Rechargeable hand warmers--YES!!
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Comments (9)I have many Ryobi, Dewalt, PC, etc. tools 14.4V and up. The NiCads go bad after a time. Yes they establish a memory, but it should be insignificant - basically full charge to 90% or so. There is not a problem letting them drain down, although the Ryobi chargers require a small amount of "juice" to trigger the recharging circuit one you insert the battery into the charger. The biggest problem I run into is dead cells. The 14.4 volt Ryobi units consist of 12 1.2V C sub cells, daisy chained - depending on the mfg of the cell will determine the overall capacity of the battery pack - generally from 1400 mAh to 2000 mAh. The packs are designed to function even if some cells die (this yields an open circuit within the cell providing no voltage, but allows the pack's circuit to continue to function at less voltage and less mAh). The batteries tend to stop working if more than 50% of the 12 cells are dead. If you're handy with a soldering iron and ohm meter you can take apart the packs and replace the dead sub cells - generally 1.2v 2000mAh Nicads are available online from $2-4 per. If you have more than 4 or 5 dead - it's probably cheaper to by a $25-27 pack from Home Depot. Hope this helps a bit. Oh and the above only holds true for NiCad and NiMH - not Lithium Ion - that's a whole other Mr. Wizard lession of DC current. lol...See MoreLeaking freon. Why shouldn't i just recharge rather than replace?
Comments (5)First of all if you have an air handler thats 13 years old you may want to consider a replacement. Just not with that guy, thats all. A leak repair in a coil in an air handler can be a royal pain in the butt. The actual repair of the hole or crack can take less then 5 minutes but you can easily spend half a day taking the thing apart to the point where you can access where the leak is. So now you get a bill for all this labor etc. which will probably give you "poopy pants" and somewhere in the not to distant future another problem arises. Maybe the blower motor quits, or the drain pan has rusted out and water is leaking all over, if its an air handler in the attic you probably made a hell of a mess to your sheetrock ceiling and if its over a furnace who knows what damage it can do in there to cost you more bucks. And heres another scenario. That old unit was rusting out and the blower bracket lets go. You hear one hell of a racket coming out of your duct work, (oops, more poopy pants) and you find out the whole blower assembly has to be replaced. But the unit is so old getting the right parts are almost impossible. So its 95 degrees out and no relief in sight for days. The service tech appears to be sympathetic to your dilemma but inside he's saying "serves you right you cheap SOB, I wanted to replace that POS when you first started having problems" So you try to make a deal, you ask him if he would be interested in a can of freon as part of the deal for a new unit. You say you paid over 300 dollars for it and only used a few pounds. The guy says sure, I'll know off 50 bucks to take it off your hands and I'm doing you a favor, you're not supposed to have the stuff anyway! One of the interesting side bars of the heating and air conditioning trade is that you collect sooooo much money from some people whose original intention was to save themself a few bucks by doing it half as---!...See Moretell me about hand benders
Comments (20)I've had a cheapo Hamilton Beach Turbo Twister for about two years now. It was around 20 bucks. It is my only blender, because I haven't any counter space for a regular model. It has two speeds, and came with a whisk, S blade, and milk shake mixer. I got it to see if I would like having a hand blender... I meant to get a nicer one (Russell Hobbs or Kitchen Aid), but heretofore, this one has met all of my needs. I have no reason to suspect it won't continue to do so. I mainly use mine for smoothies. It's perfect, because since I live alone, I never make very much. It blazes through the ice even though the manual says specifically not to use it on ice. I also use it for lentil and sausage soup (I wanted to use it on split pea soup, but I always cook that down so much that blending isn't necessary). I've tried using it to make bread crumbs with, but it clogs up fast when used for that purpose. The blade shaft twists on and off easily, but isn't dishwasher safe. It's white with a blue button... I think of you need a red one, it will have to be Cuisinart, Kitchen Aid, or a cheaper store brands and knock offs (Kaloric, and Wolfgang Puck come to mind). I would say to get a corded one if at all possible. I'll admit sometimes, the cord does get in the way. However, it has been my experience that cordless devices are not as powerful as their corded counterparts, nor to they last as long. Please let us know what you decide!...See MoreRecs for electric hand pruners please
Comments (11)O, that's a shame. I didn't really think about weight when I got it. and it hasn't really hampered my use in any way. I would suggest trying one at a dealership, as the shape and balance were important for me (I have small hands). Ah, now I have been looking at electric pruners and realise my Stihl is actually more like a mini-chainsaw. It has a little 4inch bar and guard and can easily chop through 70mm branches. Like a chainsaw, you can also use the toe of the bar to get into crannies. Gulp, The Stihl ASA 85 pruners cost around £1300!!! That's more than I spent on my main chainsaw...See Moregraywings123
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