Recent content by EricWT

I just checked out the La-z-boy Matinees: I thought they were very comfortable, firm and supportive. However, a friend of mine came along and thought they were awful. We are pretty sure it is a size issue: I am 6'3", with pretty long legs; she is 5'8" (i.e. not very short). She said she felt...

I just checked out the La-z-boy Matinees: I thought they were very comfortable, firm and supportive. However, a friend of mine came along and thought they were awful. We are pretty sure it is a size issue: I am 6'3", with pretty long legs; she is 5'8" (i.e. not very short). She said she felt...

I have not yet tried the resillient channel idea, but I am about to-- I am helping a friend redo the ceiling in his kitchen, and the house is quite old, and has quite a few sistered joists that are now eneven with the others. My comment is that there is a couple down the street who suggested...

Thanks for the tip-- I will try that after I calibrate. Subsequently I have found that my setting were not getting reset; it was all me, as even by going into the menu to look at available presets it was wiping mine out. Oh well... :-) Also, I noticed a comment somewhere (I think on this...

They used to sell the 900 in Canada-- we bought a couple from the Sony store as gifts. On their website they now only have the 700 and the 1000 so I am guessing the 900 is being replaced, at least in Canada. So I would call some Sony stores and see if they have any left; maybe they will even...

I think that as a host you should not charge for anything-- hopefully people will reciprocate, as others have said; perhaps they will have you over in return, or they will bring some snacks/liquor/etc. instead. There will always be relatives/friends who will not, but perhaps you can just invite...

Hello, I have an RCA P52812, and I did a basic calibration with it using the Sound & Vision DVD (good improvement.) However, after a power failure the TV loses these settings. Now that I know how to do it, I can repeat after a failure. However, I am considering a better calibration, and I am...

I don't know what kind of cable your retailer put in, but some comments on this board have suggested that the cables and connectors that technicians use are usually pretty good, so there is probably not much you could do better anyway. FWIW I just replaced a couple older runs of RG59 with...

A bunch of my friends bought them at Costco, apparently around the same price you are mentioning. It would be worth checking out if you are in a hurry. Eric

Thanks for all the replies! Neil: Yes, the dimmer switch has a ground. Is that good or bad for buzzing? :-) Frank and Sam, sorry, I should have been more clear: the circuit in question is a 15A breaker and 14 gauge wire. It is for my regular room plugs and sconce lighting, and it is the...

Hello, I just connected my circuits to my breaker panel, and everything seems to work fine. There is a buzz from my dimmed lights, but I have cheap bulbs in there now and I understand that this is normal; I will replace them soon. However, I noticed that there is also a buzz from the...

I haven't looked into conduit too much, but at Home Depot the 12 ga. FT-4 (similar to CL-3, I think) wire is $0.93 per meter, and the pvc conduit is about $1 per meter, for a 1 inch tube. So cost is about the same, as long as you don't need any fancier wire :-). I am not sure how much the CL-3...

Thanks, Wayne. It is a 12 ga. bare copper ground wire. FWIW, I just called my electrical inspector, and he said that I should bring any ground from BX into the outlet like a normal NMD wire. Since he will be the one inspecting, that's what I will do. :-) However, it makes me wonder a little...

I was always under the (probably false) impression that BX (AC90) cable was the same as NMD cable, but with extra shielding around it. Now I see that the bare wire inside it is touching the armour; many installation pictures I have seen show that bare wire folded back, so that it touches the...

Is it possible that this is a problem related to the dimmer being on the same "phase" in the breaker box as the circuits for the TVs in the house? I have read on this forum that you should not have dimmer circuits on the same phase as a home theater circuit. This may be hard in your case, as...