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Hello. I have a 10 year old 5-ton Rheem Classic combo unit. For the past couple of years I've dealt with an intermittent no-heat situation. Here's what it does. In the morning, when the heat is supposed to turn on, the inducer will start and the the spark igniter will click a couple of...

Our Kenmore electric hot water heater trips the breaker on HWH itself (not the fuse panel). I push the little red button to reset it and we're back in business. This happens about once per month. It's just my wife and I and our water usage is fairly low. There doesn't seem to be any...

We have a Maytag gas range. When I turn the oven on to any temperature, the oven burner does not light. Instead, the broiler burner turns on. The oven will then heat up with the broiler burner instead of the oven burner, as shown by the display. Normally, when in broil mode oven temp is...

Hi. I have an Arcoaire electric furnace, model no. MF20N2600A. It runs for about a minute, maybe less, and then trips the breaker. The unit itself has a 50a breaker. Then it runs to a box on the wall with a 40a breaker. At the main fuse panel it is controlled by a 100a breaker. It is the...

Not sure of the model number. There is a sticker with several numbers on it but they aren't identified. MDB6759AWS0 NW4720712 E71195 Type: 777-0 Anyway, there is no power at the control panel. No lights are on and none of the buttons work. The start button doesn't work either and the...

We have a buried PVC line going to the garden. One of the "T" fittings has started to leak where one of the lines enters the fitting. It's not a geyser, just a steady fast drip. But it's enough to pool the water above ground. If I understand it correctly, to replace this fitting would...

The motor on my swamp cooler needs new bearings. Now I've disassembled small motors before, but this one has a 2-piece pulley that appears to be threaded on instead of pressed. What is the trick to getting these pulleys off? I think once I get past the pulley I can get the rest of the motor...

I've noticed an inssue in my workshop over the last week. It is a seperate building from the main house and has it's own sub-panel. My heavier draw 110v tools (i.e. table saw, bench sander, shop vac, etc) are running a lot slow than normal. The table saw barely gets up to speed. The shop...

Hi. I need to remove about 1/4" of concrete from a small cement ramp going into my barn. The area I need to lower is about a 6" x 72". How would I go about doing this? Would 80 grit on a belt sander be effective? Thanks Curt

Hello, I have a Maytag MFF2558VEM. A few months back it stopped cooling so I had to manually defrost it. I searched the web and found a troubleshooting guide where I put the frig into prog mode where I can run a few tests and force a defrost mode. I'm trying to find the same troubleshooting...

Greetings electrical gurus. I'm attempting to install my brand new Ingersoll Rand 220v compressor. The installation instructions are useless. They just point to the connection and say "to power supply" and of course tell you to hire a qualified electrician. I have a lot of DiY experience...

I have a Rhreem gas heat pump which I tried to turn on today for the first time this season. It doesn't turn on, even though it worked fine last winter. The thermostat clicks and the unit "hums" but the blower isn't turning. The A/C and fan work. It does have propane. I checked the fuses and...

Any auto restorers here? I've written a small freeware program to assist with tracking tasks and expenses involved in an automotive restoration project. It's called "Phoenix" and can be downloaded at Phoenix.zip

We've been in our new house for about 4 months. A couple months ago I noticed something strange going on in my workshop. My 110v compressor started slowing down (RPMs) and eventually it wouldn't work at all. When I turned it on it would just make a few revolutions and then quit. Other...

I'm replacing my electrical tankless HWH with a conventional tank HWH. Very dissapointed in the tankless performance but that's another story. There are two electrical conduits going to the tankless, one for each of the coils I guess. How do I figure out which wires will be needed for my new...

We've got those plastic water lines (with copper fittings) in our new house. We also have a well and the pressure tank is currently set at 50 psi which has resulted in low water pressure in the house, which has caused problems with our tankless water heater, but that's another story. I'm...