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I apologize if this is a dumb question but I was wondering if someone can explain the function of the two screw valves on the right and left of the attached picture. Are these shut off valves, vertical off / horizontal on? ... they don't seem to do anything when turned?? Thanks. Second...

I have an Economite Conversion Burner Model E20A unit on a Weil-McLain boiler. I turned on the thermostat for the first time this season. I just hear an uninterrupted buzz and the burner doesn't ignite. I can hear the pilot light when the thermostat is off (without the buzzing sound). Any...

I have an old Weil McClain boiler. It's gas fired but I believe that it's a conversion unit on an oil burner. It has four zones. One of the four zones that heats the upper floor is not heating up. It seems like there might be air in the line as it's warm near the boiler but it cools off a...

I have a 4-circuit subpanel with twist-in type fuses branching off a 40-amp breaker in the main house panel. A living room circuit that I'm working has 6 duplex receptacles. As I was pigtailing some wire to the old flex armored BX cable I noticed that the original wire gauge seemed heavy...

I recently had my chimney relined with a stainless steel liner. Previously there was just brick. Before the relining, the boiler connected to the chimney with a metal pipe, about 7-8 inches in diameter. This pipe had an elliptical hole, about 10" long by 4" or so cut out of the underside of...

I'm trying to hook up the ice maker in a new refrigerator. I didn't use a saddle valve. It didn't seem like a good idea. So I tee'd off an existing 5/8" line just downstream of a valve. First problem was the valve which didn't completely shut the water off. I cut about an inch of line...

I'm a new homeowner on a budget, trying to do things myself, remodeling the kitchen. My question pertains to a problem that I'm having with a gfci outlet. Initially I wired the circuit using the load terminals on the outlet to feed another gfci outlet downstream. When I powered up the...