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Exactly. i want to do right thing by the homeoner.

I just found out that the previous electricains did work on this circuit left the system open for three weeks and water leaked into the conduit. It's old wire, not THHN or THWN. I told the home owner...

Replaced the pump motor yesterday brand new Hayward 1 1/2 H.P. I found where someone tied a lighting circuit into the pool's GFCI breaker circuit twist lock 4' sq. I'm gonna disconnect it and try a...

Thanks fellas, I'm going over today to have another look. I'll report back with results.

This is a GFCI breaker, on a dedicated circuit that serves only the pool pump. The neutral and ground buss bars in the panel are not seperated as this is a main panel. I have continuity between the...

A friend of mine has an inground pool. The last few days the pump has been tripping the GFCI breaker. He reset the breaker and the pump would run for a while and now the breaker won't reset. He...

You can still use pvc conduit but ground the boxes and devices with green wire pigtails as HJ has suggested.

If the device is in crooked (left side higher than right side or vice versa) the electrician didn't fold his wires in correctly and it puts more stress on one side of the device than the other. Make...

You could use metal boxes with ko's (knockouts) and lock nuts just like if you were running emt (metal conduit). You'll have to glue on threaded adapters in either 1/2'' or 3/4'' depending on which...

You may not use Romex underground. You can use UF cable which is rated for direct burial. Myself, I would run pvc conduit and pull your wires through that. In the future, if you need to make a...

If you're on a well, low PH can cause pinholes, especially in cold, horizontal runs. A water analysis could point you in the right direction. You would need an ionizer to neutralize the PH. I have...

Wow, that's hard. Let a guy pick his poison.....;)

I like Oxalic acid (wood bleach) especially for use on pet stains. It will bleach the stain out without turning the wood white. Depending on the depth and severity of the stain, you may have to apply...

My mother warned me when I was much younger, never to buy her anything that plugged in for her birthday or for Christmas because anything that plugs in implies work......She never mentioned anything...

Cut your hole in the wall for a single gang old work box and use a flexible drill bit to drill down through the sill plate into the first floor stud bay. Measure off this hole and drill up from the...

I run into a lot of older homes with lath and plaster walls here in Connecticut and most of them have been uninsulated. It's pretty easy to fish wire up to the second floor from the basement in this...

That's what I do...keeps the motorcycle safe when I'm away.

Not required in a finished basement. I'm not sure if a finished basement is any less susceptable to moisture than an unfinished one though. GFCI's are still required because of the proximity to the...

You need GFCI protected receptacles in a basement, not only because they're in close proximity to a sink. I wouldn't put the mini fridge and the microwave on the same circuit.

"99% of Being Smart...
Is Knowing What You're Dumb At":eek:
Ok, bearing the above statement in mind, why can you take a shower in a bath tub with a 1 1/2" drain? I know code requires a 2" drain for...

Jwelectric, are you getting any flack from electrical inspectors on the use of split bolt connectors? Here in CT, I've run into quite a few that won't allow their use. They claim the split bolts...

Is that like five pounds of flour in a three pound bag?

If you have a black and a white wire (only) coming into the box the switch was mounted in you have a switch leg coming in. The white wire should have been identified as such and marked accordingly.

Thanks Jim. I talked to the Tri-State/New Enland rep from Wedi this morning. He put me in touch with a firm who distributes to CT. The fellow I spoke with says if I've never done a Wedi system...

Quite a few places in my area sell this tiled shower waterproofing system:

http://www.schluter.com/8_4_kerdi_shower_kit.aspx

It's been endorsed by John P. Bridge as an alternative to a mud...