i replaced the housing and new bulb and it worked for a minute then it stopped. i also noticed that the outlet underneath it didn’t work either. so i used an outlet tester; the outlet showed “correct” when the porch light is switched off, and shows “hot/ground reserved” when i switched the porch light on. it seems that they’re connected?

but i’m not sure what to do from here. should i just call an electrician at this point?

my last post

5

12 comments

122

Posted by1 day ago

help

how to get rid of ice frozen onto freezer tubes?

I didn't close the freezer door properly and now there's insane ice frozen onto the freezer tubes. I took off the plastic panel covering the tubes and there's a warning label says risk of explosion and don't defrost the tubes with mechanical devices. Not quite sure what that means and I'm not a handy person. How do I get this ice off quickly as I don't have a temp solution for my frozen foods.

Also there's aluminum foil glued to the backside of the plastic panel, a piece got stuck to the ice and ripped when I pulled the plastic out. What's this for? Should I glue some back?

https://imgur.com/gallery/kljJwxg

122

110 comments

7

Posted by10 hours ago

other

Advice on garage leaking

So I've spent some money on trying to get my garage sorted as an office.

It got to the point where I was ready to get insulation in, board and plaster. Recently with the weather being so bad and the rain coming down the area near the door has just started to leak drastically. Water is literally getting through and causing puddles.

https://imgur.com/gallery/Tkg2vSd

See three pictures there of the door and both sides of it. The other side of that door is our garden, which is at a higher level to the floor in the garage (less than 1ft). Running along the side of the garage are aco drains which I recently had fitted, to attempt to prevent this from happening, however, they're obviously not solving the problem completely.

When checking the door area and using a hose pipe on the door the water begins to come through the bottom of the wall under the door, I don't know if the water is coming through anywhere else, or just there. The amount of water on each side of the door is making me think under my door isn't the only problem.

My plan was to get a kango and see what it looks like under the door to see if I could find out exaclty where the water is coming through.

I really don't know what else to attempt, obviously can't continue the work until this is sorted.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

7

6 comments

Vote

Posted by4 minutes ago

outdoor

light pine rosin?

there r a million videos on making pine sap glue. i want to make a hard light pine resin, not a dark one. can i do this just by boiling some pine sap i found? do i need to boil it in water to get only the lighter molecules out?... i only have access to clay vessels and stone tools at the moment for this project. i dont have any cloth to filter out darker particles by boiling the sap in a cloth bag in water...

Vote

0 comments

Vote

Posted by55 minutes ago

help

Advice on a 14 foot bar top

I'm building an outdoor kitchen, and I have a 14 foot section of cabinet that will serve as a bar.

I'm trying to get a bar top as affordable as I can. I found a Solid Acacia butcher block that is 96" x 40" x 1". My plan is to rip the butcher block length wise, so I have two approximately 20" pieces, butt them together to make the length of the cabinet. The butcher block will have about 5 inches of cabinet to rest on, with about an inch overhang on the bartender side, and 14 inches overhang on the barstool side.

I'm concerned that with the thickness being only 1 inch, it may sag. I plan on putting supports every 2 feet along the bar.

Do you think this will prevent any sagging? How far out should these supports be?

Vote

6 comments