Tag: How

  • How to Clean a Coffee Pot

    How to Clean a Coffee Pot

    We’ve brewed several tens of pots of coffee in our Farberware automatic coffee pot.  We’ve found that without routine cleaning, this appliance becomes stained brown. Then, that unsightliness is hard to clean off if allowed to build up.  Now we wanted to preserve that silver, new look of our stainless steel coffee pot as long…

  • How to Defrost Freezer with Heat Gun

    How to Defrost Freezer with Heat Gun

    A heat gun really speeds up how quickly a  freezer defrosts, whether it be frost free or manual. Now we have rented a few apartments with manual-defrost freezers. In fact, we have a  Frigidaire manual here right now. And as such, it requires semi-annual defrosting. We’ve only tried this defrost freezer procedure on upright, vertical  units…

  • How to Set Honeywell Thermostat Temperature Limits RTH9580WF

    How to Set Honeywell Thermostat Temperature Limits RTH9580WF

    The common Honeywell thermostat offers several ways (at least) to cut your heating and cooling costs.  Firstly, on the our test model here, you can set these temp limits.  So this allows control of just how warm and cool the t-stat will make the home. Thus in this post, we detail how to set Honeywell…

  • How to Set Honeywell Thermostat Temperature Limits

    How to Set Honeywell Thermostat Temperature Limits

    The common Honeywell thermostat offers several ways (at least) to cut your heating and cooling costs.  Firstly, on the our test model here, you can set these temp limits.  So this allows control of just how warm and cool the t-stat will make the home. Thus in this post, we detail how to set Honeywell…

  • How to Check JBL Speaker Battery Go 3

    How to Check JBL Speaker Battery Go 3

    To check battery on the JBL Go 3 speaker, the status lamp tells about the whole story.  If it’s not blinking red, you still have an hour or so of play time left before absolute deadness ensues. More details follow… How to Check JBL Speaker Battery Go 3: How Much Charge is Left 1. First,…

  • How to Factory Reset JBL Flip 3 Speaker

    How to Factory Reset JBL Flip 3 Speaker

    We discuss here how to factory reset the  JBL Flip 3 speaker to its default settings. Factory resetting restores the unit to default state. It also erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Plus, this stops the Flip 3 from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices afterwards. Also, you might reset to clear…

  • How to Pair JBL Flip 4 Bluetooth Speaker with Google Home

    How to Pair JBL Flip 4 Bluetooth Speaker with Google Home

    This post demonstrates how to pair a JBL Flip 4 Bluetooth speaker with Google Home speakers. These include the original, mini, and max Google Home versions. Now this pairing happens between the Flip 4 and the Google speakers directly. So you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to establish this…

  • How to Restart Alexa Smart Speaker Dot

    How to Restart Alexa Smart Speaker Dot

    We show here how to restart any Alexa smart speaker Dot unit. Restarting, otherwise known as rebooting, often corrects unexpected errors and behaviors that these  devices may show. How to Restart Alexa Smart Speaker Dot: No Power Button Since none of these speakers that have come out so far have a power on / off…

  • How to Set Sleep Timer on Google Home Mini

    How to Set Sleep Timer on Google Home Mini

    All Google Home speakers now feature a sleep timer function that you can set and cancel with voice requests! Moreover, sometimes they refer to this timer as a sleep timer, music timer, radio timer, or podcast timer.  But no matter what you call it, it works the same for all these media sources.  So in…

  • How to Charge JBL Go Speaker

    How to Charge JBL Go Speaker

    This piece covers how to charge the JBL Go speaker. Do this simply through the USB power in port, on the right side panel of the unit. Note that you can still play your Go 1 while it charges. First, pick a strong enough USB power adapter, as no charger comes with the Go. Next,…