Posted on 02/02/2024 5:54:25 AM PST by Paul R.
Run diswasher on the short/quick cycle Maytag is the least bad
Get a Koeler high end toilets flush beautifuly
the refrigerator repair man changed the 15 fuses to 20 and so far on year 12
This was a problem with my free cellphone that ATT gave me when they introduced 5G. Look at your phone from the side after trying to charge it- If it is noticeably swollen where the battery is, you might be overcharging it. That solved my problems with the battery.
Maybe the cartels can sneak in regular flow faucets and toilets. I hate all this low flow stuff.
[I am sure it was the previous homeowner that did this because there were multiple things he did that were absolutely wrong when it came to repairs around the house.]
My parents old house, built in the 90s, had 5 sinks. None of the handles turn the same. Some rotate inward for on, some outward. Some both clockwise, some both counter-clockwise. Bugged the crap out of me when I visited. When my house was built, the way the key went into the lock was not consistent. Even between the dead bolt and latch knob. One would take the key flat side up, the other flat down. One key went in sideways. I had to go back and turn them all the same way. Sometimes contractors aren’t worth their pay rate.
“Get a Koeler high end toilets flush beautifuly”
I’m partial to Toto toilets. I swear you could flush a watermelon whole in those things.
Ours was built in 1963...when we moved in, it had bright red shag carpeting, an turquoise kitchen appliances!
Yes. It would have been nice, but I have trouble even getting a plumber to unclog a drain, which I only resort to after I have spent a couple unsuccessful hours with a snake.
I have to take what I get, and in my nanny state, any plumber I can get is probably concerned with Code Nazis breathing down their necks.
You must live in a strange place.
Well, gee. You must be lucky to live somewhere great. Good for you.
“”””Yes. It would have been nice, but I have trouble even getting a plumber to unclog a drain, which I only resort to after I have spent a couple unsuccessful hours with a snake.
I have to take what I get, and in my nanny state, any plumber I can get is probably concerned with Code Nazis breathing down their necks.””””
I just don’t know where that could be and you haven’t said.
I was working on the stove top to replace a burner on a glass top electric stove. It is separate from dual wall oven.
So, I went down in the basement and flipped the breaker labeled range. The wall oven went dead. Range still worked. No biggie, just labeled wrong in the box.
So, I actually decided to just discount the wires in the junction box attached to the joist in the basement.
What I found in the junction box was BURN'T WIRES. Where the copper wires that came from the stove connected to the ALUMINUM 10 gauge wires going to the breaker box.
The problem is that you can NOT just twist copper Romex wire together with Aluminum wires. Over time it will cause corrosion. Which will eventually lead to sparking and FIRE.
They make special connectors that you are supposed to use when connecting Aluminum to Copper. Whoever hooked up the electric range top did not use them. So, I assume the previous owner did it because ANY electrician knows this. THIS IS THE REASON WHY THESE TYPE OF CONNECTIONS NEED TO BE MADE IN A STEEL JUNCTION BOX. That junction box kept my house from burning down.
I discovered this the week prior to Christmas 2023. I have lived there for almost 13 years.
MOST faucets have a “DIVERTER SCREEN on the end.
REMOVE IT.
DOG is “PRIOR TO LOADING DISHWASHER TOOL”.
IF aerator is ‘bad’ it MAY be full of local water chemicals—such as calcium
REMOVE-—Put into small container—maybe even a measuring cup-—fill with WHITE vinegar-—let stand overnight.
Brush off debris with old toothbrush.
Aerator is open again.
WHAT happened to “RIGHT TIGHTY-—LEFTY LOOSIE”???
WHAT happened to “RIGHTY TIGHTY-—LEFTY LOOSIE”???
Good dog!!
Last I saw-—ALUMINUM WIRING WAS BANNED FROM HOMES IN 1976.
Flow rate to the garden hoses, the washer, and bathtub is fine. I’ve even checked flow going into the faucet (I disconnected it and clamped o a section of 1” garden hose to the feed pipe. A gallon jug filled in under 15 seconds with the gauge at the well reading 45 psi. )
If I can spend $5, or even $20 on some sort of faucet mod, that’s a lot cheaper than a “bigger” well pump. I believe the present pump is 1 hp (shallow well pump). (And in any event, flow is set by what’s coming from the tank, not the pump directly, most of the time.)
I “could” set the pressure switch higher, and in fact ran it up to 55 lbs. today — it actually didn’t make a lot of difference. 40 lbs. is usually what’s recommended for home well systems, and I’ve been running 45 lbs.
What seems like 1000 years ago I took a fluid mechanics engineering class, and I very vaguely remember discussion of “mechanically” regulating flow rate over a range of pressures with restrictors. So, something like that probably happens to a considerable degree in these faucets. The “how” I don’t recall - that was almost 50 years ago...
Yeah, I’ve modified a shower head restrictor by opening it up. It seemed to function as a washer too, so I just carved it out a bit. :-)
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