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    DeLonghi pulling cold coffee usually the heater fuses?

    Regarding the causes of blown fuses here's what I've found in my 15+ coffee machines: 90% are due to scale in the boiler from using hard water that hasn't been descaled in a while. 5% of the time the machine ran dry and the thermal fuse on the heater is meant to act as a safety cutout to prevent...
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    Kitchen Mama can opener battery swap, anything tricky to know?

    ngl I didnt even know these were a thing until my mom got one. She runs duracells in hers and complained it was slow until I swapped them for fresh batteries.
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    DeLonghi pulling cold coffee usually the heater fuses?

    every month is overkill unless your water is straight limestone
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    Anyone got a clean pinout for the Milwaukee M12 battery?

    NTC is 10k like someone said above, beta around 3380 if you care. Measured it on three different m12 packs and got the same curve every time so it's consistent across at least the gen 2 and gen 3 stuff i had on hand.
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    Pinout breakdown for Porter Cable 20V packs, what each contact does

    I metered the TH pin on my Porter Cable 20V packs last year and the value is a standard 10k NTC (negative temperature coefficient) resistor; reads around 10k at room temperature.
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    How accurate is the built-in pulse sensor on NordicTrack treadmills?

    Apple Watch isnt exactly a benchmark lol
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    DeLonghi pulling cold coffee usually the heater fuses?

    The original manufacturer fuse is a waste of money. A generic fuse of the same specs will work just as well. They are a one shot fuses. I get them on ebay for 2 bucks each.
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    Give me safe alternatives for house heating

    How well does your kerosene smell in your house? Pretty scary for me.
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    Attic and tight spots apprentice essentials

    Thanks for your concern, I almost forgot about water, I’ll keep this in mind!
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    Attic and tight spots apprentice essentials

    Hmm. Thanks for this idea! Do you have any preferred brand of compact tool bag?
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    Attic and tight spots apprentice essentials

    Yo, guys! I just made a new milestone in my life and I’m pretty excited! I’ll be an apprentice! I think being an apprentice means that I’m the one who crawls into deep, unpleasant, and less glam spaces like attics and crawlspaces based on my research and what I’m told about them. Now, I just...
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    Any techniques or specialized tools for drilling angled holes?

    If you are doing this job frequently, you might want to invest on drill press and tilting tables. This two will give you precision like no other, will help you drill in tight spots, and drilling holes would be very easy when you own this two – especially those cordless and portable type. You...
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    Better option between Oxyacetylene or Plasma Cutter?

    just choose oxyacetylene if you need to cut thicker metals. it is also very versatile for heating and bending, but they don’t do well on stainless steels.
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    How do 14.4mm pass-through ratchet work?

    it is a proprietary size. its ratchet only works with milwaukee made sockets. they offer adapters for standard size sockets, but no other brand of pass-through sockets will work.
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    How do 14.4mm pass-through ratchet work?

    14.4mm is roughly 9/16 inch, but it's not a standard size.