Grounding Electrodes
If you are seriously in doubt then buy a new rod and pound it in where the ground wire can be moved over to the new rod. However if your water serv...
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over 10 years by joed
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Both legs of light hot???
If this is a switch loop the white should hot going to the switch and black switched hot coming back from the switch to the light.How many cables a...
over 10 years by joed
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Wiring a 3 way dimmer
If you only removed the 3 wires on the dimmer then you connected them wrong to the new dimmer. Read the directions and determine which wire of the ...
over 10 years by joed
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removing mirroe from wall
If it is glued to the wall there is going to be some dmage to the wall. The glue is stuck to the wall. The best way might be to bust the mirror and...
over 10 years by joed
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cathedral cieling
You also can't just cut out ceiling joists. They are holding up ceilings in the adjacent rooms. You need to head them off some how. Ther is a lot ...
over 10 years by joed
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Another question about knob and tube wiring
I ahd a knob tube house that had 2 conductor sheathed electrical cable style cable running down from the 2nd floor to the basement for the power. I...
over 10 years by joed
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3 way switch variation
At the first switch.Black from power in to the common on the switch.Black from fixture to Black from 3 wire cable to switch2white from power in to ...
over 10 years by joed
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Lights/Outlets per Circuit
The bathroom outlet must be gfci and only bathroom outlets are allowed. You can do more than one bthroom but only bathrooms.
over 10 years by joed
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Copper-Clad Aluminum Wiring
I have never heard of copper clad aluminum. When was this house built? Are you sure it is not tin or nickle plated copper?
over 10 years by joed
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gaps between walls and roof
You could install joists and put in a ceiling.
over 10 years by joed
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access door
BEst fix I can think of is to dig a sump hole and install a sump pump in the crawl space.
over 10 years by joed
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foundation pouring for addition
That is a small amount of concrete to order, less than 1/2 yard. You probaly couldn't get it deliver anyway. Where I live there is a place that has...
over 10 years by joed
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Concrete slab pour
What are attempting would work if this was a stand alone builing as the entire slab would float as a unit. Since this is attached to a house you wi...
over 10 years by joed
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Conduit versus NM-B
MNB is not dangerous. It's Chicago thing. For some reason they require conduit everywhere.
over 10 years by joed
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Ceiling Fan Unwound
I have not seen a ceiling fan that screwed on the extention rod. They always have a pin and plastic ball socket. It sounds like somone may have mad...
over 10 years by joed
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Considering stair redesign
It is possible the wall runs down to the lower floor. Unless the stairs are open underneath the wall most likely doesn't break at the stairs.
over 10 years by joed
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pc monitor burned out
A surge protector won't do you any good if you don't have a ground. Unless you were hit by lightning or a severe power surge the missing ground is ...
over 10 years by joed
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passing continuous power through switch
If you only have a 2 wire and a 3wire cable you do not have enough wires for a 3 way switch and power out to other devices.
over 10 years by joed
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