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    Plug outlets are slowly gooing out.

    If done properly you should have only one GFCI outlet per circuit. If not correctly installed all outlets downstream will not work. I would remove the GFCI and make sure you have power there. If you do it and its neutral should be connected to the "Line side" of the GFCI. The other wires are...
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    Toilet will not flush

    I have had this problem before it turned out to be something in the toilet itself at the back of the bend. At times it would be push to the back and let everything flush normally and sometimes it would move slightly forward and it would not flush properly. A snake just pushed it out of the...
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    Adding a ligh to my pump house

    Hmm if you are going to staple an extension cord along the beam and down the wall why not do the same thing with Romex? You just enter the box with the receptacle you were going to plug into?
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    Wiring outdoor GFI off of indoor receptacle

    You can pull off this receptacle as long as you use the constant power and its neutral (white) I would think it was the red seeing how the bottom you say is switched, but wouldn't count on it til I tested it. I would use wire nuts connecting jumpers to the existing receptacle and the new wires...
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