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HandyDadTV is a resource to inspire hands-on homeowners around the world in the areas of lawn care, smart home technology, DIY projects and more. Chris Heider, aka "your virtual dad in the cloud", shares over 30 years of homeowner experience from his home in New Jersey.
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Beatbot AquaSense vs Dolphin Premier robotic pool cleaners
In this video, Chris does a head-to-head comparison of two popular pool robots: the cordless AquaSense by Beatbot against the corded Dolphin Premier.
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➤➤Dolphin Premier (Amazon) 👉🏻 handydad.tv/dpre
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#Beatbot #AquaSense #roboticpoolcleaner
AFFILIATE LINKS:
➤➤Beatbot home page 👉🏻 handydad.tv/bbot
➤➤Beatbot AquaSense (Amazon) 👉🏻 handydad.tv/aqsn
➤➤Dolphin Premier (Amazon) 👉🏻 handydad.tv/dpre
ALWAYS COMPARE PRICES!!
DISCLAIMER:
💰 - A sponsorship fee was received with content provided or approved by the sponsor. See handydad.tv/disclaimer for details.
☕️☕️☕️ If you liked this video, say thanks with a cup of coffee 👉🏻 ko-fi.com/handydadtv ☕️☕️☕️
✔︎Follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @HandyDadTV
#Beatbot #AquaSense #roboticpoolcleaner
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Add an Outlet in a Closet the EASY way
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In this video, Chris shows the easiest way to add an outlet in a closet by replacing the switch with a switch/outlet combo. This can only be done if you have a neutral wire in the switch box. DON'T HAVE A NEUTRAL? Find another power source, such as extending your circuit from a nearby outlet like in this video: ua-cam.com/video/klL8XhKMNT8/v-deo.html PRODUCT LINKS: ➤➤Switch/Outlet Combo 👉🏻 hand...
Chamberlain or Genie: Which garage door opener should you buy?
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In this video, Chris installs a Chamberlain garage door opener in his daughter's townhouse and compares it to the Genie opener he installed in his house earlier this year in this video: ua-cam.com/video/In75UMfMpHg/v-deo.html. Learn more about InfinityShield: handydad.tv/infinity-shield AFFILIATE LINKS: ➤➤Chamberlain B2215T opener 👉🏻 handydad.tv/ou8p ➤➤Genie 7155-TKV opener 👉🏻 handydad.tv/o338 ...
EASIEST CEILING FAN EVER
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In this video, Chris shows how he installed a Hunter Toledo 6-blade ceiling fan in his daughter's new townhouse. This fan is very easy to install because it has an integrated wiring harness that requires no splicing or wire nuts. Plus the blades snap on without the hassle of screws. Whether you've never installed a ceiling fan, or install them for a living, this fan will save you a lot of time ...
How to Retrofit Hardscape Lights on an Existing Wall
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In this video, Chris shows how to install LED hardscape lights under a garden wall and steps. ➤➤LeonLite Hardscape Lights 👉🏻 handydad.tv/6c7y DISCLAIMER: 💳 - We purchased a product with our own money See handydad.tv/disclaimer for details. ☕️☕️☕️ If you liked this video, say thanks with a cup of coffee 👉🏻 ko-fi.com/handydadtv ☕️☕️☕️ ✔︎Follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @HandyDadTV
I CUT OFF MY OWN WEDDING RING WITH A DREMEL (2024)
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What do you do when you have a stuck ring on your finger? I jammed my ring finger and it swelled so badly that I couldn't get it off. I tried soap and icing my hand with no luck. I was worried it would turn blue and need to be amputated. So I used a Dremel to cut off my wedding ring after 32 years. ➤➤Get 10% off Tailored Rings - handydad.tv/tr
Emporia Vue Energy Monitor - Gen 3 vs. Gen 2 - NEW FOR 2024
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In this video, Chris compares two generations of the Emporia Vue energy monitor, installs the newest model and shows how it works. ➤➤Shop for Emporia Vue 👉🏻 handydad.tv/empv ➤➤Learn more 👉🏻 handydad.tv/emporia RELATED VIDEOS: ua-cam.com/video/7q62pihBwB0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/wnhNvfKy2rI/v-deo.html DISCLAIMER: 🆓 - We were interested in reviewing a product and obtained it without charge Se...
LIGHTING TRICKS TO MAKE YOUR HOUSE LOOK HUGE // TLF 59
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While Julie and Josh prepare for the arrival of twin babies this Spring, Chris and Josh install landscape lighting in the front gardens at The Living Flip. ➤➤The following products used can be found at handydad.tv/todl Spot Lights (black): LED-FG1021-BK Path Lights (rust): LED-S215-RU 100W Transformer: EPC100W ➤➤LeonLite wall lights - handydad.tv/6c7y Need more inspiration? Watch ua-cam.com/vid...
WHY don't ALL washers do this?
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In this video, Chris shows how to prevent flooding from your drain clogging behind your washing machine using a YoLink leak sensor and smart plug. LINKS TO PRODUCTS: ➤➤YoLink Leak Sensors 👉🏻 handydad.tv/yo3s ➤➤YoLink Smart Plug 👉🏻 handydad.tv/z08f ➤➤YoLink Speaker Hub 👉🏻 handydad.tv/yosp ➤➤YoLink Bulldog Valve 👉🏻 handydad.tv/yobd ➤➤YoLink Sensor/Valve Kit 👉🏻 handydad.tv/yovk RELATED VIDEOS: ua-...
Convert a single switch to 3 way
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In this video, Chris shows how to convert a simple toggle switch into a 3-way circuit for cases where you want to add a second switch to control a light. RELATED VIDEOS: ua-cam.com/video/aajyhWpU9fo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/M_zDt6iJKdQ/v-deo.html DISCLAIMER: 💳 - We purchased a product with our own money See handydad.tv/disclaimer for details. ☕️☕️☕️ If you liked this video, say thanks with a...
Complete Guide to Switch Wiring (3-way & 4-way circuits explained)
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Complete Guide to Switch Wiring (3-way & 4-way circuits explained)
Amazon's Best Selling Garage Door Opener (Genie 7155-TKV)
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Amazon's Best Selling Garage Door Opener (Genie 7155-TKV)
Tesla Wall Connector Installation with MC cable
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Tesla Wall Connector Installation with MC cable
Nanoleaf Skylight: the sun always shines in your house ☀️
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Nanoleaf Skylight: the sun always shines in your house ☀️
Custom Built-ins from Stock Cabinets!
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Custom Built-ins from Stock Cabinets!
Add Multiple Outlets from an Existing Outlet
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Add Multiple Outlets from an Existing Outlet
Remote Controlled Outlets: "dumb down" your smart home before moving
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Remote Controlled Outlets: "dumb down" your smart home before moving
One Burner Won't Light - Cooktop Igniter Replacement
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One Burner Won't Light - Cooktop Igniter Replacement
Decorate with RGB Fairy Lights and WLED
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Decorate with RGB Fairy Lights and WLED
Can you split Govee lights with a Wye Connector?
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Can you split Govee lights with a Wye Connector?
EVERYTHING about Permanent Holiday Lighting
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EVERYTHING about Permanent Holiday Lighting
Control Govee and non-Govee Lights with WLED
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Control Govee and non-Govee Lights with WLED
Viewers React to Govee PRO Permanent Outdoor Lights
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Viewers React to Govee PRO Permanent Outdoor Lights
NEW!! Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights PRO
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NEW!! Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights PRO
Leviton DOS05-1LZ 3way motion sensor
What thickness chipboard did you use for the loft storage?
5/8” same as the roof sheathing.
@@handydadtv thank you!
Great job! Your video is so helpful appreciated your time 🙏
Glad it was helpful 👍🏻
We have a Ranch house with a dormer over the garage and soon to have a split dormer/roof over the front porch and bay window. (small roof over a porch sharing the same left side as the dormer over the house) I thought about adding the "Y" so the dormers had the same left to right pattern as the straight line of the ranch. But I'm not sure if that would be a waste of lights and look cool enough. Any ideas?
I think you should decide where to put the lights before you think about wiring. I suggest you post a photo of your house on Reddit /r/Govee and ask their advice.
MyQ is garbage if you want to integrate with HA
True
Now can you do one with a motion sensor on one side for stain wells? Leviton does one but only for single pole. One question I want to know is if the distance it too long for just one sensor then does my second sensor need to be a companion sensor or a slave sensor or just two of the same? Thank you for teaching this subject.
I don’t know of any 3-way motion sensor switches. I’d opt to use home automation instead.
Nice, but I was hoping to see the settings. That brand has 3 settings. I’m having trouble with them.
I left the default settings.
Fantastico amigo i enjoy this lesson very much. Thank you very much😊
Glad it was helpful 👍🏻
Why use a 14-50? EV chargers do not need the neutral. Use 6-50 and save an unused conductor.
Better yet, use a hard-wired charger.
Motion sensors also have a photocell. Cover it and the light will work.
Thanks
This would be so cool. Not be drowned in debt for a home and it would be perfect for 1 person, maybe a couple with no children
192 square feet is a pretty small home.
Black people like gold is how I remember it
Everyone likes gold.
Do this with a Dead End 3way. please
This may help: ua-cam.com/video/M_zDt6iJKdQ/v-deo.html
Very well done video! I just got started using Home Assistant and have been trying to figure out what switches to use around the house. You made my decision an easy one!
I have a hodgepodge of brands in my home. Can’t go wrong with Zooz.
@@handydadtv I''m the same. The brand isn't as important to me as the functionality. That scene controller should be perfect for setting up buttons to control my pool/hot tub.
When you charge how fast do you set it on your mobile app? You said in your vlog that 48 amp is to fast for you just asking since I don’t have any idea about charging and I always charge mine to 48 amps as well. Thanks
I normally charge at 15 amps. That’s plenty for me to recharge overnight.
Thank you! I have this but with the extra burner “sear zone”. Also worth upgrading to steel in the grates , the porecelin coated ones go bad after 2 years but you can call Weber and get free replacement with in 2 years on them and the flavorizer bars and burners. I got them but decided to just go all steel for grill, flavor isles and warming rack.
Thanks for the tips!
My controller is outside 70 feet, 4 walls, from my wifi, So, I had to use a wifi range extender. I'm using a well pump so, have heard the relay current from the controller is 24VAC .3 wimpy amps max. Its not enough current to trigger a normal 40amp 240VAC relay. So what I did is used a little DIN rail 24VAC 10A relay to turn on a Rain Bird 24VAC transformer with more power for the beefy relay, else you have to buy a Monroe $100 relay that will trigger with the puny .3 amps the controller puts out. Of course nobody tells you this. Why doesn't Rachio supply adequate relay power???? Its a PITA.
Good question. I’m not sure.
Awesome
Glad it was helpful 👍🏻
Would a skylight be easier than windows?
Yes, but windows add interest and ventilation.
is it confortable?
Yes
You’re a great dad! I love how excited you were to do all this and it came out wonderfully! Happy late Father’s Day!!
Thanks so much 😊
How do you install the LED lights?
They are permanent.
Maybe I got manufacture defect cause it doesn’t have the pic connector/quick connect cables that come from the motor to be plugged into the led lights
How can you add and extra light to that 3 ways switch?
Great video by the way 👍🏼
It’s easier to wire another light from the existing light.
Thanks for making this content.
My pleasure!
What if you have no ground wire in the existing outlet because everything is grounded via conduit?
Assuming it’s a metal box, the outlet gets grounded when you screw it to the box.
@@handydadtv yes my boxes are metal. Would the new outlet simply be grounded when I connect hot and neutral? Or should I connect the ground to the screw in the old and new box?
@foobud1989 I never had to deal with no ground so I’m not sure how to handle it. Code might want you to attach a ground pigtail to the box, but you’ll need to research that.
Never use your hand as a hammer, your older self will thank you....
My mother used to say the same thing when I’d open something with my teeth. 😂
BTW, are you by chance, THE Joe Blow from Idaho?
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Thank you so much for informative video. Can you do a Y split and then merge it? Example I have two triangles connected with straight line in between. If I split on first triangle, merge it, split again for second triangle. Will it work?
No. Once you split, there’s no merging.
Thank you for making the repair installation so much easier, Chris! Went as per video, contrary screw & all, (yes I had one too)?! All the best, Rola (Oregon)
Glad it was helpful 👍🏻
It might as well be a unique problem to Tesla lol. I valet park cars for a living, and I swear 70 percent of the teslas I get in reek of nasty mold dirty socks. Very few other cars ever smell this bad, or smell at all. Maybe once ever 200 cars had a similar smell. It’s ridiculously common in teslas. Nasty things. My Lexus with 343,000 miles smells like delicious fruit punch when I use the AC lol
They can resolve it with a software update to run just the fan for a few minutes after it’s parked and conditions are right. Still waiting for that…
I was just on my way to review then purchase a Yankee Flipper... Came across your video; thank you for saving me from the cheap knockoffs :)
Glad you found this in time!
I have this same exact drain you have. I just purchased the house and cleaned the inner metal part of the drain and found a leak in a ceiling on the first floor.. what should I look for..?
Ouch. You need to open the ceiling to see where it’s leaking. Could be the shower pan. Could be the valve. Once you can see up there, test the shower pan with a bucket filled somewhere else. If it doesn’t leak, then try the valve.
So after the Y connection can you continue one leg with more light sections ? I would be adding two or three more sections to one of the legs after the Y is installed .
Yes, but they will mirror the other leg.
What about if you have a switch like that, but the tab is already broken on the left side. How would you wire it then so the pilot light comes on when you flip the switch?
Same way as the first method, just add a pigtail to each screw and the line to the light.
Thank you. 🙏
Glad it was helpful 👍🏻
I never use the outdoor keyboard to close the garage door. I always use the inside wall controller to close it! Also the Chamberlain wall control looks cheap and doesn't have a vacation lockout feature, which is important.
Thanks for the info
What would you do in a situation where you have an existing light fixture that you want to replace with a ceiling fan but the box that's currently in the ceiling is very loose with old wiring and will not support the weight of a fan? And you don't have attic access?
Learn how to patch drywall. ua-cam.com/video/VrGBAzgfMGk/v-deo.html
I wanna do this so bad but I need my own crib first 😭
That’s a start.
Total pain in the arse when you convert to smart switches and find that every other switch box is missing the neutral wire.
There are limited options for smart switches that do not require a neutral wire.
Can I run power to a Switch then to the wall run the same way you did the plugs?
Yes. Watch this: ua-cam.com/video/5D4itWGtTVQ/v-deo.html
Could you put a gfi breaker in panel instead of gfi outlet ?
Yes indeed! Much more expensive though.
Nice Job,, THank you..
Glad it was helpful 👍🏻
If everything is on the same circuit does it really matter if you connect the 2 black wires on the two brass screws or if you pigtail them and connect to a single screw? This is the only confusing part. Thank you.
Pigtailing is necessary when you have more wires than screws. Otherwise it’s optional.
Hello, What length do I strip the wire that will go around the screws on the receptacle?
Around 1/2-3/4”
Thanks for the explanation of different mounting box options, helpful for my project!
Glad it was helpful 👍🏻
Dang, sold out
More on the way!
Thanks ... Very informative!!!
Glad it was helpful 👍🏻
I use the Dolphin Premier. Yes, it's corded. That wasn't a deal breaker for me. It offers a filter option, (the bleated one) that gets the fine dirt. The bag filter option is great for fall leaves. The last one is worthless to me. Fine dirt will pass thru that one, as well as the cordless model top filter.
How do you clean the pleated filters? Have you had to replace them?
@handydadtv I take them out and hose them off after it's done running. I've had this unit for probably 6 years or so. I've had no issues yet with it. Our pool was never this clean when we used a Polaris with a boost pump.
Also, I bought the caddy that's for the robot. There's a cord holder to keep the cord from tangling. The caddy is on wheels to make it easy to move it around for storage.
@George-fb7fj How is the cord holding up? I have a 5-year-old Dolphin Triton and the rubber on the cord is funky.
@handydadtv it seems to be ok, for now. I put it in our salt pool once a week. Then store it in a plastic shed. For more context, I live in TX.