What bulbs for grow light ??

I need a grow light for my tomatoe and pepper seedlings. Instead of buying a "plant grow light" I've read it's possible to use two fluorescent tubes, one a warm tube and the other a cool tube. Went to Home Depot. The light guy had never heard of doing such a thing.



I purchased Philips Soft White Kitchen and Bath, 32 watts. Description on package: light output 2950 lumens, life 30,000 hours, color rendering index 85, color temperature 3000K. I also purchased Philips Cool White Residential Use, 32 watts. Package description: light output 2875 lumens, life 30,000 hours, color rendering index 82, color temperature 4100K.



Do I have what I need for the total spectrum needed? If not, what should the package description say? thanks

What bulbs for grow light ??

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New electric service

I have just purchased a 6 acre piece of land with no buildings. It has electric service to a pole about 100 ft. from the road with a meter. No wiring on the downstream side of the meter. I want to run an underground service in a 3 inch conduit about a quarter mile past the meter to my building site. I will hire an electrician to install a 200 amp service at the new house site. what size wire will I need to run the quarter mile from the meter to the house site? Thanks in advance for any assistance, Morrie

New electric service

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Airbus a320

Airbus just put this out last December, kind of scary to me.



12-09-2014



An occurrence was reported where an Airbus A321 aeroplane encountered a blockage of two Angle Of Attack (AOA) probes during climb, leading to activation of the Alpha Protection (Alpha Prot) while the Mach number increased. The flight crew managed to regain full control and the flight landed uneventfully.



When Alpha Prot is activated due to blocked AOA probes, the flight control laws order a continuous nose down pitch rate that, in a worst case scenario, cannot be stopped with backward sidestick inputs, even in the full backward position.



If the Mach number increases during a nose down order, the AOA value of the Alpha Prot will continue to decrease. As a result, the flight control laws will continue to order a nose down pitch rate, even if the speed is above minimum selectable speed, known as VLS.



This condition, if not corrected, could result in loss of control of the aeroplane.



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Could be just a coincidence but it sure sounds similar to me except for the ending. I'd sure hate to be riding in the pointy end. Terrible. :(

Airbus a320

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Blocking mouse entrance

We discovered some mice droppings in our cupboards under the kitchen sink and when we pulled out the dishwasher, we discovered a large opening where the mice were getting in. We have no idea where they are gaining entrance into our structure from the outside but first things first, we need to cover the entrance into the interior of our home.



What would you suggest I put there? A block of wood? Some sort of metal screening? Any help would be appreciated.

Blocking mouse entrance

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Mini arc furnace

I've seen Grand Thompson do it in one of his videos and I would like to recreate it, but he is using a modified microwave transformer and I've read that it is not really recommended if you don't know what you are doing.



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What I am looking for is a transformer I could buy that would fit my needs.

I'm living in Canada so if it's simpler for you just tell me the specs of the transformer that i would need and I'll try to find a place where I could get one.



Here's a video on the arc furnace.



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Mini arc furnace

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Old MCS receiver problems

I have a MCS series3246 receiver that I had in my shop with 4 speakers. I haven't had it hooked up in a couple years and decided to hook it back up. Works fine with the front speakers, but when I select the remote speaker button for the rear speakers, the fronts cut out, worked fine before. Any ideas?

Old MCS receiver problems

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Lights flicker after someone stole outside wiring

Hey guys,



Last night my main break tripped and i couldn't figure out why.

This morning I went I stepped outside, I noticed that someone stole about 15 ft of wiring for my 220v water heater (which is outside the house).



I put some caps on the wires to make sure they don't touch anything but the lights keep flickering HARD inside the house.



What do I do to get rid of the flickering? I won't be using the water heater for a few months so that's not really an issue, I just don't want power surges or something like that.



The wiring for the water heater ran from the outside panel to a subpanel inside the house then back outside.



Thank

Lights flicker after someone stole outside wiring

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