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    Thawing Out Frozen Conduits

    What if you used automotive anti-freeze?
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    Emt offset bend from box?

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    Landing 1/0 Ground in Eaton Panel on Neutral Bus Bar

    The 3 lug bar, where the incoming neutral is landed, is your only and best option.
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    Emt offset bend from box?

    That's the reason why I learned to bend my own with a hand bender. (Up until that time I used Minerallacs).
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    Emt offset bend from box?

    I've used the bender you linked to about 50 yrs ago. Unless they changed the design, the first bend is completely made before the second even engages. The result is that the offset is taller than the bend between the back of the box and the KO. It requires shimming the box's back, or canting the...
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    adding another outlet off a toggle switch/outlet

    This one has the breakout tabs between the hot and the switch.Replace the existing sw/recp combination and you're good to go. https://www.amazon.com/Bryant-Electric-RC108W-Electrical-Combination/dp/B00529VUBW?tag=atomicindus08-20
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    Emt offset bend from box?

    It's the welded seam.
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    Ground pin up or down?

    This thread is ridiculous. In 3 pages it's gone from something that doesn't matter to another that doesn't matter.
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    OSB lower walls-wiring

    OSB is flammable. If the finish is OSB and flush mounted (behind the wall) the box needs to be flush with or extend beyond the OSB.
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    Need help with 42x48x16

    Look at stickied post at the top of the forum >"Light Fixture Layout Collections" by Platonic Solid. There are not only layouts, but general info that will prove invaluable.
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    Surface Mount Electrical questions

    All flex conduits, MC and AC cables share the same "protection from physical damage" rule as NM (Romex). You might as well use Romex as any of these The conduit fill rules for Romex are outlandish = 3/4 EMT with 3#12s Choose individual conductors if you use EMT
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    What do you sparkies use for insurance?

    I can't speak for anything North of Santa Barbara, or trades other than electricians, but all of the jurisdictions South of that go by that rule.
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    What do you sparkies use for insurance?

    Any work over $1K needs to be permitted. You need to show your license to get a permit. Of course they won't cover non-permitted work.
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    What do you sparkies use for insurance?

    I was responding to Wylie's claim that insurance couldn't be issued to non licensed individuals.
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    What do you sparkies use for insurance?

    He was an employee of the maintenance dept. where I was called every time an EC was required. He limited his work to carpentry, painting, hanging mirrors,etc. He didn't do electrical. The only plumbing he would tackle was an occasional faucet replacement or toilet repair.
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    What do you sparkies use for insurance?

    I know an unlicensed handyman that had liability insurance. He only had a $500K policy. He wouldn't tell me the premium so it must have been excruciatingly expensive.
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    What do you sparkies use for insurance?

    I was a sole proprietor and had both a bond and liability insurance.
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    What do you sparkies use for insurance?

    No. There is no such thing as an unlicensed EC
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    What do you sparkies use for insurance?

    I retired in 2016, so my information is not current, but my California C10 (Electrical) liability policy for $1 million, with a $250 deductible, was $900 yearly.
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    Are 'Cable Pass Through Wall Grommets' Code Compliant?

    There is no mention of a voltage exception in the Code.
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