]
Nomen Nescio - 2009-04-30 14:25:00 [In: Appliances | Electrical & Wiring | ]
I hate to be sound like a conspiracy theorist. But
Maytag appliances just issued a recall for a part repair
that is coincidentally too small to justify a in home repair
from their convenient servi...