Recent content by Matt Wilson

Yeah, that's what I ended up doing. Even though there's a very good chance that they would have been fine, I'm just not the type to leave things up to chance very much. So I went back up to the attic, removed the nuts, snipped off the damaged portions of the wire, re-twisted, snipped off the...

Hi ****, I haven't had power to them yet, so I couldn't say.

I figure that must be the case, so my situation may not be that big a deal. However, I think I'll go ahead and take the wire nuts off the suspect connections and see if I can trim off the damaged portions. Thanks for the replies, everyone!

Thanks for the replies. I do have a set of Channellock strippers, and I use them every time for stripping the insulation. Even they can sometimes nick the wire a little, but it seems very shallow. It's just the gouging of the wire when I'm twisting with lineman's pliers that's causing me...

I'm adding a few outlets and a switch in my garage, connecting the wiring together using junction boxes in the attic. I took care to try not to nick the wires while stripping the insulation, but while using my lineman's pliers to twist the ends of the wires together (before putting on the wire...

Thanks, VHF! My dryer outlet is actually only a 3-prong outlet, looks like a NEMA 10-30 (3-pole, 3-wire). I wonder if this would be compatible/safe, assuming I make with the appropriate adapter.

Nice-looking setup there, Doug. Good comments from everyone regarding the over-current protection. I was only looking at it from one angle, which was that the 50-Amp circuit would be capable of handling the requirements of the heater. But it sounds like it is also perfectly capable of letting...

Hi folks, I want to buy a heater for my garage (shop). The biggest one I can find for a price I can afford is advertised to put out 19,000 BTU's. It is a 240V unit that has a NEMA 6-30P plug. I have an outlet I installed in my garage to accomodate a 240V 50A welder. The outlet (receptacle)...