Thanks to youtube, I am handy!

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I'm so excited.

The other night, actually returning home from Longwood, I entered our pin number on the garage keypad. Nothing happened. I had a moment where I thought maybe I messed up entering.

Friends were dropping me off and when I re-entered, NADA.

So luckily I had my keys ( DH was at a meeting_) and all was fine. I looked to troubleshoot why the pad wouldn't work and the main problem was there was no sign of life. We tried changing the battery but same results- NADA.

I went to my trusty youtube which said if there's no light on the pad, and you've tried a few of their sugested fixes, replace the pad.

So I went and picked up the pad at HD and watched the youtubes again and referred to the manual, and voila I installed and programmed a new pad.

I am so pleased with myself! ( I just can't figure out how to close our ladder but that's a decent price).

The other thing youtube helped with a few months ago, was our internal water dispenser on our fridge stopped working. Everything else worked, icemaking etc. I saw a youtube that said to try a blow dryer on the plastic pipe and sure enough, water!! I did not have a blow dryer so I posted on my buynothing group and got one.

What good stuff have you gotten out of youtube?

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I have a cheap pair of bluetooth headphones. They are maybe six months old. The left one started getting flaky and I only got sound in my right ear (annoying!!)

YouTube told me how to reset them in their case, hold until the lights blink. Yay, my left ear gets to listen, too.

I wonder if YouTube knows how to fix the typing on Houzz? It's still broken.

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jakabedy
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How to replace the passenger side tail light bulb on my 2011 Touareg. I never would have figured it out otherwise. Now my bulb works, I passed inspection, and I'm good for two more years!
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orchidrain
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Yay! It is so satisfying to be able to fix these problems ourselves.
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- I went online and discovered I needed to change a setting on the remote. Apparently DH pressed one too many buttons and it erased everything,
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Viola da gamba or cello work.

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