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Alt.Home.Repair is a worldwide Usenet news group that is used to discuss various aspects of Home Improvement.
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refrigerator: summer: less heat-loss? Hang wide plastic-strip inside? [10 articles]
David Combs - 2009-05-18 15:37:00 [In: Appliances | Electrical & Wiring | Kitchens | Windows & Doors | ]
refrigerator: summer: less heat-loss? Hang wide plastic-strip inside?
Sometime big-box stores with cold-rooms (for milk, eggs, etc), having a
two-shopping-carts-wide entrance, will hang down 3-inc...
Fence over underground wiring [18 articles]
2009-05-18 03:39:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
I would like to put a fence up at the back of my yard, but it
would need to go in over existing underground high voltage wires. Not
the usual 220V but the main underground lines to the local
tran...Installing fence over buried power lines? [14 articles]
2009-05-20 10:47:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
Any comments or suggestions on installing a fence over buried
high voltage power lines.
I had the power company come out and mark out their power
lines. There is no problem with the 220V lin...Air Conditioner Fuse Question [14 articles]
SMcK - 2009-05-19 16:46:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
When the AC stopped working I pulled the fuses and detemined that one
was bad.
The fuses in there were FLN R 20s: time delay, dual element, 20 amp,
up to 250 volts.
The closest I could find ...Fence over underground wiring [2 articles]
WILLIAM21 - 2009-05-18 20:45:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
I would like to put a fence up at the back of my yard, but it
would need to go in over existing underground high voltage wires. Not
the usual 220V but the main underground lines to the local
trans...T-103 wiring problem [5 articles]
Darrell - 2009-05-18 20:57:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Swimming Pools & Hot Tubs | ]
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I have bit of a problem installing the Intermatic T-103 timer on my pool
pump. I have tried the hot wire from the breaker box on terminal #1 with
the ne...gas fireplace electric starter [8 articles]
Christopher Glaeser - 2010-01-06 08:01:00 [In: Chimneys & Fireplaces | Electrical & Wiring | Insulation & Weatherproofing | ]
My gas fireplace is sometimes difficult to start. It appears that the
automatic electric starter is arcing at the wrong place, perhaps affected by
the humidity. Is it possible the starter wire h...Glass-Top Electric Range [15 articles]
What is the easiest way to clean the glass-top on an electric range? The cleaning solution that came with it is a pain and it's ineffective. Dick ...Heater Thermostat wiring questions. [7 articles]
BetaB4 - 2009-05-20 11:09:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Health & Safety | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
I have a gas-fired baseboard hot water heating system with an old mercury
thermostat.
There is a 3-wire conductor running from the heater to the mercury
thermostat, but only two wires are conne...Interesting chain saw story with small associated questions [18 articles]
mm - 2009-05-22 16:20:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
Interesting chain saw story with small associated questions.
I was using a small 16" electric chain saw to trim limbs from a dead
pine tree, and I was wacthing the tongue and the chain and noticed...Bad electrical connection- load-testing [8 articles]
Toasty - 2009-05-19 20:35:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Home Electronics | ]
My electricity has been causing flickering of lights and occasionally
shutting off my computer. This seems to be occurring on more than one
circuit.
How effective can a load-test be to locate a ...Homemade concrete mixer [18 articles]
HeyBub - 2009-05-20 21:31:00 [In: Appliances | Electrical & Wiring | ]
Anybody have the link to an article on fashioning a concrete mixer from a
washing-machine tub, some pipes, a small electric motor, and, possibly,
lard?
Thanks.
...Breaker panel questions [11 articles]
Bob(but not THAT Bob) - 2009-05-20 21:26:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | ]
When the mfr specifies the max. # of breaker poles, are the 2 poles on
the main breaker considered in the total?
Is it kosher to wirenut 2 wires together and pigtail to a breaker
> within < a pan...HandyMan DataBase Over 1,000,000 Specs [3 articles]
HandyMan DataBase Over 1,000,000 Specs Electrical, Hardware, Building, Carpentry, Specifications guide includes all kinds of electro-mechanical specifications. SAE Specifications, Wire, Pipe, Bolt...Air Conditioner problem - do I need a run capacitor ? [7 articles]
Passerby - 2009-05-22 21:47:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
I have an older a/c unit. Last year it was functioning just fine. This
year, as it's running, the lights in the house dim on and off, just
slightly.
This didn't happen while the furnace was runni...