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• Posted in thread: LED Lights on 03-02-2013 at 08:30 AM
  Pretty sure Joe nailed it. I am thinking the electrician screwed it up. If you need to get a
  different electrician, then have him send the bill to the first one. He should never have left
  the house wi...

• Posted in thread: connecting old BX cable to new romex wiring on 12-25-2012 at 12:38 PM
  FWIW, you can not use a plastic box with BX or MC cable. You must use a metal box with the
  proper fittings.

• Posted in thread: Outlet and switch miswired on 12-20-2012 at 12:08 AM
  I don't know how it is where you are, but around here landlords can not legally do their own
  work on rentals. They MUST hire out to licensed contractors. Don't let your landlord touch it;
  he doesn't k...

• Posted in thread: Wiring my garage on 12-19-2012 at 11:53 PM
  As long as you are digging a trench and burying a conduit, throw a second conduit in the ground
  for low voltage (coaxial cable, data/phone lines, whatever). You may not need them right away,
  but if yo...

• Posted in thread: Any clue what this is? on 09-08-2012 at 08:38 PM
  Cellphone charger is my guess.

• Posted in thread: junction in the service panel on 06-19-2012 at 09:58 PM
  Happens a lot with service changes (even though I know this wasn't the case here). The wire is
  not long enough for the new panel, so your choices are to have j-boxes all around the new panel
  or make y...

• Posted in thread: Water pressure question on 04-28-2012 at 01:30 PM
  If I was you I would be concidering installing my own pressure tank. think I may have to do
  that too. Sometime in the future I would like to add another bathroom but there is now way it
  would be prac...

• Posted in thread: Water pressure question on 04-27-2012 at 05:08 AM
  Ok I will get with the neighbor to look at the pressure tank. How much pressure should there
  be? The well serves three homes.

• Posted in thread: Water pressure question on 04-26-2012 at 05:14 PM
  Need to know what sized line you have for the main, and supplys.Do you have your own pressure
  tank?What type pipes do you have?Main, 3/4". Otherwise 1/2". All copper but due to a basement
  renovation p...

• Posted in thread: Water pressure question on 04-24-2012 at 03:24 PM
  Hi all. My house is on a shared well, and the pump is on a neighbor's property. When I run my
  wash machine or toilet, there is a significant drop in water pressure. Is there a way to raise
  the pressur...