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There's a very small chance that Radio Shack's error was caused by ignorance and not larceny. I purchased an antenna once that was listed as mounting to 1" pipe. Turned out the 1" pipe was too big, but 3/4" fit perfectly. 3/4" pipe has an O.D. of 1.05", so it seems someone at the antenna...

What was the insulation diameter, around 1mm? Perhaps Radio Shack hired the guy who used to do Sears' inflated vacuum cleaner and air compressor ratings...

OP, e-3 means "times 10 to the -3 power", i.e. move the decimal point three places left. It became common with computers, which don't handle superscripts. IIRC, I first encountered this when using Lotus 1-2-3 in the 1980s. Here is a Wiki page which addresses this; look about 1/3 the way down...

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Maybe you got lucky, but fuses don't usually blow for no reason. You may have a chafed wire which is intermittently shorting to ground and blowing the fuse. Time will tell.

A stationary starter has a very low resistance...typically less than 1/10 ohm. You cannot measure it properly with an ordinary ohmmeter. A specialized 4-wire meter would work, but I doubt that there are any published specs on what the normal reading is. Starters are ideally tested by measuring...

Generator brushes are far easier to change than alternator diodes, the failure of which is not that common but neither is it unknown. The main reason alternators replaced generators was economics. An alternator is cheaper than a generator especially if the simplification of the regulator (no...

No, I have lived in SE Michigan for the past 23 years. Long ago I lived in Lewes, Sussex which is right on the Prime Meridian. If the world all went to Zulu time, I would then go to work at 1300Z, have lunch at 1700Z and go home at 2200Z. Would that be so hard to accept?

I say abolish time zones! They are just a remnant from when people used sundials. The whole world should be on Zulu time. It would make it much easier for pilots and other travelers.

I've had good experiences with G & N in Griffith, IN. https://gnaircraft.com/

I did not explain it well. You are of course correct that the rpm pointer is coupled magnetically and will read lower as the magnet gets weaker with age. However the "hour" counter is coupled through the gears and not the magnetic coupling. Therefore it is not affected by magnet aging. As...

I would have left the generator in. Yours is 50A; I get by with 35A in my 172.

Possible but highly unlikely. Inside the tach there is a worm gear driven by the cable, and a pinion gear driven by the worm. If these gears wear excessively they will not mesh and the counter will stop. Frequently the worn gears will start jamming and break the cable. There is no reason for...

Note this nut is an 8-40, i.e. 40 threads per inch, or "extra fine". Most HW stores will have only the coarse 8-32 size, or possibly the fine 8-36. Extra fine threads are typical for panel mount switches and controls. This allows a thin nut while still having a reasonable number of threads.

I hauled a full yard of gravel once in my ancient 3/4 ton pickup. The rear suspension still had an inch or two of travel left. It was fine until I exited the freeway when it surprised the hell out of me by oversteering. I was able to correct it by reducing the steering input so nothing...

Best is to check the installation instructions for advice. That socket would likely work, but may be overkill. Usually a socket with the lowest amp rating that meets or exceeds the device's amp rating will be the most economical. You need to know the input amps, not the output which is likely...

That's a $1000 charger! It is supposed to go to a "float charge" after it times out, in which case you could leave it connected indefinitely. Check the manual to be sure, but I certainly would not worry about a couple of days.

Perhaps you could get a new gear made by an outfit like this: https://www.rushgears.com/?referrer=GoogleReplacement&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwY-LBhD6ARIsACvT72PttlTmuiZ6mkvaYnF_Qqs4lAqveMzgRms4P3kdLYVaYTkEI8f1_b8aAg7FEALw_wcB

It was a steakhouse not a strip club and a grind dance not a lap dance. Some posters here are embellishing the facts as if they were a talking head on a cable "news" network.

Lap dance? I'm surprised anyone would call what was on the video a lap dance.