Recent content by Charlie Packwood

LPG is hard on the valves and heads for some reason. We had an early conversion 4 cylinder ford engine and the head and valves went after 40,000 miles. Not a good thing,, fortunately it was a company vehicle, so not my problem. I am not sure about other jurisdictions but here you cannot park...

paint pen, you should find them at your local steel supplier or welding supply shop. Just buy one at a time as they tend to dry out before you get to use them. At least that has been my experience, just annoying not that they are expensive. Snow here this morning just a dusting but cold again...

-13F /-25C some how sounds colder in Celsius. Turned the humidifier down a touch to try and get the frost off the windows. A lot of wind and some snow last night but almost no accumulation. That's good as far as I am concerned. I understand that this cold is going to continue for a good part...

Well I don't post very much but I do keep up on a regular basis. I just to had to post this morning as the temperature is -8F here and it is not looking good for the rest of the weekend. The polar wind is going to blow and there is some snow coming our way, another 1-4". I know it's not as bad...

Well, we have snow and cold but I am humbled by the pictures I see from just south of us in New York State. Take care out there go slow. There are some houses that are at a real risk of collapse from snow load and if it warms up well good luck. What a mess. I feel a little guilty about having...

Check your connections again I made some changes the other day and the neutral slipped out of the connector when I pushed it back in the box, bad on my part. There is a good chance that the new ballast is bad, not the first time. You could switch the tubes with the other fixtures to check the...

I am not sure of the rules in your location but it is not within code here if the junction box is hidden, safe or not. You should remove the fixture and disconnect the wire from the switch box and remove the switch box as well. The method you described would make it safe for you but if you...

-27C hera this morning (-10F) 2" of slow yesterday, starting to have to look for places to put the snow. Going to snow some more today. Wind chill -32C. Furnace is running almost all the time, but all is working as it should. Stay warm and I will try to get the back door closed to block...

-17 C last night in real degrees that's 1.4F. Celsius makes it feel colder, somehow -17C sounds worse than 1.4F. Got the new shower valve in yesterday turned the water on, good news, none of my solder joints leaked and I didn't set fire to the house, bad news, the thing wouldn't shut off. After...

-27C by our outdoor sensor, last time it dipped this low the battery in the sensor froze. See what happens today. Wind chill -35 Brrrr really cold putting the garbage out this morning, the sunrise is beautiful, no warmth though. Sorry about leaving the back door open but now its frozen open so...

Well I don't get here often but it's -22C (-7or so F) this morning and apparently it will continue to be cold for the next few days. Lots of complaints from the house, creaks and groans. Temperature dropped from +1 yesterday morning to -22 around midnight. Hope the car starts, taking the other...

Well I haven't been posting lately but thought would just let you know that we had an ice storm and the power was out for two days. Temperature hanging around -2C to 0C. Gas and water still on, a lot of limbs down, we have power restored in the last hour, been out since 5am Saturday. Still...

Another hot day just finished breakfast no coffee, 26C the low for the night going to 33C with humidity feels like 44C, Heading out to Habitat for Humanity today. We are doing a removal for our retail resell store, hope this place has AC but it is a whole house renovation so it may not. have...

Well I don't get here that often to post but this morning we are trying to dry out. Our house is ok but a lot are not in this area. Richmond Hill just north of Toronto, Ontario. We had approximately 120+ mm of rain in an hour yesterday at 5:00pm, and then some more storms overnight. Roads...

Good morning its -9C here partly sunny with the odd snow Flurry. Just a note to say this is the first Monday after 33 years of employment that I don't have to think about getting up and going to work. I am not sure how I feel except to say the obvious. Amazing.