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about 9 years by bcelect
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Parallel
Well, if you looked at how your receptacles are wired, they are in parallel. One wire goes to one side of the receptacle and the other wire goes to...
about 9 years by bcelect
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Central vac,
It uses two wires, all the inlets are wired in parallel. There is no polarity in the leads coming from the inlets or pans. Some central vac. wire i...
about 9 years by bcelect
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wiring
No difference at the end of the run, if you were splitting the power, meaning one hot all the time, and the other switched , then there would be a ...
about 9 years by bcelect
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Website , check it out
http://www.inspect-ny.com/aluminum.htm
about 9 years by bcelect
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Receptacle Problem.
Call an electrician who specializes in aluminum branch circuits. Look in the yellow pages, ask at the local electrical supply, ask your electrical ...
about 9 years by bcelect
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try
Try posting on the "fix it for em" section , there is a guy named Johnboy who is an expert on this stuff who should be able to help you.
about 9 years by bcelect
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Hot air v radiant
As far as the dust issue goes, I believe if you get a really good filter like a 4 inch system , either pleated media or an electrostatic, along wit...
about 9 years by bcelect
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Rad sys
Cast iron boilers last a long time. I think mine is 25 years old and heats my house nicely, even after an addition. I too have radiators, and baseb...
about 9 years by bcelect
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2 zone
It sounds like it would also be a major project to cap off your upstairs system. I would get some more opinions and estimates from some plumbers an...
about 9 years by bcelect
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switched outlet
So you have an existing 3-way circuit that is controlling some other lights already? You can probably extend the wiring from the fixture box to a r...
about 9 years by bcelect
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screw
what is different about it? Is it a machine thread ot a coarse thread? Is it hex head or it it phillips? What length is it> how long are the threads?
about 9 years by bcelect
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Why?
Why are you going to make the people upstairs pay for expensive electric heat? You can easilly split the 2nd floor and have a 2 zone system, give t...
about 9 years by bcelect
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gas vs. oil
Well I don't know which is more efficient or which is cheaper, if you listen to their commercials then they either is better than the other. I do...
about 9 years by bcelect
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Neutral bundle
Sorry to hear about Sparky. Well if it is sized correctly there should be no problem. It is not the right way to do it, but I assume he did it ...
about 9 years by bcelect
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tidying up
Well if the work was donr correctly ,the electrician should have pulled out the abandoned wires as per code. You should call him back on this. Was ...
about 9 years by bcelect
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halogens
Probably because if something lies on them, they can cause a fire. There have been numerous fires caused by halogen floor lamps, afterward they de...
about 9 years by bcelect
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Wiring
Well since you are selling the house and you don't want to be responsible for any undisclosed discrepencies in your wiring, I would recommend havin...
about 9 years by bcelect
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Aluminum wiring
Most electricians will probably shy away from aluminum wiring. You will probably get plenty of estimates to replave it. $$$$$$. You should try to f...
about 9 years by bcelect
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