My wife was on me to clean out our garage. One type of items that were in our garage were from prior home improvement projects, mostly electrical parts. I went on the Internet to find places that might take construction and home improvement items for donations. I tried to call Habitat For Humanity but no one would pick up the phone. I decided to drive there which took almost a half hour but they would not accept any of…
My daughter and I were shopping at Home Depot for some Halloween decorations when she spotted a light bulb that would randomly turn on and then off to simulate a short circuit. She had to have it so dad purchased it for her. The first bulb lasted one night but then failed.
One day in November 2009, my wife came to me and said she saw a TV commercial from Home Depot advertising they would take back old Christmas lights that no longer worked and offer $3 toward the purchase of LED Christmas lights. I drove over to Home Depot a few days later and noticed that the LED lights used only 4 amps of current while our old Christmas light strings used a lot more power. We were trying to cut…