Recent content by monkeybar

Generally good information. Just wanted to add that geographical area alters it considerably in certain respects. In the U.S. Desert Southwest, relative humidity averaging under 30%, much lower much of the time, occasionally under 5%, with short-term "spikes" to 60% or more during summer month...

Geez! Can't you put the fuc..ng cabinet over to one side or another? monkey

Real important point! Thanks for making it! The "GFCI" outlets now widely available, wire in anywhere, and provide ground fault protection. The GFCI circuit breakers which plug into a breaker panel, are of older design concept, and require two neutral conductor connections: one is the coiled...

FWIW, my wife & I mixed (in our 3 cu. ft. electric mixer) around 55,000lbs of concrete, pouring using a wheelbarrow, in the winter, (temperature works against hand-pouring, due to the time involved) and have sidewalk and a large slab 15' X 30' between the house & garage, in pieces we felt the...

Very true! I seem to always think in terms of black & white, sorry. Extenuating circumstances may screw up even the best-designed septic system. Real important seems to be soil "percolation rate", which determines how much tank outflow can be evaporated or distressed into surrounding soils. I...

Is such a "non-shutoffable" breaker panel legal? Is it safe? Somewhere, it is obviously possible to shut it's voltage source off. For the inexperienced Maintenance guy, let's say, if he cannot kill the panel, he may be tempted to work "live" in a situation he does not know how to cope with...

Other than the possibility of death by electrocution. A 220 volt outlet presents a point where two 110 volt sources are present with respect to ground. 110 can kill. For general information, NEC requires the SERVICE FEEDERS to large commercial buildings, retail stores, manufacturing plants...

It seems today they tend to provide and use a socket and stove plug having 4 terminals instead of 3. In any event, if the neutral conductor is connected to "ground" in more places "downstream" of the original service supply point, 2 paths exist for neutral current flow, and those ground...

Here's yet another thought. Grounding and neutral wire use. Used to be, if you bought the sheathed cable normally used to hook up an electric stove, it had 4 conductors: red, black, white, green. Then, you looked at the friggin' plug on the stove, and it had 3 prongs! So what did the...

'' So, did you sell the place? Was electrical issue resolved (how?). monkey

In my book, Hubbell is the Cadillac of all of them. High cost, though. monkey

But what if a breaker panel has NO main breaker? No disconnecting means at the panel? monkey

In theory, a septic tank should not EVER need any pumping or other attention. Properly sized, along with an acceptable leach field, the bacterial action within the tank reduces everything to the point that the water flowing (overflowing, actually) from the tank to the evap. field is clear water...

But what about breaker panels having NO main breaker within them, no disconnecting means for the whole panel at all? monkey

I like Square D, find G.E. good, in general, homes built for resale (by contractors, let's say) wind up with the least costly stuff available. In electrical goods, that's not good. Having worked in manufacturing plants, I can attest to the fact that almost never will one find bottom-line...