Power Saws
Well for the deck i think a 10"miter saw might be handier to have than a table saw.That is if you are using a lot of 2x6 and smaller width boards. ...
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over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Electrical Gremlin
If you only have two wires entering the outlet box then you do not have an equipment ground. The fact that your house is 50 years old leads me to ...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Self Grounding Outlets
The only acceptable ways to replace a two prong receptacle with a three prong are: To install a gfci receptacle and label it as having "no equipmen...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Electrical Gremlin
This is very puzzling. Is there any possibilities of having rodents or pest in your attic? Rats have been known to knaw through insulation on wir...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Angled Holes and countered sunk
Professional woodworkers use a special tool to do this and i cannot think of what it is called i think it is called pocket joinery. It's purpose i...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Satellite alarm?
I don't have much experience with Satelite systems, But have done both alarm and closed circuit camera systems. I have not heard of a sensor that ...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Halogen lighting
It is not safe to install the transformers in the walls were they will be sealed in, It is also against code. They do get hot and need to be acces...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Celing Fan internal wiring
This is one of those problems in which a person has to be there to be able to actually help, way to hard to give guidance on without visually inspe...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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answers623
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Dimming lights
When a motor load starts on a circuit it draws considerably more current at start up than when it is running at full speed. This is because of the...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Outlets in bathrooms
Shilpa, check your breaker box for a gfi breaker, some houses use breakers for ground fault interruption. I know you already did check the panel b...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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NEC and small appliance kitchen outlet wiring
Yes Silent-bob there is a website for the NEC here it is.http://www.nfpacodesonline.com[This message has been edited by ElectrcBil (edited Septembe...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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celing fixture and new dimmer switch that does not work
Sounds like you hooked up your switchleg to the neutral and connected your dimmer in parallel with the circuit. This probably destroyed your dimme...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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NEC and small appliance kitchen outlet wiring
The answer is very simple. At no time does the current equal the sum of the two circuits. The current alternates on the different circuits. When ...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Bathroom fan
No, I had a very hard time following what you wrote, but i believe the answer is No. Why are you using a three way switch for the fan? Where are ...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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low wattage dimmer needed?
The best bet is to stick with what the instructions say. If you do not you may void warranties or cause strange electrical problems elsewhere in t...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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blinking lights
Your recessed lights are thermally protected. This means they have an automatic switch inside them that is heat sensitive. Try using a lower watt...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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answers254
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Electrical Arcing
Electricity can do some unusual things, but what you are describing is quite frequent. Older installations were not designed for todays high power...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Surge/Continuous Power Supply
If you are referring to a uninterrupted power supply for a computer then you will want to consider the following: sufficient volt/amps to run the ...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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low wattage dimmer needed?
If the Lights instructions indicate a special dimmer than it is best to use that type of dimmer. I have installed low voltage halogens which have ...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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Warm devices, low performance.
The volatage fluctuations occur because during summer the power companies increase the voltage to accomodate large increases in power. The reason ...
over 12 years by ElectrcBil
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