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2009-11-21 Electric Power & Utilities - Energy losses:

Hi John - When electricity leaves a power plant and is transmitted hundreds of miles over high voltage lines, finally being reduced in voltage and distributed to our homes, industry, and businesses, the

2009-11-19 Water Quality - Water pressure/Sediment issue:

Hi Dennis, Yes, I have heard of them. There is a company called Lakos which makes sand separators. Here is some information: http://www.lakos.com/products/Sub-K.html I think the Sub-K would be the

2009-11-19 Electric Power & Utilities - Power cord replacement for AJAX motor:

From what I can gather, this is a single phase motor, that is connected for 230 volts. The numbers should be, #1, and #4&5, or #4&8, depending on the rotation. Your lines will connect as follows, black

2009-11-19 Water Quality - rotten egg smell:

Hi Jerry; Thanks for your question. The first thing to realize is that IF you are having a problem at one faucet ONLY, the problem isn't the water! I would check for dissimilar metals in the kitchen plumbing

2009-11-18 Alternative Energy (Solar/Wind) - Batery chraging:

Hello John, I assume you mean flooded batteries as I am not sure what a floored cell battery is. The best I can recommend is to make sure each string is of the same kind (i.e. same volts, amp hour