I found an unfortunate, desiccated mouse lying across the line terminals of an 800A, 480V circuit breaker once. No idea how long he'd been there.
I found an unfortunate, desiccated mouse lying across the line terminals of an 800A, 480V circuit breaker once. No idea how long he'd been there.
One outlet box in my house was buried below an added on masonite paneling job. The box was at an angle so the mud ring would not work, too high on one end. So i took a plastic box and used the bandsaw to make a mud ring with the correct angle. I just drilled the screw holes for clearance and used extra long screws to mount the switch.
It was easy to mark I just set it inside out on the old box and used a sharpie to mark how deep it should be.
Bill D
I can say with experience this is true, even when unplanned...'found a couple of them last winter in the plastic can I use at the back of my slider for "trash" off-cuts. It was kinda like that saying "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"...they succumbed to a lonely end in what clearly was a cheap hotel without room service.
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
Like the "Hotel California where you check in and check out anytime you want but you can never leave"?
Years ago when I had a corn burning stove and a gravity wagon of corn in the shed, I used a storage tote to run shelled corn into for filling buckets. When the corn level was a foot or so down in the tote I'd find mice who got in and couldn't get out.
Maybe a shot of fireblock foam.
Bill
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...