My freezer door was left partially open for about 24 hours and everything thawed. Is my freezer broken?
My upright freezer (I think it's self defrosting) was accidentally left cracked open for about 24 hours. When found everything was completely thawed. We threw away the contents. The problem is, now I don't trust the freezer. It's probably around 15 years old, and it hasn't closed good for a couple years now. I had to occasionally knock ice off that built up by the door. Once the thaw happened, I wiped out the mess it created inside and closed to door back to see what happened. ... (Asked by FL_fox67)
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No your freezer isnt ruined and can probably be trusted if it froze food good before that day ....the door can be adjusted so it shuts better...on the top corner where the hinges are there is a cover pop this off there should be three screws there...loosen them and adjust door until it closes better.. if it wasn't defrosting properly your refrigerator section would not get cold.....(Answered by wwwstat) |
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How to fix galvanized pipe with partially corroded threads?
3/4 inch pipe going to sprinkler system that is above ground.
I have to shut off main to whole house to fix it. I can't unscrew the pipe from the lower joint because it is to hard to reach and it's rusted solid.
Is there a type of epoxy that I can use to glue on a larger fitting -- then use reducer to get back to 3/4 pipe?
Or can I solder on a new piece using a propane flame?
... (Asked by no_nonsense)
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if its like that there then the rest is rotten too. That being said Desser, Ford and Mueller all make couplings that slide over galv. pipe and adapt it to copper or plastic($25.) a plumber would just replace it all and be done with it but if the galv had to stay or was a pain to get to, it is possible to rethread in ground if the pipe will take it, no type of solder or epoxy i have seen that works long term...(Answered by supersquidmaster) |
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Boiler partially flooded....how bad?
Sorry...put this in the wrong category the first time...
OK you HVAC guys, give it to me straight. My really nice brand new (installed last Fall) Carrier boiler has water coming about 1/3 of the way up the side because my basement flooded. There is a metal piece off the side that I would imagine is some kind of motor or something, and the water is on it as well....covering about half of it. Is my $5000 investment now down the tubes? Or will it recover? My OLD boiler got flooded a couple of times and still worked ok, but things ... (Asked by Schleppy)
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I have been in HVAC for 25 years now, the answer to this is-- if any of the electronics got wet, they may or may not be ok, if the gas valve got wet, IT MUST BE REPLACED! No if and or buts about that, other than that if it is dry the burner assemble should be checked to make sure it did not get plugged and is burning clean. If you ask any of the manufactures about the electronics getting wet they will tell you to replace them. Hope this helps....(Answered by Leo C) |
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Can a wall stud be only partially replaced...safely?
My dad wants me to only remove the water damaged portion (bottom 3 in. - 2 ft.) of a wall's studs & then replace the missing portions with longer pieces. The replacements will overlap the remaining/original studs by about a foot & then be nailed in.
The walls in question are both exterior walls which meet to form a corner of the house. We live in Sylmar California & live right on top of the famouse "Sylmar Earthquake" fault, not to mention all the other earthquake faults very nearby. I'm concerned about the structural integrity of these very ... (Asked by cheapskate)
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you'd have to add a patch stud, long enough and secured well enough to be viable. no matter where the cut or rot is, the new patch should extend to the floor for support,,,especially if it haapens to be load bearing.
That said,,, life on a fault line,,, has been a major fault of all contractors and developers,,,IE: hospitals built on fault lines. That issue pretty much does away with any patchwork being safe and secure,,, though new, code construction, on a fault line can be as unsafe. Band-aids only do what they are designed to do. ...(Answered by Steven W) |
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Does anyone live partially or entirely off grid?
Off Grid power options?
If so, what type of alternate power system(s) are you using?
Solar? ---(I think very expensive and in this part of the country, not enough sun.)
Hydro-electric? ---(may be a viable choice if I have enough current running through my stream and or enough head from a waterfall)
Wind? --- (If It is installed high enough and does not obscure.)
Diesel Generator---(may be ok if underground, low speed, water cooled)
We are planning to build a log home in up-state Pa. as a second home for now, but our primary residence in a few years.
Thanks in advance for your answers!
Newt
... (Asked by Newtgadget www.T-C-Pro.com)
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whatever you use to charge batteries (which is what powers your inverters that change low voltage to 110 volt) make sure you use "marine" batteries, they are different than "car batteries" because they hold a steady charge before a dropoff instead of slowly losing voltage like car bats.("dropoff rate")...(Answered by hell oh) |
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