Recent content by Jed54

Some years ago we had a problem with termites from an adjacent building that was demolished. They filled in the basement area with old timber instead of doing it with the proper land fill. When the food source depleted they moved in. A well known exterminator ( Will just call him Otto ) came and...

Found the break between to wall outlets 5' apart. Bypassed by using exterior raceway and boxes. For now power is back on........ :rolleyes:

For some months one of the breakers has been tripping one the lower lever of out church. The last time it tripped it was reset, the breaker does not trip, but several wall outlets are dead. (I get no indication of a hot with a inductive tester). All service is underground. Is there a way to...

I'm in a mind just to put up a motion sensing halogen lamp from the back porch. Her car was broken into last week. Carport area is very dark at night. Why anyone would try to steal a 1985 Taurus is beyond me... :rolleyes:

I dug a trench for myself a year ago to my garage... Its not a fun thing to do.. This is for a family member.... I was just looking for an alternative method. The last 4' or so would involve busting up existing concrete slab from old garage.. :(

Have a relative with a car port which is about 30' from house.... Is it possible to run power 110volt to car port above ground....... I've seen some rather small service heads that appear to accommodate smaller gauge wire..... Thanks

First of all I hope I can explain this correctly.. If not.. I tried.. Here we go.. My cousins home lost power to the second floor.. The second floor still has all knob and tube.. Going upstairs there is a section of 12/2 wired nutted to three knob & tube wires.. One to black, one to white, and...

Thanks everyone for the info on this.... Seen an article on Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters that analyzes the signature of a spark... I would imagine the power has to be disconnect from meter or source for installation, but I'm guessing it does. I would think it might be easier, and would protect...

I have an RCA 1500 Joules six tap surge protector which I haven't used for any reason. Would this be adequate for this? In place of adding another line/circuit. Or should it still be wired correctly?

I thought the GFI basically was to disconnect power from appliance out to source.. So your saying the GFI receptacle will protect a voltage surge coming in also?

Have a relative adding a new entertainment upgrade. One of which is an LCD TV. All outlets are two prong not three. To get the benefit from a good surge protector doesn't the outlet have to be three prong? I'm trying to remember if some tv manufacturers stress a three pronged outlet..... Thanks

Thanks thats all I need to know.......

Sorry for this question, but I thought I seen somewhere in the forum where the do's and don'ts were for a subpanel location ( 30 amp ).. I know it cannot be placed within a closet area, and it has to be accessible quickly in an emergency.. I'm interested in knowing the specific code...

Was considering installing a corner toilet to gain a bit more space in bathroom.. existing toilet is in a corner close to wall.. I'm concerned about the toilet aligning with the existing flange.... Anyone have any possible dimensions they could pass along? Thanks.......