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I don't know. Since ads on craigslist are free, I would probably run ads there before I would the yellow pages. Who looks in the yellow pages these days? Lot of people surf craigslist. Pretty good advertising for free. Totally valid but different market than you would get with yellow page...

While I would like AFCI breakers, both companies that I have had look at my box have sort of steered me away from them. I wonder if the real issue is not that the AFCIs don't work reliably but instead the issue is that with older houses there are likely many wiring peculiarities that will make...

Thanks. He posted his license # and it does check out - at least there is a licensed ME with that license number listed. I will contact him and see if it is a viable option.

Sounded like he was looking to make some money moonlighting from his regular gig. Is that unusual? I thought it was common for electricians to do work on the side for extra money.

Well, I am a bit disappointed in the pricing on the second (Siemens) bid. It came in higher than the first bid (CH-BR) and I was hoping for a deal from the second place as I was referred to them by a friend that owns a commercial electric company and told to drop his name. Doesn't seem to...

OK, bid 2 came in - higher- at $1840. They are using a Seimans box. Any preference between CH- BR and a Seimans?

Your price seems a bit better than my first quote, but I he is quoting adding at least one ground rod, and I think my service entrance as well. And includes the permit/inspection. So - probably ball park.

Yeah, my bad, I mean neutral crossing a ground (what I called a false/crossed ground). I don't know the proper terms. :beer:

I have read it several places - maybe I am not phrasing it correctly - Example from Mike Holt - "If there is a neutral-to-ground connection on the load side of the circuit breaker, the breaker will not trip until a load has been applied, whereas a GFCI, even without load, will not operate...

I understand that the arc faults could be caused by damaged or loose wiring in sockets, light receptacles, junction boxes or in walls. Additionally the AFCIs will trip if there are wiring errors such as false grounds/crossed grounds etc. Given the age of house, maybe there would be some value...

Yeah, I guess my house my have some circuits that wont work, but I guess I can get a AFCI and try it on individual circuits. At least protect the ones that I can I suppose.

Yeah, I wasn't sure if there was some benefit to tandem breakers. I guess it just comes down to getting more circuits into a smaller box? My box location has plenty of room, so in that case, the bigger the better I suppose.

Yeah, just in the small amount of reading I have done it seems like people like the Square D stuff. It will be interesting to see what company 2 proposes.

Yeah, to me 40/40 sounds better but I am ignorant in this regard. Local code doesn't require AFCI in this case per my research and per the electrician (large established nad reputable company).

OK, so I have decided to have my circa 1960 150amp Federal Pacific Stab-lok box replaced. I am in Louisville, KY. The box is outside. 1st bid is $1736 for 200amp service through a CH BR 40 slot 40 circuit installation, grounding, and replacing everything from box to electric company...

I was wondering if this could be dangerous....

Are you saying the black and red were previously used as 2 wire run? Should they not have pulled the wires out if they weren't using them anymore? Thanks

I have been thinking perhaps the original lamp was wired with just the black and the red. The lamp as I found it had UF with the ground and neutral twisted together. Perhaps they abandoned the black and red wires, but didn't pull them out? In any case, tomorrow I will trace back the wires...

A tree fell on my post lamp by the sidewalk. I had to buy a new lamp. When I went to install it I found the ground wire connected to the neutral (white) wire. Additionally, inside the post were unconnected red and black wires. What do I need to do? I assume that my ground wire running to...