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  • 1 week ago | aol.com | Bradley Ford |David Dritsas

    "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."Solar panels can only generate electricity; they can’t store it, so you must pair them with a stand-alone battery bank or a power station. For home emergency power (for a few hours of power), we recommend a power station with a capacity of at least 5,000 watt-hours (Wh) or more and a solar panel array that can output at least 500 to 1,000 watts or more.

  • 2 months ago | yahoo.com | Bradley Ford |Tom Price

    Sandpaper is one of the more versatile items to have for any DIY project, useful for a variety of applications. Whether you're smoothing out wood to give it a fresh coat of paint or prepping metal for refinishing, sandpaper is go-to for accomplishing that task. Choosing the right sandpaper for your project involves gauging the correct level of coarseness. Sandpaper coarseness is determined by the size of grit on the paper—ranging from extra-coarse to extra-fine.

  • Feb 26, 2025 | yahoo.com | Bradley Ford |Tony Carrick

    "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Homeowner-grade wood chippers are capable of chopping up large sticks and small branches, turning them into wood chips that you can use as mulch in your landscaping. Many also double as leaf mulchers, which can speed up fall clean-up when the time comes. Most wood chippers made for home use sit on wheels, so you can wheel them around easily.

  • Jan 27, 2025 | yahoo.com | Tom Price |Bradley Ford |Rachel Klein

    "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The term “garbage disposal” is really a bit of a misnomer. If you’ve ever had one, you probably know that you can’t run random garbage through it. Instead, they’re designed to grind up and dispose of food waste that you would otherwise compost.

  • Dec 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Bradley Ford |Nick Hilden

    "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While winter isn't normally associated with power outages the way a thunderstorm or hurricane is, but cold weather and ice can lead to conditions that cause power outages. When the power goes out in any season having a backup generator ready to go solves a lot of problems. It keeps your fridge cold, so food doesn’t spoil.

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