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Dishwasher Recommendations

Dual post from OT Discussion Club. I think I meant to post here in the H&G forum instead, so sorry for double posting. This 2 yr old OT discussion thread came up in my AT Forums search for a dishwasher replacement. It seems that the original post became, at least to me, way off-topic. So, I'm...
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- Oct 1, 2019
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Dishwasher recommendations?

This 2 yr old thread came up in my AT Forums search for a dishwasher replacement. It seems that the original post became, at least to me, way off-topic. So, I'm l asking the same question about dishwasher brands. What seems to be reliable and long-lived or is 7 yrs the general life...
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- Post #63
- Oct 1, 2019
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Ballast wiring question

Obviously, Cheapo Depot shoplights must always come with bad ballasts. All of em. Whodda thunk. Glad I changed em out and I'm not breaking any bulbs.
- fritzfield
- Post #7
- Jun 3, 2019
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Ballast wiring question

I had 14 HD/Lowe's/generic T8/T12 fluorescent shop lights in my basement that never wavers from 68 degrees F and 2 in the garage that goes down to the 20sF in winter's coldest. The bulbs in the garage were always anaemic and flickered a lot and the ones in the basement died on average one or...
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- Post #5
- Jun 3, 2019
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Water heater starts rumbling noise again.

At 8 yrs, the PT valve is probably needing replacement, as well as the anode rod. Probably dip tube and the water heater expansion tank as well. I salvaged my 8 yr old B-W by replacing all of these parts. It was a job, but the thing works great again. I have a B-W Defender 40 gal gas WH.
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- Post #4
- Apr 7, 2019
- Forum: Home and Garden
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how often should the transmission oil be changed?

I think that once every 18 YEARS is about right.
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- Post #30
- Jan 24, 2019
- Forum: The Garage
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Best product for cleaning hardwood floors?

+2 for the Bona.
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- Post #7
- Jan 11, 2019
- Forum: Home and Garden
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put the wrong oil in my car, is this bad?

Yeh. It's Christmas not Easter.
- fritzfield
- Post #35
- Dec 25, 2018
- Forum: The Garage
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Replacement boiler for forced hot water baseboard heating system

Tankless sounds like a great idea! I have a long 1 floor ranch style house with long runs from the water heater. I have a Jacuzzi tub, dishwasher, washing machine, and a 2nd bathroom with shower. Would a tankless keep up with that demand if everything is going at the same time?
- fritzfield
- Post #20
- Sep 19, 2018
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Replacement boiler for forced hot water baseboard heating system

Is the superstor the gold standard in indirect water heating?
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- Post #8
- Sep 16, 2018
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Replacement boiler for forced hot water baseboard heating system

So, I plan to just get a conventional boiler, direct vent, sealed combustion. No outdoor reset. The Burnham ESC-4 was the recommendation. One plumber wants $7500 another $ 9k. The 9k guy also quoted 3k more to add a Burnham SL indirect water tank that would replace a gas Bradford-White water...
- fritzfield
- Post #6
- Sep 16, 2018
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Ever use Royal Purple fuel cleaner?

Is it a cleaner like Techron? There are multiple RP products on Amazon. Which Royal Purple product did you use?
- fritzfield
- Post #2
- Sep 1, 2018
- Forum: The Garage
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Replacement boiler for forced hot water baseboard heating system

NetWareHead - thanks for the info/insight. Sounds like that is what I want to do - get another conventional boiler and rough in a separate zone for an indirect water heater when the current stand alone fails.
- fritzfield
- Post #5
- Aug 31, 2018
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Replacement boiler for forced hot water baseboard heating system

The quote came in at $16K. 10% off if I pay before job starts.
- fritzfield
- Post #3
- Aug 31, 2018
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Replacement boiler for forced hot water baseboard heating system

My natural gas fired Weil-McLain CGI power vented hydronic heating boiler needs to be replaced. It was installed by builder in 2001. The fire box is cracked/crumbling so replacement is needed before fall starts here in New Hampshire. The other component of our comfort system is a 2008 40 gallon...
- fritzfield
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- Aug 30, 2018
- Replies: 30
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Quicken Home & Business vs. Quickbooks

An early resurrection, huh. Easter is actually in 2 weeks, not today. Did anyone click on the above link?
- fritzfield
- Post #10
- Mar 18, 2018
- Forum: Windows
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How to download Fitbit setup fror a PC

My wife gave me a fitbit charge 2 for Christmas. I told her that I didn't think it would work without a smartphone (which I refuse to get - I love my Samsung Convoy 4). So, I've been trying to download the Windows setup file but no computer I try to download it on will download the set-up...
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- Feb 12, 2018
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Is this grass or weed?

you wish
- fritzfield
- Post #2
- Jan 17, 2018
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Accounting Software?

Quicken® works for USA/CDN personal stuff; online is Mint; might be able to adapt these to other countries but you would not get the ability to download transactions or local stock market stuff. Quicken even works well even for a very small business, but not robust enough for larger businesses.
- fritzfield
- Post #2
- Jan 15, 2018
- Forum: Windows
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How often to clean gas-fired hydronic home heating boiler?

Weil-McLain CGi - natural GAS- fired home heating boiler. Stands on the floor. Not wall-mounted. Does NOT produce domestic hot water - just heats water that goes through closed-loop copper pipes w/ fins along the base board throughout the house - common heating scheme in the Northeast USA.
- fritzfield
- Post #6
- Dec 12, 2017
- Forum: Home and Garden
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How often to clean gas-fired hydronic home heating boiler?

I moved in to an 11 yr old house 5 yrs ago. The gas-fired boiler is now 16 yrs old. My first home had in OIL-fired hydronic heating boiler that I needed to have cleaned yearly as they changed filters and nozzles that got clogged w/ oil. My last home was a condo that had a forced hot air...
- fritzfield
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- Dec 9, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Sunroof Safety

"Why would I EVER not wear a seat belt? Fastening my seat belt is literally the first thing I do when getting in a car after I shut the door. Only a moron would drive a car and not wear a seat belt. Not only is it illegal, as it should be, it is idiotic." Seat belt wear is NOT mandatory in New...
- fritzfield
- Post #34
- Oct 18, 2017
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone following the Quicken change to yearly subscription fees?

I buy the new version every year or two for $50 or so on Ebay. As I understand it from internet gossip, Quicken Canada changed to a forced yearly subscription model as the test dive for what is planned for the US market. In Canada, it seems to be only provided as a direct upgrade only through...
- fritzfield
- Thread
- Sep 21, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows
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Honda Civic CVT hatchback 4cyl now only a turbo?

Oh well. The look of that civic hatchback!!! I guess I'll wait two years. My 2007 Accord has 185,000 miles, and the recommended maintenance I have done should get me another 36K. But I really like the look of the car for the Honda price. I'm just not willing to give up the possibility that my...
- fritzfield
- Post #9
- Aug 31, 2017
- Forum: The Garage
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Honda Civic CVT hatchback 4cyl now only a turbo?

I really like the looks of the new CVT hatchback but the 4 cyl engine choice is limited to a turbo. I don't want a 6 cylinder either. I had a 1983 Saab 900 Turbo, bought new. IIRC, the operator's manual said to wait 30 - 60 secs before shutting off the engine so that the turbo could cool down...
- fritzfield
- Thread
- Aug 30, 2017
- Replies: 8
- Forum: The Garage
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Converting fluorescent T12 shoplights to LED

Thank You for the idea.
- fritzfield
- Post #3
- Jul 17, 2017
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Converting fluorescent T12 shoplights to LED

I have 13 Cheapo Depot shoplights that I want to slowly (when existing tubes die) covert to LED. Anyone converted these - removing ballast and re-wiring - and can give some tips for success? The Depot sells direct replacement but they don't work with their own shoplights, so... I ordered some...
- fritzfield
- Thread
- Jul 16, 2017
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Changing from Intel i5-750 to AMD FX-8350 in WIN 10

I did what vailr advised and everything is up and running great. Thanks for the help to all of you.
- fritzfield
- Post #7
- May 21, 2017
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Changing from Intel i5-750 to AMD FX-8350 in WIN 10

My son gave me his Asus Sabertooth 990 FX 2.0 and an AMD FX-8350 as well as an EVGA GTX670 video card. Is it worth the possible hassle of swapping out my MB and CPU and adding these parts instead. I'm not a gamer. What obstacles will I get from Microsoft. I have always had retail versions of...
- fritzfield
- Thread
- May 16, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Adding a 2nd anode rod to H-D Rheem electric water heater

I tried to remove rod on 4 yr old heater but it won't move and I don't have an impact wrench. Heating the nut head on top seems to have a danger potential. I thought that I might just replace the hot water outlet nipple with a combo anode rod like Bradford-White water heaters have. Can I just...
- fritzfield
- Thread
- May 2, 2017
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Accounting software

I have had trouble with certain banks - TD Bank in particular. I have to deactivate the account in account update, then reactivate the account. This clears up the problem, but I never can find out why all of a sudden, transactions will not download. It's sad that Intuit washed its hands of...
- fritzfield
- Post #15
- Mar 5, 2017
- Forum: Windows
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Quicken Premier 2017 $74.99

Quicken Home and Business 2017 - $79.99 @ Sam's Club. $5 more for next step up. I didn't notice Premier, but prolly $69.99 there.
- fritzfield
- Post #2
- Nov 3, 2016
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Firefox 64 bit doesn't "stay" and returns to 32 bit

Your suggestions worked. Task manager did indeed show firefox(32) as did the shortcuts. I deleted Firefox and all the shortcuts and now I have the 64 bit. If it disappears again, I will post another reply. Thanks for your help.
- fritzfield
- Post #12
- Oct 4, 2016
- Forum: Windows
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Firefox 64 bit doesn't "stay" and returns to 32 bit

I don't really know. In Help > troubleshooting information > UserAgent I get this line : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0 According to Mozilla Support, WOW64 means 32 bit Firefox running on a 64 bit OS where it should be Win64; x64 How do I get the...
- fritzfield
- Post #10
- Oct 3, 2016
- Forum: Windows
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Firefox 64 bit doesn't "stay" and returns to 32 bit

Did that, 64 bit NEVER happens, even after revo uninstall. 2 diff computers running win 10 pro 64
- fritzfield
- Post #3
- Sep 10, 2016
- Forum: Windows
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Firefox 64 bit doesn't "stay" and returns to 32 bit

I have never got 64 bit Firefox to stay. I download and install and verify its existence. When I close and re-enter WIn 10 Pro 64, the 32 bit version is back as the program when I check the help info. Dose anyone know how I can make 64 bit Firefox stay as my Firefox?
- fritzfield
- Thread
- Sep 10, 2016
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Windows
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Accounting software

Nice to read about Quicken in this older post. The link in the new post that revived the old one is a link to a French language website that I don't comperstand.
- fritzfield
- Post #10
- Aug 24, 2016
- Forum: Windows
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Anyone using an 1151 MB w/ DDR3? Impressions?

I am interested in upgrading my 2010 core i5-750 on MSI P55-GD80 to an i5-6500 CPU w/ a MB that supports DDR3. Do these iterations of the 1151 MB allow voltage adjustments for the older DDR3 to run properly. Does the DDR3 (16G G-Skill 10700) run just as well on these new boards as it does on...
- fritzfield
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- Dec 22, 2015
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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Hard case for Samsung Convoy 3

I drowned my Convoy 2, which had a nice cheap hard plastic case that I got online for 6 bucks shipped. However, I can't find a such case for the new replacement model, Convoy 3. Anyone got a link. Google doesn't give me anything similar.
- fritzfield
- Thread
- Sep 25, 2015
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Do you regret making the upgrade to Win10?

For me, on both my machines, the simplest and easiest upgrade of any version of Windows that I have owned. But I am very simple, and easy.
- fritzfield
- Post #81
- Sep 23, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems

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