Recent content by mark flucke

got hit off the shared neutral?

Wisconsin has inspection

Look at Marketplace- comes up often-northeast Wisconsin

With all the wonderful diagrams everything is easy in conduit- find info that shows how to do it with romex- that is reality

My original installer was the owner of the shop -he sucked- he installed the push button on the wall underneath the opener -I have a side-mount opener- his wife told me they can't run the low voltage because it is "against the electrical code"-hmm-I have been a licensed union electrician for...

I made some years ago for mounting the aluminum arm on a HPS or MH yard light on the end of a pole barn, used a treated 2x6 -a rail/spacer on each side of the rib- worked perfectly-I REALLY like the pvc!!!

Use a fiberglass fish tape- I used one for years on Target store remodels on 3rd shift- also about your only hope with smurf tube- , sometimes folding over a zip tie and creating a loop in front of the fish tape head (wrap the ends of the zip tie to the fish tape end with 33-DO NOT pull the wire...

The adjustable collars I just pasted completely-looks neater

So far to help my son's 1968 tract home colonial-new furnace , new a/c, 3 new high returns ( the furnace installer cut in the high returns and never took out the blocking so I did that annoying job), I used the latex paste/mastic on all the exposed joints, crimps that I could find in the...

What is your problem with unions- if you go into something with an attitude you are setting yourself up for failure- unions in the electrical trade have excellent training (apprenticeship programs) -you get paid during training, safety is priority and have health insurance/retirement plans- I...

Just do it right-4 wire 6-3 with ground-makes a good impression on a "home inspector" and is just right!

Did industrial/ commercial my whole career-can never even remember a 15 amp circuit or single phase-I have to think when I do a house-my shop and barn are grounds up and the house is grounds down-I used metal boxes in the shop and barn -blue boxes in my house/it all works, up to the code cycle...

Stagger the ends of the cable and use lots of lube-I love polywater-hate 77

I am not a smart person, but was certified /licensed Wisconsin journeyman for 30 years - ran multiple Gfci's on the same circuit all the time- no one seems to have said anything about pig tailing the gfci's- never had a failure-granted it may sound odd to have this done this way, hear me out,-...

I assume you unplugged the unit and waited a couple of minutes?-Probably to old for codes ,but are there any flashing lights on the back /trouble lights - Look up the manual on the web-