The DIY thread - DIYourself
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rlb
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Karate Monkey
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Just don't mop that corner for a few months ?
iman29
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Next time you come back from a trail ride leave your clothes piled in that spot for a little while. ?
serously tho looks good !
iman29
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This one goes in the DIY win column. Barely took any effort but the fact that I could buy a $16 on off switch on amazon and not spend $500 on a new pump just made my day.
didn’t even break a sweat cause I waited till after dinner and didn’t try to do it in the blazing sun.
didn’t even break a sweat cause I waited till after dinner and didn’t try to do it in the blazing sun.
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Zaskar
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RobW
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Slap a 30 on that bitch and take her to the races! Red Bull Dingy racing !!!
Nice job btw
BPaze
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Impressive work, my father once told me that restoring boats is the definition of insanity. A lot of hard painstaking work to have to do it all over again. He has done a few. Let me know if you ever need company fishing
iman29
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Wow super impressed. Hope you catch a big one the first time out.
serviceguy
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Is that carpet? Are you sure it’s still going to float if water spray gets in the boat? It just brought back memories of moving soaked carpet from the basement after Sandy...
jklett
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If it sinks, I won't have to back the trailer into the barn anymore so it'd still be a win of sorts.
Among the DIYing today was switches for the bathroom fan/light.
Considered the humidity switch @rlb mentioned, but knowing my place and luck, it would just go 24/7, so I stuck with what I know and went with Lutron dimmer and timer.
Tricky part was the fan timer, which required a neutral (bc low amp min load).
Of course existing single pole had none, and existing neutral tie in maxed the nut.
Texts to @Patrick ensue.
As good as we both are with words, a diagram is always helpful.
Successfully detected line/load wires (important for lutrons), and the integrated faceplate is pretty slick, access to switch mount screws, so there’s no back and forth.
Seamless.
Considered the humidity switch @rlb mentioned, but knowing my place and luck, it would just go 24/7, so I stuck with what I know and went with Lutron dimmer and timer.
Tricky part was the fan timer, which required a neutral (bc low amp min load).
Of course existing single pole had none, and existing neutral tie in maxed the nut.
Texts to @Patrick ensue.
As good as we both are with words, a diagram is always helpful.
Successfully detected line/load wires (important for lutrons), and the integrated faceplate is pretty slick, access to switch mount screws, so there’s no back and forth.
Seamless.
rlb
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Searching for joke.....
I've had to do that more than a few times, these things help a bunch! Use them pretty much any time I go into a box (searching for more joke.....)
IDEAL 34 Yellow In-Sure 4-Port Connector (100-Pack) 30-1034P
The In-Sure Push-In wire connector is perfect for residential, light commercial, lighting retrofit and pre-fab Wiring systems. A low insertion force makes them the fastest, easiest, no-twist push-in connector
www.homedepot.com
Yeah, would have loved a 5 connector port today, but not in stock near me, and couldn’t wait til Tuesday. (Probably a joke in there and definitely an 80’s reference).Searching for joke.....
I've had to do that more than a few times, these things help a bunch! Use them pretty much any time I go into a box (searching for more joke.....)
IDEAL 34 Yellow In-Sure 4-Port Connector (100-Pack) 30-1034P
The In-Sure Push-In wire connector is perfect for residential, light commercial, lighting retrofit and pre-fab Wiring systems. A low insertion force makes them the fastest, easiest, no-twist push-in connectorwww.homedepot.com
Think I’ll order some 6 connectors just to have on hand.
Wirenuts are for peasants.
Oh, and now doing the Lutron Dance (moar 80’s)
jklett
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Had to replace a saddle for the icemaker(why do they still make those POS things and why did I allow the delivery guys to use one when hooking the refrigerator up?) so I figured I'd try the sharkbite since I can get to it easily if it leaks to sweat a real tee in. It took me longer to realize it was done than to actually do the job. I still don't know if I fully trust them but they are definitely easy to use.
iman29
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DIY Friday was yesterday.
finally finished phase 3 of the home network upgrade. This part wasn’t planned but I finally figured out that my older smart TV in my living roomhas a crap WiFi antenna in it and it constantly drops signal. Therefore the only solution was a hard wired Ethernet connection. Based on the previous work I did and the additional router I got off @ilnadi for free, this wasn’t too complicated.
I was able to drill out a hole next to where the cable coax comes up thru the basement and up into the wall cavity and use the same spot where the coax is. I replaced the plate cover with one if those brush type plates so i can just push the wire through.
Then the cable runs the length of the basement attached to the ceiling and into the hall closet under the stairs and back out behind the Family room TV where the new router is.
TV gets the fastest signal ever now with no lag. More important wife is happy her Netflix stuff works much better.
finally finished phase 3 of the home network upgrade. This part wasn’t planned but I finally figured out that my older smart TV in my living roomhas a crap WiFi antenna in it and it constantly drops signal. Therefore the only solution was a hard wired Ethernet connection. Based on the previous work I did and the additional router I got off @ilnadi for free, this wasn’t too complicated.
I was able to drill out a hole next to where the cable coax comes up thru the basement and up into the wall cavity and use the same spot where the coax is. I replaced the plate cover with one if those brush type plates so i can just push the wire through.
Then the cable runs the length of the basement attached to the ceiling and into the hall closet under the stairs and back out behind the Family room TV where the new router is.
TV gets the fastest signal ever now with no lag. More important wife is happy her Netflix stuff works much better.
