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I recently had a GCFI outlet fail. These were installed about 35 years ago in 4X4 boxes with #12 THHN in conduit. So these were wired as feed through to cover the circuit down stream. That one nearly got to me. The wires were so stiff that I broke the new GCFI trying to get it back in the box...

Wonder if anybody else has the same problem I have. I have a nice 40 x 60 shop that is well equipped for woodworking, metal working, auto repair, plumbing repair(pipe threading), lawnmower repair, and welding. The problem is that it's not in a 40x60 it's in a 28x30 plus a storage trailer. I need...

I was running a shop vacuum outside plugged into a GFCI on my porch. When I got through with it the plug would not come out of the GFCI. I tripped it and had to take pliers to remove the plug and that left half a plug in the GFCI. It had welded itself to the plug. I haven't replaced the GFCI...

Right now once you hit return on the title you cannot correct or edit it in any way is there a way to add this so the original poster can correct misspellings that they didn't see until it appeared.

Has anybody else had problems with the website. Part of yesterday it gave I think a 508 error low resources and then today it has been very slow on page refreshes. I don't think it's me as all the other sites I visit have been working as usual. I enjoy this site and spend more time on it than...

I have had a very dark and dim rear view mirror for several months. Been so dim I could not see anything on a cloudy day. I found one at a junk yard and brought it home to install. When looking at the newer mirror I noticed a reset button of some kind on part of the mirror. Reset it and it works...

I may install a 200 amp transfer switch for my mother-in-law for a backup generator. This would go between the meter and the original main breaker box. My question is. Does this make the main box now a sub panel and does it require separate grounds and neutral bars, and does that also mean that...

I was at a tractor trailer shop yesterday and saw something I had never seen before.. It's a portable 4 unit lift for heavy duty trucks, each unit moves around like a pallet jack, they interconnect and will lift 16,0000 lbs each. This is a link to bend packs...

I just recently put a cooper motion sensing switch in a room that lit with florescent lights. The motion sensor see me but doesn't turn all the way on. The light flicker and don't light all the way. At the switch turn it from auto to on and the light come on right. The load on the switch is...

Well, I had to use something I thought since I had one I would never need it again. I bought a 17 kw backup generator 2 years ago since the house is total electric and installed it with a 500 gallon propane tank for backup. Last night we had a big wind storm come through Knoxville. The utility...