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That's just patina. You can have a sacrificial piece of plywood that you lay down when you are going get really brutal on something.

You can add the support layer underneath if you think it is needed. Also, for finish, I like to just rub in some mineral oil two or three times per year.

You can also use pin terminals if you have enough space inside the box for wire bending. If not, you might consider replacing the 4/0 to the panel with some of the 2AWG you had left from the underground run.

Lick it.

Most lugs have both a min and max rating. I have some Square D lugs I'm looking at that are rated 1 AWG - 4/0. These would not be appropriate for a 2 AWG wire. Maybe some others are. I don't know how to interpret the "best, most correct" way to do something that wouldn't pass an inspection...

If you mean no offense, then don't be offensive. My support of shuttle shift is "blind" but your support of HST is somehow better informed? As far as disparaging HST, I said that I wished I could have found an HST tractor with the weight, lift, and pulling power that I needed but it wasn't...

I don't have any experience with the other brands. The whine comment was mostly an aside. The big difference in whether an HST or a geared tractor is best (Kubota L or M; Kioti C or D) is how much pulling (esp. ground engagement) you plan to do. For most residential users, that isn't much -...

A geared tractor with a hydraulic shuttle shift is the best of both worlds if you have both loader work and ground engagement to do with one machine - plus you don't have to listen to it whine all the time like your ex-wife.. Cody sez: "This tire needs a bit of piss on it." I had a smaller...

I would either cut in or flush mount a weatherproof round box to mount the light on and contain the wire connections. Conduit into the box. Most exterior lights I have seen are box mounted.

You can do that, but if the document doesn't define "subject to physical damage" and the AHJ is resistant to offering counsel, then no workie. Some things in the code are prescriptive and others are left open for interpretation. What you suggest will cover the majority of questions one might...

Nuttin'; Nope; Yup.

"Subject to physical damage" is one of the great undefined areas of the code. One could make the argument that covered with drywall is MORE subject to physical damage because if you could see it you wouldn't drive a damned screw through it. But, unless you are the inspector, your opinion is...

True, but he does not know if he has a proper ufer.

Well, I"d say you certainly grounded the **** out of it. Are each of those stranded ground wires going to a grounding electrode? I'd have tied the rebar into the ground system whether it is a proper ufer or not just because it is there.

Transitioning from another type of conduit to FMC is widely done. I'm getting gun shy commenting on what might be legal in the lovely village of East Dundee. Better find a local.

You don't want to bend it enough to kink it or you create a short circuit potential. The minimum bending radius should be specified by the supplier based on conduit diameter.

I do. That is a great waste of resources, because there are many benefits to aluminum feeders. Flexible metal conduit (FMC) also called "Greenfield" is different than the liquidite used in outdoor whips. I don't have any local experience and shouldn't pretend to know if they limit the length...

Rigid conduit and EMT are not the same thing. Apparently true regarding aluminum. Nationally, aluminum conductors are only prohibited in branch circuits.

Search the 28 instances of the word "conduit" in 151.011 and you will find this reference to EMT... (2) Old work. (a) New installations of one or more concealed extensions and/or additional outlets or open construction due to remodeling or repair in single- or two-family...

I had you at Wauconda not East Dundee per your profile info. Still hard to believe 2005. looks to be correct though the amendments are listed in the link I gave above at... § 151.011 ADDITIONS, INSERTIONS, DELETIONS, AND CHANGES TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE.