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I do have 1 of these. I've used them with good luck. My big concern here are the electrical wires. This is in a utility closet in my basement and they are everywhere. I accidently singed one a few years ago when I was adding a shutoff valve for my fridge. I'm a little gun shy now.

I've never heard of that either. Interesting.

Buffalo NY

Tried them all. It seems like it would be a popular rental tool. Sun Rental wanted $120 per day for their non-existent ones.

I looked at those too. My concern is access to tight spots with those.

I need to do some hot water baseboard plumbing in my basement. I had to cut out a long section of 3/4" copper pipe when I sistered a joist. I need to replace that pipe, and while I'm at it, run another line into my basement so I can get some heat down there. Before I remodeled the basement...

Thanks. I will look at the panel again.

Sorry if I'm not being clear. I have 2 home run circuits that were run by a contractor to my attic from the basement. There is a 14/3 and a 12/3. They are separate. The circuits were run, but not connected at the panel. That's been done now. There is power from the panel to the junction boxes...

I touched the ground from the new wire to the ground of the wire I wanted to connect to. The breaker was off, so there was no current. I got 6 volts. I was pretty sure the new wire wasn't really live because I had been working with it all day.

I did use my meter. Just wondering where the 6 volts came from. I assume it's just phantom voltage from the other wire. Just want to verify that.

I'm having a weird experience with my recent electrical work. I got everything hooked up today. I have 2 circuits in my attic. A 15A for lighting, and a 20A for outlets. I rand new circuits from the basement to a junction box in the attic. I've rewired the attic and hooked the new wiring into...

I did my floor a few years ago. I was quoted way more than double my DIY cost. For $800, I'd pay someone. I enjoyed doing it, but it was hard work and timing was pretty critical. I did multiple coats and was working till 2AM to get it done in one day. I'm pretty sure breathing the fumes...

I have an older Square D QO panel. I don't think I can get quads for that box. I'm going to have to do some rearranging to get everything working, but it won't be too bad. I have way too many circuits for what's actually in my house. I swear there are dedicated circuits supporting 1-2 outlets.

Thanks for the feedback on this. Especially the explanation about the red and black wires needing to be out of phase. Now it makes perfect sense.

Yes. It will be wired MWBC. No GFCI upstream. My main concern was running a small A/C unit at the same time my wife fires off her monster, soul sucking hair dryer. Is that kosher? Sounds like as long as the breakers are tied together, it's OK? I'm reworking the panel, but I might need to add a...

Are you in a drought area? Any neighbors having similar issues? In Buffalo, we have an area of sinking homes. I lived right on the edge of it. The houses were all built in the 60s and 70s. The land the homes were built on is normally really wet and used to be a lake bed. The house foundations...

A few years ago I had some work done on my 2nd floor bathroom. The contractor needed to run 2 new dedicated circuits (1-15A, 1-20A) from the first floor to my attic. He then then dropped them down into the bathroom through the ceiling. I knew I was going to be refinishing my attic in the...

Lucky. Leave them alone. They're harmless. I wish I had some lizards running around here. They'd freeze in the Winter though. I'm stuck with just snakes, but they do a good job taking care of mice and bugs, so they can stay,

I think the wafer lights would be too dim for a large work area. Installing 48 of them is a lot of work. I'd look at something designed for shops like the UFO lights. They put out sun-level brightness. I have 6 of them in my 30x40. I probably could have gotten away with 4.

I paid about the same for water, gas, and 2 conduit runs out to my barn. They had to go down 48" and they hooked everything up. If he's charging that, I'd at least get him to run conduit for future considerations. Next, I'd run fiber instead of CAT6 cable in the conduit - especially at that...