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    Trying to resolve an Open Neutral issue

    Re: Finding current on a neutral wire One GFCI as the lead receptacle on the circuit. It protects the remaining receptacles. You should not have more than one.
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    Fire Safety: Gas or Electric Dryer

    It might be practical for you to look at an outdoor HazMat cabinet.
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    Breaker box on basement wall

    Plywood allows for mounting of other items such as an outlet off the box, cable splitters or phone terminal boxes if these items enter at the same spot and if sized properly can serve as a base for a cabinet enclosure.
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    14-4 or 14-2-2

    I usually look to McMaster-Carr.
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    I will be looking for a condo

    HOAs are largely a ****-shoot. What the rules are today may not be the rules tomorrow. Remember, half the people are crazy, half the condos in the association are rental properties, and many just don't give a damn. The only point of consistency you can expect is, the smaller the association, the...
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    sub panel wiring

    Pun intended? Buy a current copy of the NEC. 2011 I think is the latest. Hardbound is pretty easy to read. I've got a 2008 three ring binder that takes some getting used to. Don't ever leave the ground (bare wire) disconnected. Should the white return (neutral) come loose somewhere, what (who)...
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    New garage in the Philippines

    I was stationed there from '88 thru '92. Lived in and around Subic. Wonderful people. Best time of my life. Til Pinatubo blew and killed the party. I was just starting shore duty too. Had to get my front gate welded when I lived in what was then called Gordon Heights. Homemade arc welder...
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    Newbie On The Garage/Shop Hunt

    Don't know what your layout is but another workaround for the building code may be connecting the two with a breezeway.
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