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Property

We understand there are several approaches to buying and selling properties and offer our expertise to help you pick the...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jemypole858
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by jemypole858

wire nuts

Before 1975 I preferred to splice with solder. Then I came to love wire nuts: easier to use, less to go wrong, reliable...
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posted by cash
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by cash

What is a "stab"?

My electrical panel I am putting up says "do not but more than 150 amps on one stab" or somethign to that effect. Is th...
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posted by stryped1
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by stryped1

My wiring project (update)

As you know I am working on wiring a detached garage/shop. I am a newbie. I have attached a link to my work thus far. I...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by stryped1
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by stryped1

Wobbling Ceiling Fans

I have a ceiling fan in my masterbedroom that wobbles and shakes when it is running and making a rattle noise of what a...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by robertbodling
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by robertbodling

Raceways

I'm going to have a pole building type barn built. Can I place non-metallic conduit under the concrete slab before it's...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by donandgg
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by donandgg

150 kV breakers tripping...

At the end of summer here in Crete. Usually they open and reclose in less than a second. If my PC is on it will re boot...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by noone
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by noone

Security light on GFCI

WOuld having an outside dusk til dawn and motion detector lights on a GFCI breaker cause nusience tripping? I thought of...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by stryped1
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by stryped1

Is this a bad idea, will inspector have a problem?

I am using T8 "shop lights in the ceilign of my detached garage. ABout10 of them. They are the type with a cord and plu...
21 comments posted 16yrs
posted by stryped1
21 comments posted 16yrs posted by stryped1

Diagnosing energy draining devices

I have been having good luck in helping my commercial and industrial customers reduce energy consumption by conducting...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by oatmealrunner
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by oatmealrunner

Required outside light

I read somewhere in the code that a switched outside light is required. Is this also required on a detached building su...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by stryped1
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by stryped1

NM cable sheathing in box

Is there code that says how much is too much cable sheathign in box? I have about 2 inches or even more in some spots a...
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by stryped1
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by stryped1

Insulation behind panel.

Is it ok to install fiberglass insulation behind and around an electrical panel?
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by stryped1
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by stryped1

GE electrical sub panel

I bought a 100 amp, 12 space main breaker GE load center for my detached garage project. Inside the cabinet it said thi...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by stryped1
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by stryped1