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  0 Thread: Charger for Porter Cable 18V Lithium Ion Battery
Post: RE: Charger for Porter Cable 18V Lithium Ion Batte...

Thanks guys - much appreciated ! Since I have several DeWalt batteries, this adapter will come in handy. However, I will still need a charger for the existing Porter Cable battery that I have, whi...
ShopStud Woodworking Power Tools 5 860 07-10-2023, 06:59 PM
  0 Thread: Charger for Porter Cable 18V Lithium Ion Battery
Post: Charger for Porter Cable 18V Lithium Ion Battery

I recently picked up a Porter-Cable cordless hammer drill (PC1800CHD) along with a Porter Cable PC18BLX 1.3Ahr Lithium Ion battery at Goodwill for the princely sum of $9.49.  Both are in excellent wor...
ShopStud Woodworking Power Tools 5 860 07-10-2023, 03:17 AM
  0 Thread: Carrier HVAC Condenser Fan Motor Replacement
Post: RE: Carrier HVAC Condenser Fan Motor Replacement

MstrCarpenter Wrote: (06-05-2023, 11:14 PM) -- How's this? https://www.cshincorporated.com/oca10208-oem-direct-replacement-motor/ Seems to be a direct replacement; or at least that's what it says at ...
ShopStud Home Improvement 7 1,228 06-06-2023, 12:31 PM
  0 Thread: Might be time to replace AC unit
Post: RE: Might be time to replace AC unit

msweig Wrote: (06-05-2023, 07:08 AM) -- I ended up swapping the compressor motor. Right when I was about to give it a shot myself it failed. So had a local company do it that I heard about from a fri...
ShopStud Home Improvement 9 1,165 06-05-2023, 05:00 PM
  0 Thread: Carrier HVAC Condenser Fan Motor Replacement
Post: RE: Carrier HVAC Condenser Fan Motor Replacement

Snipe Hunter Wrote: (06-05-2023, 07:53 AM) -- Carrier probably doesn't make the motor. I know they don't make the compressor. The motor should have a manufacturer's namplate on it. I'd google the mod...
ShopStud Home Improvement 7 1,228 06-05-2023, 04:56 PM
  0 Thread: Might be time to replace AC unit
Post: RE: Might be time to replace AC unit

msweig Wrote: (05-10-2023, 10:30 PM) -- So the compressor motor on my AC unit is going bad/bearings are going out.  Had the tech come out to verify I was correct, and he agreed, along with mentioning...
ShopStud Home Improvement 9 1,165 06-05-2023, 12:42 AM
  0 Thread: Carrier HVAC Condenser Fan Motor Replacement
Post: Carrier HVAC Condenser Fan Motor Replacement

I live in Arizona and have a 3.5 ton Carrier HVAC system which has run for 24 years.  Over the last 6 years or so, the condenser fan motor bearings have given me problems now and then (squeaking and s...
ShopStud Home Improvement 7 1,228 06-05-2023, 12:05 AM
  0 Thread: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model 1280R
Post: RE: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model...

Cabinet Monkey Wrote: (09-19-2022, 08:36 PM) -- ShopStud The connections to the motor are not easy to disconnect.  Unfortunately, there's no detailed connectivity schematic that I can refer to, to f...
ShopStud Home Improvement 16 2,640 09-21-2022, 12:59 AM
  0 Thread: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model 1280R
Post: RE: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model...

KC Wrote: (09-19-2022, 04:16 AM) -- I suspect that 'quality' of a new unit might be lesser than one 20 years old... so it may be worth fixing.   Amateur question... have you unplugged it for a few...
ShopStud Home Improvement 16 2,640 09-20-2022, 05:20 PM
  0 Thread: Screws?
Post: RE: Screws?

David Stone Wrote: (09-19-2022, 08:27 AM) -- I haven't done any woodworking in a while, and I'm curious what the preferred type/brand of wood screw is nowadays for cabinets.   I was looking at the M...
ShopStud Woodworking 16 3,256 09-19-2022, 08:09 PM
  0 Thread: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model 1280R
Post: RE: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model...

Cabinet Monkey Wrote: (09-19-2022, 02:58 PM) -- 1. Disconnect the supply wires from board. Ground the motor and feed it current from an appropriate supply source.  If it runs, it's not the motor. ...
ShopStud Home Improvement 16 2,640 09-19-2022, 07:11 PM
  0 Thread: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model 1280R
Post: RE: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model...

KC Wrote: (09-19-2022, 04:16 AM) -- I suspect that 'quality' of a new unit might be lesser than one 20 years old... so it may be worth fixing.   Amateur question... have you unplugged it for a few...
ShopStud Home Improvement 16 2,640 09-19-2022, 07:05 PM
  0 Thread: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model 1280R
Post: RE: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model...

EightFingers Wrote: (09-19-2022, 12:08 AM) -- Release the door and close it. Try running the opener again. -- Yup - tried that and it did not work.
ShopStud Home Improvement 16 2,640 09-19-2022, 01:26 AM
  0 Thread: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model 1280R
Post: RE: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model...

Roly Wrote: (09-18-2022, 06:21 PM) -- Look at the safety sensors to see if they are working, normally they have lights on them to verify operation. They allow opening but not lowering if something is...
ShopStud Home Improvement 16 2,640 09-19-2022, 01:25 AM
  0 Thread: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model 1280R
Post: Garage Door Opener Problems - Liftmaster Model 128...

I have had a Liftmaster 1280R 1/2HP garage door opener installed and working since 1999 (Mfg date 07/99) and it seems to have suddenly given up the ghost.  It operates my double-garage door.  I bought...
ShopStud Home Improvement 16 2,640 09-18-2022, 05:18 PM
  0 Thread: Looking for a jigsaw...suggestions?
Post: RE: Looking for a jigsaw...suggestions?

KingwoodFan1989 Wrote: (10-19-2017, 09:57 PM) -- On my current project, I have the need to cut down large sheet goods as well as cutting down rough boards to make them more manageable to run them thr...
ShopStud Woodworking Power Tools 30 14,740 11-05-2017, 02:11 AM
  0 Thread: sch 40 drain pipe
Post: RE: sch 40 drain pipe

wannabedivin Wrote: (09-12-2017, 10:39 AM) -- I am replacing the clogged corrugated rain gutter drain pipes with sch 40 PVC.  One of the areas will have a car parked on (Nissan Sentra).  I have been ...
ShopStud Home Improvement 12 7,592 11-05-2017, 01:41 AM
  0 Thread: <$100 hammer drills
Post: RE: <$100 hammer drills

Bope Wrote: (10-18-2017, 06:38 AM) -- I am going to be needing a hammer drill to drill 4  0.5" holes about 6" deep and a number of smaller holes for tapcons. I need to call the rental place about ren...
ShopStud Home Improvement 20 12,406 11-05-2017, 01:26 AM
  0 Thread: Kitchen Backsplash Tile
Post: RE: Kitchen Backsplash Tile

crokett™ Wrote: (11-01-2017, 08:27 AM) -- I will be tiling the backsplash in my kitchen at some point in the next few weeks.  My question is what to do where the tile adjoins the bottom of the upper ...
ShopStud Home Improvement 6 3,434 11-05-2017, 01:04 AM
  0 Thread: Looking for Advice on Rangehood connections
Post: Looking for Advice on Rangehood connections

Our Dacor Raised Vent RV36 (for 5 burner cooktop), mated with a CABP3 blower assembly, started making noises and working inconsistently.  So I took the blower motor out and overhauled it; also changed...
ShopStud Home Improvement 2 3,625 11-05-2017, 12:32 AM

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