Depending on where you live, I live in north east US, you are familiar with the dreaded stink bug. They have that name for a very good reason, THEY STINK!
This would be funny if it weren’t so dangerous. I came home to find a swarm of stink bugs on the back side of my house and the pouch area. So, I grabbed the bug spray and started spraying them (I swear they were laughing at me). At some point I realized I was breathing in way too much fumes and had to leave the area to breath in some fresh air. As I was sitting in my back yard, taking in deep breaths the answer came to me.
What do you do when you catch a stink bug in your house? You get a tissue, fold it in half (hoping to keep the stink off your fingers) grab that sucker and flush it down the toilet. So I took this principle and applied it on a mass scale.
Step:
- 1. Get a wet vac (anything over 1 or 2 gallons should work)
- 2. Fill the wet vac with about 1/3 of water (the toilet part)
- 3. Get yourself a 50 foot or larger extension cord
- 4. Plug the wet vac in and start sucking up all those stink bugs
- 5. Repeat every 15 minutes until they are gone or it’s time for bed, which ever comes first
An environmentally friendly and healthier solution to this problem.
GOOD LUCK!
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I’m looking for a relatively nontoxic oil to keep tools like pliers free of rust. My toolbox gets cold in my truck, and when I bring it inside, I get condensation on many of my tools and light rust .
When you ask ten people the same question, you get ten different answers. Well guess what, when I ask this question to some of my friends this is what I got:
- I had three friends say WD-40
- This one surprised me - two of my friends use vegetable oil
- Zoom Spout oiler, it contains 10W turbine oil
- 3 in 1 oil
Well, there you have it, my non-scientific test results. Drop me a comment or email and let me know what you use.
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Can the house wiring carry more voltage than its designed too? How are surges handle and what about surge protectors?
Is it possible that a surge can melt the house wiring and cause fire?
It is pretty common to confuse over voltage with over current.
Your household wiring’s specifications are established to handle a certain amount of electric current ( amperage).
When a device, let’s say a washer, is running well it draws 15 amps. The wiring going from your breaker to the washing machine itself will be designed to handle at least 45 amps so the breaker is a 30 amp breaker.
The only way the dryer will draw more than 15 amps is if there is a short. Let’s suppose there’s a short in the washing machine and the electric current ramps up to 30 amps. The breaker will trip and protect the wires from catching fire.
The power company does send voltage ’spikes’ but they only last a few milliseconds and will typically be only a few hundred volts. Your MOV’s in your surge protectors are primarily to suppress high voltage ( thousands of volts) lightning strikes and should be replaced once you know you have had an strike.
In a nutshell, your household wiring will be all right because they’re protected by the circuit breakers. The wires can fail if they take a direct lightning hit. The electric company will not be able to send a surge that will place your wiring in danger of catching fire, and your surge protector will protect your devices from a spike.
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