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no penetrox,no pass to connect to grid in these parts, btw is there a glue I can use to repair delicate wires( I cannot solder these days arthritis ,nerves and smashed joints make fingers stiff.

not so far from here in Botetourt County they are constructing a wind farm above Gala to power a new data center,most be enough steady winds in those ridges to generate some serious power,its far enough off the beaten path to not be so visually offensive( the luddites would say otherwise,guess...

never actually had it till I was married( always made do) with the Carrier system that worked good for many years my electric bill seldom exceeded $200 a month,the windows that help through the worst heat use more than that if I lived alone I probably would never use ac or very little heat...

my central has been down better than a year now( burnt a lot of wood last winter) ol'Lady wont agree to have it looked at.

the older chainsaws we used had manual oilers,finally the McCuloughs had auto and manual oiling the best system(IMO)

I have seen stumps petrify in various type of soil,usually the rain splash imbeds sand into the wood.

my little 15 a 350 watt controller has 5 little puny wires the instructions sez Hall effect and the motor will probably run without them,it said if you have a rumbling or jerking unplug the hall sensors you probably have a bigger controller with 2-3 Juliet connections? if you have signal and...

that can be a problem,just consider the lack of ICE maintenance. you can probably get that battery repaired if you think it is worthwhile.

that's the thing about global warming it actually drops the average winter temps in some locales( so does the HAARP apparently.)

wrong completely wrong this ventless attic was tested in Florida,Owens corning did the research,the attic remain hor tenough there is sort of a positive pressure in there or simply so few air changes that the humity load is taken care and the ducts are buried in the insulation blanket( to...

have no idea what China's coal reserves are,but have been told the Norfolk coal exports have been halved for quite awhile,even our local Papermill halved its coal imports when the "biomass" boiler was online.It all boils down to this,heat! heat does the process,generates the steam,makes the...

aaagh! stinky,tempermental buzz! my electric lawn care junk is superb!( no "whut.whut' put ,put and die!) pull the trigger and go.I always mention on the red blooded sites,take an EV or a ICE in a closed auditorium and run them for an hour and see which one chokes you to death,we have this...

sounds like the Hall sensors are a bit knackered as well,just for giggles disconnect those 5 puny wires,next controller I do will be with minimum wires.

I despise proprietary,I love universal and standard,one of my biggest hates are those stinking poly headlight covers,my Cousin( who would argue with a fencepost( you know the competitive type) didn't like standard,once upon a time you could go to the local ,gas,oil and grocery and acquire a...

as "Uncle Joe" said"quantity has a quality all its own",the upside to this ejunk is,you can usually upgrade the junk bucket.

belt drive? the famous "bike trekker" switched back to chain drive after two "gates" carbon fiber belts failed him while riding in Utah( kevlar much better) observation proves that anything with as much tensile strength as carbon fiber does not like flexing,so rest easy chain lovers,clean and...

watched them destroy a fairly new model Volvo it took ten minutes to destroy the turbo and seize the engine,a clunker hair no! many of these good cars ""Buick Roadmasters"and the like were turned in so they wouldn't help a poor person or someone else to have a good ride,never under estimate...

our regional jail was a "drunk tank" basically many helped fill it by just being a drunk( you cannot sit on your porch and drink a beer in this town,city ,whatever,that being said it saved the lives of many dedicated "alkys".

dang heavy mowing deck,that's heavier than most riding mowers.! thought Obama got rid of the clunkers,I do know many fine used cars were destroyed by this BS!

Why doesn't ICE fires make the news?