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I'd like to run a UF circuit to a gate controller and light partway down our driveway. The best route for it crosses the primary that more or less follows our driveway to the transformer that serves our house and a neighbor's. Depending on exactly how the primary is run, it may be possible to...

I have a detached garage used mostly for storage that is fed via an overhead cable from the service panel in the house. It's currently set up with a two breaker box, where one breaker controls the overhead door outlet, and the other controls 3 outlets and lights. The disconnect in the house...

I have a pair of 2x10s (with ramp brackets on one end) that I use a couple times a year for jobs like loading my snowblower or chipper shredder into my pickup. They work well for the job, but can be slippery underfoot (esp. since the snowblower tends to be moved when there's snow on the...

We're in the after-effects of "SnowTober" here in Western CT, and may be another week without utilities. We have a 7kW generator, and a professionally installed transfer panel, so we're pretty well set (fridge, freezer, furnace, well, a few lights, and outlets for charging, etc.). The major...

I have some outdoor light fixtures (12V) that have 1/2" NPS threads on them (this is the thread used in many light fixtures. They are aluminum, and I've managed to break a couple of them right above the threads. I found a 1/2" NPS die and ordered it; received it yesterday, but the opening is...

I have an overhead wire supplying power to my detached garage. Didn't see a marking on the first foot or so (didn't look much further as I was looking from the edge of the roof) but the (aluminum) conductors are close to 1/4" diameter. On the house end, it connects to 12/3 coming out of...

I'm planning to build cabinets to hang on a below grade poured concrete wall. Cabinets are not designed yet, but will probably be 3/4" plywood and about 36" wide and 42 - 48" high; probably a run of 12-14' total. I'm not sure what the best approach is to hanging the cabinets... should I...