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Caligula_The_Cat said:
Any electricians on the board?
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A couple of them hang out here...

On becoming an electrician

I have a relative, a young man in his late 20s, who wants to become an electrician. He's looking at tech scools as well as apprenticeship opportunities. I'm hoping to find him some books or online resources that will help him. He has no tradeskill experience. He is a hard worker. I'm less...
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We recently replaced the ceiling fan in my daughter's bedroom because the fan box was failing and pulling on the sheetrock. Now that she has a nice fan in there, I've noticed how little airflow the ceiling fan in our master bedroom moves. I'd like to replace it with something that looks good plus moves a lot of air. Our bedroom is pretty big (roughly 400 sq/ft). I'd like to go with a 72" fan but I'm worried it will look dumb and not move enough air (seems like people complain about the air flow on larger diameter fans). Anyone have a 60-72" fan that can chime in?
 
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300Lane1 said:
We recently replaced the ceiling fan in my daughter's bedroom because the fan box was failing and pulling on the sheetrock. Now that she has a nice fan in there, I've noticed how little airflow the ceiling fan in our master bedroom moves. I'd like to replace it with something that looks good plus moves a lot of air. Our bedroom is pretty big (roughly 400 sq/ft). I'd like to go with a 72" fan but I'm worried it will look dumb and not move enough air (seems like people complain about the air flow on larger diameter fans). Anyone have a 60-72" fan that can chime in?
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Whatever size fan you put in, make sure it is mounted a good distance from the ceiling. Too short, and the ceiling will stall out air flow through the blades.
 
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I put one of these in our living room , it looked great and wasn't extremely expensive. Then another in our master BR when that fan died. I like them so much I'm thinking about replacing the other 2 in our house just because they work so well.

FYI I installed brighter lamps, I like to see. I didn't do any fancy remote control BS. I usually set them to medium and leave them either off or on.

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Hampton Bay Rockport II 52 in. Indoor Matte Black LED Ceiling Fan with Light kit, Downrod and Reversible Blades Included 92365 - The Home Depot

Cool down your home decor by installing this Rockport LED Brushed Nickel Ceiling Fan from Hampton Bay. Installation is easy.
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EDIT: Looks like Wal-Mart carries this fan too.
 
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I need to replace the stupid fan in the nursery. The room is on the small side for a bedroom, so I went with a much smaller flush mount fan that was LED and had a remote. Never again. Have hated it ever since I put it in two years ago.
 
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sleevedraw said:
Minimum 8 inches unless the fan is specifically designed to be flush mounted. But flush mount fans will still push less air.
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Damn. The one I'm looking at comes with a 6/12/24 inch down rod, but I don't really want to have it hang down 12".
 
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I think the 6" down rod is going to place your blades at that 8" level, since likely (with most "standard" fans) your blades aren't mounted right at the top of the motor housing. They're like... middle of the housing, you know?
 
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300Lane1 said:
Damn. The one I'm looking at comes with a 6/12/24 inch down rod, but I don't really want to have it hang down 12".
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So? do 12. Just be careful what you do below it. 6 inch is just going to waft air and not move it at all and completely waste your time.

I've replaced a handful of these with lower drops, and they move a LOT more air. If mounting in a bedroom, just make sure you don't shake a blanket into it while it is spinning.
 
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Intrinsic said:
I think the 6" down rod is going to place your blades at that 8" level, since likely (with most "standard" fans) your blades aren't mounted right at the top of the motor housing. They're like... middle of the housing, you know?
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That's a good point.

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So? do 12. Just be careful what you do below it. 6 inch is just going to waft air and not move it at all and completely waste your time.

I've replaced a handful of these with lower drops, and they move a LOT more air. If mounting in a bedroom, just make sure you don't shake a blanket into it while it is spinning.
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I guess I could hang it with the 12" first and see. This will be directly over our bed, so that was my only concern.
 
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Anyone patched a cinder block chimney? We've never used it since we moved in 10+ years ago, and I'm pretty sure the previous owners didn't use it much at all either. So, from a functionality standpoint, I don't really care. I just don't want it to get worse and start falling apart.

A few spots near the top on the outside are missing chunks that ranging in size from 1 to 3 inches.
 
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Lanx said:
so i've been using my ryobi mower for a few years, since i moved here it was the first purchase i did (cuz i wanted to try it over the gas mower), now ryobi sends me a letter that it could overheat and kill me, only 5 ppl affected, but if i snip a few wires they'll send me a new one, so that's what i'll do i haven't had tech get back to me yet, a few ppl have done it and gotten the full kit, meaning mower and battery and chargers, so thats why i'mma do this, mo free batteries is always a good thing.

heres the reddit thread


Koushirou Koushirou , it might affect you or not, i know you got a ryobi mower



lift up the battery lid and it's there to see
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over two months and i got hosed. they sent me a new mower but they took out the batteries and charger, so that was pretty worthless
 
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Koushirou said:
I hadn't checked mine yet because I'm lazy. Not worth doing, then?
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some ppl got lucky, got sent a new retail box, some ppl got
"goto home depot and pick out a new one, we'll tell em you coming"

i got

fuck you, here's a surprise "slightly newer" and more fucking yellow mower and we taking out the batteries".


i'd take the chance if i were you
 
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Deathwing said:
Anyone patched a cinder block chimney? We've never used it since we moved in 10+ years ago, and I'm pretty sure the previous owners didn't use it much at all either. So, from a functionality standpoint, I don't really care. I just don't want it to get worse and start falling apart.

A few spots near the top on the outside are missing chunks that ranging in size from 1 to 3 inches.
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Honestly, I wouldn't mess with chimneys if it's a real wood burning fireplace. Get it properly inspected, repaired, and capped. It should be lined.

It might just be a small bit of damage that you can repair with cement, but if the lining isn't fully intact, and the masonry is damaged, it's a good way to burn your house down.
 
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whoo said:
Honestly, I wouldn't mess with chimneys if it's a real wood burning fireplace. Get it properly inspected, repaired, and capped. It should be lined.

It might just be a small bit of damage that you can repair with cement, but if the lining isn't fully intact, and the masonry is damaged, it's a good way to burn your house down.
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I'm not going to use it. We have baseboard heating and I want to say it's already capped, but I might be getting terms mixed up. The inspector said it was capped when we bought it.

My interest is completely within maintaining the chimney from a structural standpoint, that's all.
 
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Deathwing said:
I'm not going to use it. We have baseboard heating and I want to say it's already capped, but I might be getting terms mixed up. The inspector said it was capped when we bought it.

My interest is completely within maintaining the chimney from a structural standpoint, that's all.
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Should be ok to patch. Personally, I would use sanded grout. The same stuff that they lay the block with. Can get it at any home center / hardware store.
 
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whoo said:
Should be ok to patch. Personally, I would use sanded grout. The same stuff that they lay the block with. Can get it at any home center / hardware store.
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Even to replace relatively large chunks of the cinder block itself? I'm getting up there this weekend to look at another issue, I'll get some pictures.
 
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