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Fixing Hair Dryers
Hair dryers are simply electrical heating elements and fans, both easy components to test and repair. |
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Fixing Rheostats
Rheostat is a fancy name for a variable controller and you can fix them. |
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Fixing Slow Cookers
Slow cookers are simple small appliances: a heating element wrapped around a cooking pot. |
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Fixing Toaster Ovens
A toaster oven is simply a heating element with a timer and is easy to repair. |
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Flood Prep - Electrical
Keep these points in mind when you have your electrical system components raised:
a) Electrical system modifications ... |
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Getting Connected: Controlling the Home
Imagine a home where turning off a forgotten bedroom light doesn't mean running back up the stairs. Today, controls for a ... |
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Green Machines: Eco-Friendly Electronics
Save money and the environment by ensuring your electronics are as “green” and energy-efficient as possible. |
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Hands Off Pipes
In many houses, the electrical system is grounded to the water service entrance pipe. Since the entire plumbing system is ... |
 
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Installing a Lightning Rod
The lightning rod system installed on the Dream Garage by J & G Lightning Protection, inc. of Pittsburgh, PA will draw the ... |
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Installing a Stacked Energy-Efficient Washer-Dryer
Bob helps install a stacked energy efficient washer-dryer unit with Barry Driscol and Bob Ryley. The water lines are attached ... |
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Installing the Whole House Electrical Surge Protector and Arc Detector
Barry Driscoll is in the basement installing a state-of-the-art surge protector from Square D. Barry hooks up a main surge ... |
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Lightning Damage
In addition to direct strikes, lightning generates electrical surges that can damage electronic equipment some distance from ... |
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Lightning Paths
There are three main ways lightning enters homes and buildings: (1) a direct strike, (2) through wires or pipes that extend ... |
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Lightning Protection
Behind the Scenes - Dream Garage |
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Lightning Protection
Installing a lightning protection system is not a do-it-yourself project, but it is very important in protecting your home ... |
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Loose Wire Fix
Wiring that falls out of its routing on equipment or trailers has a tendency to get torn off. Metal clips work to solve this ... |
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Manufacturing Photovoltaic Devices at the Global Solar Factory
Bob visits the Global Solar factory in Tucson, Arizona, to see how they make their unique solar-electric (photovoltaic) ... |
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Parts Keepers
To save small parts during a project, don't overlook plastic sandwich bags or the small plastic bags available at the grocery ... |
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Photovoltaic Roofing Shingles Installed
Bob checks in on the Habitat for Humanity Blitz project in Yonkers, New York. He talks with Deane Evans of the Partnership for ... |
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Photovoltaic Shingles
A new concept in solar power, photovoltaic shingles, can help protect your home from the elements while generating ... |
