[BlindHandyMan] Renovating Your Kitchen

Hi Renovating Your Kitchen Your kitchen is probably the most used room in your house. Poor layout, inadequate lighting, cramped spaces, outdated fixtures and old cabinetry are common complaints of homeowners. Before you decide to go ahead with a kitchen renovation, it is important to clearly i

[BlindHandyMan] Renovating your Bathroom

Hi Renovating your bathroom is a great way to add value to your home - both for your family's daily living and for future resale. Before you decide to go ahead with a renovation, it's critical to have a good idea of any underlying problems that could cause unwelcome and costly surprises. Taking

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter

AFCIs sound like a good idea, but I've noticed that you cannot run things like power saws on them. I guess the arc detected in the motor is too much. Breeze David Burzese HRIS Project Director Administrative Computing and Infor

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter

Interesting, very interesting. Does this hold true for drills also? The post on the arc fault interrupter was informative, but it still lacks the meat of how the thing works. The fancy electronic circuit senses the arcing. I wonder if this is still new enough they are attempting to keep informa

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter

drills and shop vacs work. The saw I wanted to use was a mittersaw, maybe the high rev motor arcs more. Breeze David Burzese HRIS Project Director Administrative Computing and Information Services Carnegie Mellon Phone: 412-268

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Preventing Radio Frequency Interference From Whacking Out Appliances

Ray I have a lamp that is plugged into one of those gadgets that turns it into a touch lamp. I have also a set of two way cobra radios and a cordless phone that are plugged into an out let that is about ten feet away The lamp some times will come on by its self. Could the two be related? To lis

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Preventing Radio Frequency Interference From Whacking Out Appliances

Hi Robert I think I saw an article on this subject but it will have to wait until I get home this afternoon before I can find it, if I can I will post . Ray -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert J. Moore Sent: Tuesday, 1 Augu

[BlindHandyMan] Cleaning Hardwood Floors

Hello, What are some good suggestions to clean hard wood floors with out stripping the finish? Just to let you know that we have two pets that are not house broken yet. Thanks for your help. Steve & Shannon Today I marry my best friend. The one I laugh with, live for, love.. October 11, 200

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Preventing Radio Frequency Interference From Whack

robert, touch lamp adapters are notorious for both producing radio frequency interference and being susceptable to same. there are various schemes to detect the "touch" but most involve sensative circuits that can be bothered by close radio frequency stuff. I'd doubt the cordless phone would set

[BlindHandyMan] Touch Lamp Interference Problems

Hi Robert This is the article I was looking for Touch lamp problems Personally, I think touch lamps are one of the dumber uses of technology to appear on this planet but that is just my opinion :-). These are susceptible to damage from voltage surges or just plain old random failures. In ad

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Priming Your Mower to Much , Does It Do Any Harm

on my hedge trimmer and my string trimmer the primer bubble is removable and replaceable by removing four screws. Careful, there is a little thin plastic membrane with a couple of slits in it which I think perform the function of a check valve. Have a look and see, you may be able to purchase the p

Re: [BlindHandyMan] The deck.

Is it really necessary to move the electric meter? There may be a rule about the height of the meter from the nearest horizontal imposed by your utility however if it is just a question of the conduit then simply break your ledger board at the conduit and continue it past the conduit. You are like

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Possible Project: Navigating Bios with Jaws

Hi Victor, I have seen this discussed on other lists on different occasions over the years with never a solution. My suggestion which has never been taken up is to write an application which sets the values directly into the CMOS. Now this would be BIOS dependent, that is to say, Phoenix or what e

Re: [BlindHandyMan] My aching shoulders.

I tried to answer this a couple of weeks ago but for some reason i could not send messages from my account at a remote location. I'll have to get on to my service provider to find out why, in the mean time I couldn't write to them either. Someone has already suggested suspending the demolission

[BlindHandyMan] Building a trailor

I was thinking about building a trailor out of an old pick up truck. preferably a quarter ton so we could pull it behind the S10. I think I can probably get a junk pick up with a good frame and preferably no motor so I would not have to deal with pulling the motor since I do not have a char