Recent content by rp2813

Well, these two little guys seem to be bucking the trend. They've been outside since going into larger pots over a year ago (originally came in 3" or so pots). I think they may be a dwarf variety and have definitely been genetically modified for color, yet they are performing better than any...

I learned at our previous house that the flappers that come with the American Standard toilet model I installed in 2010 wouldn't give a proper flush. I replaced the flapper with a Korky brand and got a full flush. I immediately installed Korky flappers on both AS toilets in the current house...

When we reconfigured a bathroom at our previous house, I opted for a wall mounted toilet. If I could afford to do it, I'd switch to wall mounted in both bathrooms of my current home. Not only does it make mopping a breeze, but the open space below makes the room feel larger. I went with the...

That definitely looks like a newer pair than the 2007 Duet HT set we had and loved. It might even be a Duet "Sport" set. I think you'll love those machines as much as we loved ours. They were too big to fit in the laundry room of our next house, otherwise they would probably still be doing...

I've noticed newer toilets that use a different flush method which seems more reliable for hard water conditions. Instead of the many holes under the rim, there is one large square outlet at the back of the bowl that shoots a strong jet of water all the way around the bowl rim and the flushing...

The only downward opening dryer I've ever dealt with was my mom's '67 Snorge. The door could be opened completely flat against the lower panel so it wouldn't interfere with unloading. I don't know if this was common for other makes, but I don't think I'd want a downward opening door that...

Matt, that's a nice RCA Victor set. No surprise that it shared design treatments with my '62 JVC Delmonico stereo/phono. The original VOM phonograph required a total restoration job that I wasn't interested in doing, so I found a later VOM model that required little modification to install...

I didn't read the verbiage but it strikes me as odd that, considering the vintage of these pieces, Vivian Vance would have had anything other than Westinghouse appliances unless she had a firm preference for gas, even for the oven. Back in 1986 Dave and I rented a home in a 1954 development...

Thanks for the explanation David. In the thread I started a while back about the Panasonic AC, one of the guys here who really knows electrical theory mentioned something similar to the "slip" effect you described, but it was a little too technical for me. I figured it was normal behavior...

Thanks for another informative post, David! I'm fairly certain that a similar issue took out my 1957 GE Combination a few years ago. I also noticed that when you tested both motors, even the good one produced a rhythmic sound when running, which is prominent when the compressor in my Panasonic...

Laptop. I view cell phones first and foremost as a glitch-prone, unreliable means of voice communication. Additionally, they are an extremely frustrating user-unfriendly and annoying necessary evil at best, a brain damaging antisocial menace by design, and the app craze is nothing more than a...

Well, looking back, I realized my sister's first car was actually a '56 Bel Air 4-door sedan with 3 on the tree. It was shared with her best friend who lived next door. It was a German-made car and the speedometer had KPH instead of MPH. AAA cut them off because they had called in for tows...

My sister's first car was a '65 Biscayne in dull metallic aqua with 6 cylinder and 3-speed column shift. A family friend worked for GMAC and the Biscayne came in as a repo. My dad got it for like $250 or so in 1969. It was so stripped down that the AM radio didn't have any selector buttons...

Thanks Keith. I felt fairly certain that alternating current had something to do with it, so I appreciate your explanation. Another curious thing is that depending on where you are in the bedroom, the resonance isn't present. This includes directly in front of the machine, where it's nearly...

Keith, I've heard compressors on refrigerators make a similar rhythmic resonating sound and always felt it wasn't an indication of imminent failure, so thanks for confirming. Since the monsoonal humidity cleared out yesterday, it cooled down quickly last night. I used the fan-only setting on...