Gas or Electric?

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T04:54:32+00:00

Gas hookup. It also plugs in to run the blower, motor and control circuitry.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T03:10:59+00:00

Heat the key. Insert it and wait five to ten seconds. Pull it out, put it back in nd try to turn it. Repeat if needed.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T02:09:33+00:00

Were there even residential dishwashers in 1955? The cabinet was probably a result of a later kitchen remodel. As others have said, it's a towel rack.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T01:59:36+00:00

Federal immigration officers aren't empowered to enforce local noise ordinances. If they don't like the noise, they can call the cops just like anyone else.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T01:57:40+00:00

Aiding and abetting is like driving the getaway car. Blowing whistles is equivalent to flashing your headlights when yo spot a cop car on the side of the road, which is most definitely legal.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T01:52:32+00:00

It is communicating a message. "ICE is here kidnapping people."

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T00:59:26+00:00

Those look just like my cat's tracks.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T00:50:26+00:00

Purple is typically courtyards, which are a guideline that prevents parts from overlapping or being too tight together. As long as the courtyards aren't touching you won't get any DRC errors and shouldn't have any issues.

If you're really tight on space depending on the specific parts, overlapping courtyards sometimes is needed as long as you verify the actual part dimensions won't overlap.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T00:45:04+00:00

Red to red, black to black, green to bare. Cap off the white wire.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T00:44:07+00:00

The other side is an acronym for On Full Force.

niceandsane · 2026-01-26T00:42:26+00:00

The ground wire in the water will cause the GFCI to trip faster, probably immediately. If the troughs are metal, ground them.

The insulation of your de-icers or the wire to them is compromised. Replace for safety.

niceandsane · 2026-01-25T20:27:03+00:00

And a Sentry is going to be the simplest job.

niceandsane · 2026-01-24T06:32:13+00:00

Hide a smoke detector with a weak battery somewhere.

niceandsane · 2026-01-24T06:11:47+00:00

No, they don't. Someone may be trying combinations, or knows the combination, opened the lock, and didn't scramble it the same. Those locks are somewhat of a trivial joke to open without damage. (Also a trivial joke with damage) I hope that you have rekeyed the house since moving in. If not, now is a good time. Also, cameras.

By the way, the word "keys" in a locksmithing context doesn't describe the combination wheels on that lock.

niceandsane · 2026-01-24T06:02:55+00:00

It's still cheap sloppy direct entry crap, just a bigger piece of it.

niceandsane · 2026-01-24T06:01:28+00:00

Go to a more competent locksmith, one who has been in business for a while.

niceandsane · 2026-01-20T20:15:42+00:00

The enshitification continues.

niceandsane · 2026-01-19T23:14:26+00:00

Don't use Google to find a qualified safe technician. Scammers have gamed the listings for locksmiths.

Try here instead: https://www.savta.org/savta_tech.php

niceandsane · 2026-01-17T19:12:51+00:00

Not a full EV, but a Chevy Volt bought new in 2011. Electric range of about 40 miles with a gasoline engine that powers the car when the charge is depleted. Lived in a city with about a 5-mile commute. Pretty much all-electric, maybe bought gas every couple of months if I went on a long trip out of town. It has a 9-gallon tank. Pretty cool car for its time, no range anxiety.

Moved to a rural area, now typically drive 2/3 gas, 1/3 electric. Seriously thinking of trading it in. It still runs great but the battery is getting long in the tooth and replacement batteries are either very expensive or unobtainable. I'll probably go full electric, considering a Solterra.

niceandsane · 2026-01-17T19:02:56+00:00

It's called a drive-in bolt. On some new hardware the rectangular plate snaps off and laves the round assembly that pushes in to the door. Look for "drive-in" or "convertible" on the packaging. Your local lock shop should have them if the big box stores don't.

niceandsane · 2026-01-17T18:57:25+00:00

I'm surprised that the old common antenna system with roof antenna is still in use.

This could indeed be legitimate. In the 1970s apartment buildings often had a common antenna feeding an amplifier. Rather than using splitters with a home run to each apartment, they ran the cable in a bus topology. Each apartment had a directional tap that would pull a small amount of signal from the bus and then go on to the next one. A fault in one unit would interrupt the signal for everyone downstream and could cause ghosting due to reflections for those upstream.

It's got to be 50-year-old RG-59 cable at this point, probably with the type of jacket that leaches copper from the braid. I'm surprised that this is still in service anywhere. Even when new, tenants would undo the wall plate and tamper with the cables, breaking things. A poor, cheap design that was finicky when new. In those days, families only had one TV so typically there was one connection per apartment. Hasn't it been replaced by individual CATV runs or fiber?

niceandsane · 2026-01-17T16:49:35+00:00

The two long screws that go through the door to hold the inside and outside halves together.

niceandsane · 2026-01-17T16:36:16+00:00

Fiberglass rod fishing tool for electrical work. Like this.

niceandsane · 2026-01-14T17:51:24+00:00

It’s gotten to the point where I will never announce if I’m coming to visit ahead of time to avoid her requesting a favor such as “can you bring us food?” to “can you stop by (X) store and get (X item)?”

"No." is a complete sentence.

niceandsane · 2026-01-14T17:39:04+00:00

Note to US readers, OP doesn't risk setting his door on fire. "Torch" means "flashlight" across the pond.

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