In one of my old engineering books, there is described a way to augment the power of an internal combustion powerplant with a waste heat steam generator that absorbs heat from the water jacket and the exhaust. I have come to find that this principle is rather old, and works well IF implemented properly. I […]
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Electrical Service Roof Seal
My mother’s house has the electrical service weatherhead going through the roof, which has a metal roof jack with a neoprene or rubber seal. The seal is split and I put roofing plastic cement on it and wrapped it with black tape for a temporary repair. Can someone explain what should be done to repair […]
Dryer makes a lot of noise!
When I run my dryer it makes alot of noise. All the time it is on it makes the noise. Dries fine, just noisy. Good thing it is in the garage! It is pretty much a steady noise, not a banging noise. I thought maybe the belt was loose, and went to try to pull […]
Bottom of furnace is wet
I have a furnace that uses a little motor to drag in air to burn and then blows the exhaust out another pipe. This thing has a drain pipe that lets the water generated by the burn to flow into the drain. That pipe is still dripping but now there appears to be extra water […]
Dryer not drying well
My sister-in-law just bought an old house. The previous owners remodeled the kitchen and created a “laundry closet”. The problem is they gave zero clearance behind the washer and dryer. The dryer that came with the house was not drying well so we switched out to their old one which worked great at their last […]