Recent content by mm08822

Check how they are wired by opening the boxes and pulling recepts. Is the gfci recept providing downstream protection or just daisy-chained on the line side? Turn off cb's to also aid in confirming which recept is on which circuit. Do "downstream" recepts trip the gfci when a gfci tester is...

Large tub = lots of weight when full. I'd increase that ratio to as large as possible. The previous ratios mentioned certainly dont account for this level of weight. 4 lvl's would be cheap insurance too.

My house has 9' ceilings on the 1st floor. Drywaller hung everything vertically with a 1' piece at the 4-5' location. I was pissed when I first saw it b/c I expected it to stick out like a sore thumb. However, they did a great job and you couldn't tell. Taping horizontally at the 4-5' height is...

Here's a draft to change that timeline that the ac industry is pushing for. I really don't know where the electrical product manufacturer's are with a gfci device that will comply with the UL Supplement B requirements. I would think the first mfr with development completed would be blowing their...

You want a GFCI recept labeled "HF". Leviton claims their gfci recepts already meet the requirement and website refers to the HF feature. But, none of their GFCIs that I've purchased recently have the HF marking. Supposedly, Sept. 1, 2026 is when the ac gfci requirement become effective. So I...

Cut a bigger window in the door....:LOL:

I would verify from inside the attic that any sheathing at the ridge vent is removed and you can see daylight through it. Also at the soffits, if the insulation is up to the roof sheathing at the eaves, you will need to rake it back, again to see daylight. The foam spacers should be added to...

Basic electrical circuit theory was given as well as some code along the way in the last 118 posts. In post 32, I tried to quickly explain the open neutral and how various loads can effect the voltages "applied" to different loads and how changing connected loads impacts measured voltages...

Grounding a metallic box is to ensure if it became energized, it will quickly cause a fault current of sufficient size to trip the cb. It's to prevent a waiting hazard from remaining present for the next unsuspecting person fiddling in the box. Even cover plate screws would become energized as...

Your making this hard on yourself. Paint the cable or conduit.....whichever way you decide. And you never answered.......these are not POCO wires going to the meter? (It's an LB not LP.)

Exactly, this way you aren't stuck when a new need arise.

I did mean flexible metallics. (I fix)

When using flexible metallic conduits as egc, only good for circuits 20A or less. 6' or less. Otherwise need a ground wire.

Get the panel mfr info and # circuits. Same for disconnect and PIB. I'd be less worried about these. 200A panel is probably cheaper than 150, or at least easier to find in stock. $1000 for that with all of the other work being done is a rip-off. Call him on that....$250 is very good, $500 a...

The disconnected wire in the jbox was the same wire you measured 20 volts on at the floor receptacle. That was the 1 hot wire that "fell out" of the originally 3 spliced wires. @dave*99 's explanation is what you discovered. Debris got in the receptacle and is why you couldn't get probes into...