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We have a few eyeball lights in one room with ELCO EL985W trims, which are supposed to take PAR20 bulbs. I have bought two different PAR20 bulbs and they will not fit into the clip ring. The original SATCO bulb is exactly 2.5" (within 1/128") but I have bought two different PAR20 bulbs that do...

Ran across these things: https://prado.com/us/product-category/unifit-series/ WOW are they pricey. But they certainly give a clean look that could be worth it to someone in the right spot. I have to assume it'll only be a matter of time before there are less expensive versions on the market...

I see these ads on Reddit. Lots of visuals but not a lot of actual information. I assume each stab has a separate switch and load monitor, so you don't need smart breakers? The branch circuits are connected directly to the breakers. No plug-on neutrals (at least on some panels). $3500~4200...

I recently bought an Emporia Smart Home EVSE. 14-50 plug (40A actual) or hardwire (48A actual). It had a problem so they sent me a new one. The old one, which was a refurb, has a 3/4" diameter 9-9-10-18 S-cord to the charging gun, while the newer one has a 7/8" 8-8-10-16. Both have the same...

A guy on another forum says he's being billed commercial for his detached garage/shop. He talked to the PoCo: "If a detached structure in NY has power it must be defined commercial is their claim" in his words. Surely some of you folks live and work in NYS. Is this anything close to the truth...

A friend of mine has terrible, terrible water but recently bought some adjoining property that has a good well, about 1600' from his house and maybe 1000' past his barn where there is power. He's contemplating a few ideas for using this well rather than his existing one. His house is about 200'...

The air valves on my Atlas TC211 tire changer are sticky. It seems that these are referred to as 5-port valves as they have a supply, two outlets and two exhausts. I see many different ones for sale but nothing configured like these. I’m sure I can get new ones from Greg Smith but these are...

Basic question that I haven't seen addressed. Where are flexible whips required? The main reason I'm asking is because I realized that pretty much every water heater and pressure tank that I've seen has NM-B hanging free in the air feeding it, and even my dishwasher had NM-B making more or less...

This morning I went up to reconnect his furnace which had supposedly been disconnected in order to connect something else. Turns out that wasn't exactly correct; what had happened is that he (via his handyman) had added baseboard electric heat in the basement last winter when the hot water...

I got a nice Reliance 1.5HP motor with a Parker-Hannifin D14 pump and a valve assembly. The valve is marked 4MD 00 ZH 20 and I can't find anything on that. The valve has pneumatic solenoids on each side. Activating either one causes the pump to discharge through that side and it also relieves...

Has anyone used them? I haven't seen them mentioned here at all but they are certainly out there in the stores. Home Depot sells them but there is also a lot of stuff on eBay. Aside from the styling, the big features seem to be the full plug-on design, availability of hydraulic/magnetic trip...

We're going to add some IR/radiant heat to our porch, to extend the usefulness as winter comes along. One can spend a lot of money on this, but Global Industrial has 3kW heaters for about $400 each with the controller. The holy grail is to get "no glow" heat strips but that's double the money...

This is from a picnic shelter in a local park. I wish I'd taken pictures from more angles but I don't know that I can get back to that spot for another two weeks or so. I will try to swing by again and add some more photos. Feel free to request specific details. Photo taken from face height...

I recently got this tool grinder; it's a K.O. Lee B803 and I suspect the rest of the model number indicates that it's from 1952.* It needs a lot of cleanup but specifically the old GE motor; it squeaks at speed.There are no oiling holes so I assume it's a ball bearing motor. Do I just clean up...

I pulled 14-3 MC through a drilled hole in my soffit to fed the porch light; I used MC because of possible nails and so forth in the areas that I couldn't see. 3-wire because there's a 3-way inside the house and another 3-way outside. Subsequently I decided that the outside switch box should be...

I'm trying to finalize the wiring (mostly lighting) for our new screened porch, and I'd like to use a pull cord switch. However, I don't necessarily want it in the fixture but rather wired separately like a traditional light switch. Problem is, everything I see is basically a 3A (maybe 6A)...

We are finally getting a screened-in porch built where an older version of the porch used to be. I'm going to do the electrical which is pretty simple: receps, fans and lights with either two or three switches. I want two receps on the porch; they'll be about 4' from the edge and maybe 12' from...

My work neighbor wants to outfit an older 2-horse trailer as a mobile coffee stand and asked for my help. It will either be plugged into shore power or connected to a generator. The equipment ratings he gave me are as follows: - espresso machine 21A @ 220V - grinder 7.3A @ 110V - fridge 4A...

Is this normal practice? We had some renovation work done several years ago and one of the electrical tasks was to update the 2nd floor electricals. "Put in a box for a switched light in the master." I went to put a track light base on it and only then did it truly dawn on me that this doesn't...

Was in a wood shop the other day and there were at least two places where SOOW or SJOOW was coming out of a junction box, stapled to the rafters and posts, and ending in a twist-lock socket where a planer or whatever was plugged in. At first I thought it looked wrong, like a bad mix of temporary...