Oil retains heat
"The oil will retain heat longer" Yes, but are you sure that you want that? You want it to shed the heat quickly, into the house, so the occupants are kept wa...
"The oil will retain heat longer" Yes, but are you sure that you want that? You want it to shed the heat quickly, into the house, so the occupants are kept wa...
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answersOne possibility is to look into getting tandem breakers to use in your main panel. These are just thinner breakers, so that a pair of them fits into a single bre...
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answersLook inside the outlet and see how many wires are in there, and what colors they are. (Ignore any bare ground wire.) If there are 3 wires, black-white-red or 2...
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answers"2. If this UF cable is grounded in the breaker box do I need to do any other grounding at the outlets?" To answer this question, No, you do not need additiona...
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answers"I have no way of testing on NIC due to problem geting PC there I have no labtop." You don't need to move the computer. For a test, you can just run a tempora...
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answersIt's extremely unlikely (and almost certainly illegal) to have any box, even an antiquated one, without a main power shut-off. (That's one of the main purposes o...
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answersWas there an existing ceiling light in the living room? If so, the best is to connect in to that circuit. Otherwise, you just need to find an available circui...
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answersNo, not really 'horribly' wrong. What you have done is installed a fan without grounding. For the first 80 years or so, all electrical wiring was done without...
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answers"Any idea on why I would get 21V AC on the line?" You probably tested this after you had disassembled the outlet, and nothing was connected. This is called a ...
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answersNot clear what you're asking here. A sub-panel has to be powered from the main panel, not directly from the electric company power pole. You install a large (...
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answersMomsHelper -- if you actually want Mom to get all the speed that she's paying for on the DSL line, you really should do some wiring. But forget about those o...
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answersHere are answers to some of your questions. "1. Can I use a 100A main panel as a sub panel?" Don't. You'd be paying for a set of 100A circuit breakers in the...
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answersPosting this question in the Heating & Air Conditioning Forum might get some responses. Here in ELECTRICAL we don't know too much about "AC, ducts, etc.".
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answersI think you mean a 3-way stitch; that is, 2 switches, either of which will turn one light (or set of lights) on or off. (A 2-way switch would just be a standard ...
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answersMost likely, it's humming because it is vibrating. (You should be able to feel this if you touch it lightly.) If it is vibrating, that's probably because it's l...
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answersFor switches (either pull chain or box ones), they are normally wired with the switch after the connection to the hot wire, so the wire remains hot going on to ot...
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answers"other than me not wanting to come home to a pitch black driveway" See if you can't find a location on your property where you can install a motion detector li...
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answersYes, you can do that. You will probably have to tear into the walls & ceiling to get access to the box and to run the cable. It might be easier to run cab...
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answersThere are now CFL bulbs available in the round "globe" shape, similar to regular light bulbs. The 'baskets' on extendable light poles will work fine with those. ...
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answersA campfire? Wood torches? Kerosene lanterns? Gas lights? Battery-operated lights (flashlights)? Frankly, only the last 2 are feasable nowdays. And both wi...
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