A Dead cooktop We replaced our ancient Jennair (came with the house) with a nice Frigidaire FPIC3095MSA Induction cooktop. We went induction because we have no gas out here, and no desire for an unsightly propane tank. We've been enjoying it until the Sunday after Hurricane Zeta
Pool Temperature Monitor We've got a pool at the house, and with winter coming to the northern hemisphere, we had two options. Close the poolKeep the pool open. Closing the pool is relatively easy, we call someone up, they put the cover on, drain the pool down
Quieting a Hybrid Water Heater (pt 2) In a previous post we discussed the problem. An apparent 190Hz hum coming from a brand new water heater. In that post, I said I would replace the hard copper mount to flexible couplings. I did that. And this was the result Please excuse
Quieting Hybrid Hot Water Heater We recently replaced our hot water heater (like yesterday recently). To save some scratch and try to nix out a few other basement appliances, we went with a hybrid hot water heater. Specifically a Rheem 80 gal (Model number: XE80T10H45U0) The plumber installed it,
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