Recent content by speedy petey

I find this hard to believe. Do you realize this is 7200 watts of lighting? What are you basing this number on?

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"I think we have already decided that no one here has enough knowledge to know good from not so good." Really?? ANY new modern circuit breaker is perfectly fine. Period! Some will say Sq D DQ are the best. I disagree, they are no better than any others. Some will vilify GE, again, I...

"Can someone confirm this is a Siemen breaker. I know its not a Square D ones" Those are Siemens. The angled areas where it says ON and OFF are telltale signs. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002N5HG/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

"I know what you are talking about. My current house, some white wires were hot (drove us crazy troubleshooting)." It is not at all uncommon to have white wires used as hot in certain situations.

"We just recently had a new 200 amps panel put in and it passed inspection too." New breakers are not expensive, definitely replace it. In fact, it should have been replaced with the panel change. ESPECIALLY considering the issue at hand.

"Aren't the 2 required 20A small appliance circuits in modern kitchens, both separate and dedicated?" Yes. And no, they are not required to be "dedicated". There is no limit to the number of receptacles on the two required SABC's, only that they serve only general use receptacles in the kitchen...

"This is the actual quote; "By code a DW is supposed to be on a separate circuit," and if you'd be so kind as to point out the word,"own," that you allege I said." Then yes, you are right and I am wrong. The way you wrote that though looks like you meant a dedicated circuit. In fact saying...

So are you intentionally being snarky and obscure? Or can you just not help it? Please tell me the written code that says a DW must be on it's own circuit. I am curious as I have never seen this one.

"LOL... he heard that from an electrical engineer... " LOL, he said maintenance man.

"You mean the code addressing kitchens, appliances and appliance receptacles?" No, the code that you said a DW must be on a dedicated circuit, just like I quoted before.

"Like I said the practice is inconvenient and I haven't accomplished it in 35yrs. , because you could reach through the appliance electrical and hope the recepticle is accessible and you don't get electrocuted, find the service panel and hope the breakers are identified or just shut off the...

"Has anyone installed cameras on the soffit via the attic and can offer advice or directions to same?" Not sure what info you are looking for. Drill a hole, run Cat5 from the camera to the router/switch. A POE switch or distribution box is a good idea if you will be using several POE cameras.

"Around here that’s a doohickey. A hickey is a pipe bender or a mark on your neck from running into a doorknob." Everywhere else it is just a hickey. I've been doing fixture repair for like 33 years, since my teens. The main thing is to make sure chandeliers are made up tight. It is...

"By code a DW is supposed to be on a separate circuit" Can you cite this imaginary code?