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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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Shutting off those solar yard lights [7 articles]
2012-05-15 06:25:00 [In: Go Green | ]
The first of these solar yard lights had a small switch to turn them on
and off. As they got cheaper, the switches were eliminated in favor of
a small plastic strip that was removed to turn them on...
OT: Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up US Citizenship Before IPO [26 articles]
Home Guy - 2012-05-15 06:08:00 [In: Pest Control | ]
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-11/facebook-co-founder-saverin-gives-up-u-s-citizenship-before-ipo.html
Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook renounced his
U.S. citizenshi...Kitchen electrics [13 articles]
Hi I hope that someone can advise me. We’ve just pulled out a kitchen which was 29 years old and having had a few electricians come in are really none the wiser! We need to move some sockets ar...Where did the fan go? How high is the roof? [3 articles]
micky - 2012-05-15 00:33:00 [In: Home Electronics | Roofing & Gutters | ]
Where did the fan go? How high is the roof?
A friend had two layers of roof removed and a new roof put on,
House was built about 1969, and had the second roof put on about 1990.
From the outsid...Are Tankless Water Heaters a Waste of Money? [138 articles]
Norm A. Brams - 2012-05-14 22:45:00 [In: Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
Basically they save floor space and deliver an endless supply of hot
water...until they break.
Will they save you money? No!
http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/musings/are-tankless...Chain saw brand [92 articles]
Meanie - 2012-05-14 22:09:00 [In: Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
I'm searching for a used chainsaw and want to know what are good brands to
look for.
Thank you
...Can a Little Giant pool cover pump be repaired? [15 articles]
Peabody - 2012-05-14 20:38:00 [In: Swimming Pools & Hot Tubs | ]
I have one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Giant-Horsepower-5-MSP-Submersible/dp/
B000LGA666/
From the reviews, it appears this pump has a defective design such
that the power cord eas...What is this white scratchy stuff on the sides and bottom of my pool? [98 articles]
Arklin K. - 2012-05-14 17:54:00 [In: Swimming Pools & Hot Tubs | Walls & Ceilings | ]
Here's a picture of the walls of my pool I just drained:
http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/8195947/640/8195947.jpg
What is that white stuff?
It's sandy. It's scratchy. It's smaller than sand ...Electric cord falls off of mower, wacker [14 articles]
micky - 2012-05-14 15:08:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Landscaping & Gardening | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
My electric cord falls off of lawn mower. It always did this once in a
while but it's gotten much worse. It also falls off of my weed
wacker.
Any helpful suggestions?
In both cases, I use ...Trailer hitch lock is stuck [18 articles]
TomR - 2012-05-14 14:14:00
I bought an old used pickup truck a few months ago that has a trailer hitch
with a lock on it. I have the keys to the lock, but I can't get the lock to
open so I can remove the towbar/ball (or what...Sandhi Sudha Plus By Govinda
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...Sodium lamps or ballast going bad? [5 articles]
Existential Angst - 2012-05-14 05:39:00 [In: Energy Efficiency | Lighting | ]
Awl --
Got a cupla 70 W jobbies to light up what the city won't light up, and after
about a year, one goes off, on, off, on with that whitish glow, rather than
the sodium yellow.
Is this the ...Hmmmm I wonder why the ends of drywall aren't tapered also? [17 articles]
Steve Barker - 2012-05-14 03:00:00 [In: Walls & Ceilings | ]
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...How much electricity does my refrigerator use? [12 articles]
Metspitzer - 2012-05-14 02:48:00 [In: Appliances | Electrical & Wiring | Energy Efficiency | Kitchens | ]
Refrigerators are a big chunk of home energy use
In most homes the refrigerator is the second-largest user of
electricity (13.7%), right after the air conditioner (16%). (Dept. of
Energy) With m...Candelabra base LED light that last. [11 articles]
In early 2010 we bought several packages of the Lights of America 1.5 watt candelabra base LED lights. They have a claimed life of 30,000 hours. (That is 3.42238376 years if they were lit 24 hours...