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Yea, we do all that stuff. But my father has an aluminum colander that he and my mom bought during the war - WW2 that is. Some time around the late 1960s one of the side handles broke off, so he...

The greatest thing about where we are (ie, the good ol' US of A) is the ability to have choices and take those which make sense to each person. There have been instances for me that I've simply...

When I was planning our new home I had an 'ah ha' experience relative to energy cost reduction schemes. It is sort of daunting to figure out the best route to go in terms of invested dollar versus...

I ended up looking at 6-8 different sites that had instructions. They were surprisingly consistent on their recommended procedures ... and surprisingly INconsistent on some of the procedures.
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Well, that certainly is not good news then.

Thanks for your input. There are government agencies all of the United States with detailed instructions on how to shock wells - which is where I got...

I have ultraviolet on one of the houses at my place. The water is turbid after rain, which reduces the effectiveness of the ultraviolet treatment.

Ultraviolet equipment have stipulated levels of...

Thanks again Richz and Egon.

Richz - there is a backflow preventer on the outflow line and it (surprisingly) does operate. On top of the fact that there is an airgap between well line and holding...

CJDave - then do you believe that the shock treatment can be done once or a few more times for, potentially, better results?

Egon - I am not at all versed in groundwater attributes. But when I...

I got a water test from the county which showed coliform and ecoli. Then I shocked the system with chlorene and cleaned out everything throughly - followed the shock procedure strictly.

Re-test...

Unforgiven

Well, there's been no fence-sitting about my vinyl siding questions. Hare are a couple of message strings in case anyone is interested.

Tractor By Net Vinyl Siding String

Taunton Fine...

I plan to have vinyl siding installed over a house that was built in the mid-1980s. My understanding from friends is that insulation can be applied between siding and old wall. So in my case the...

Well, it's a long story and we made a lot of mistakes.

I live in central California. My first set of saplings were bought mailorder, me being attracted to the price more than giving close...

How can I find a way to estimate the watering needs of my trees?

I planted saplings 3 years ago and now many of them are upwards of 10-12' tall. Some trunks as large as 2". My watering now is...

Well, the lantern story is a bit longer still.

We fell in love with the aesthetics and didn't WANT a fan hanging around in the middle. Yea yea yea, I know there are plenty of other things hanging...

Thanks for the drawing - reminds me of the stickmen that I used to draw as a kid. Just an observation ... I can't even READ my own handwriting.

Regarding ceiling fans, my architect tried to talk...

Pat, a wonderful journey about air flow. I used manufacturer specs to eyeball the full-room exchange time.

All these things I write about are being done on a small cabin of mine in central...

Maybe so - my financial analysis was for an on-grid system.

The California system lets you offset electrical use against electrical production, UP TO the amount of use. You will never receive a...

I only watch one show over and over again: Alias starring Janet Gardner.

Wait ... is that a TV show??? Did they make more than one???

Pat,

I'm going to have to look more closely at the breakeven analysis that my solar guy gave to me. I think that it showed an original investment paid off in 7 years - at least with my particular...

It's built in Italy. Just read that last weekend - nice to see an Italian product which survived a bunch of labor stoppages.

These models come in varying sizes. I calculated mine to be able to...

Check this out Pat:

Fan

I bought one of these last week and received it yesterday. Specs are great.

It comes exactly as shown with a simple bracket. So I will need to build an enclosure...

Thanks Pat. They are hardwired.

I'll check all of the connections.

Martin

It's like this:

Like My Undercounter Lights

But what I don't understand is that I have 3 separate units like this one and all 3 of them had the same problem. Not just one of them.

I have 3 under-counter lights in my kitchen. These are the small 13 watt lights. I like them quite a bit and they are only 5 years old.

All 3 are connected to 1 switch.

About 4 months ago...