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hello has any sparky come across a brn color wire coming from the ceiling while wiring a remote cont ceiling fan. i always thought black hot green ground and white neautral and sometimes red another hot if fan and light are controled seperatly. I have a new fan has 1 blk with white stripe 1 blk...

hi i would like to know if i have a good run capacitor but dont understand how to do the math on the mfd it is a 7.5 cap and it reads 7.02 is this a good cap and tolerance is 6% how do you calculate the math to tell its good or bad Thanks

Hi is it cost efficeint to have my ac coming on and off about every 20 minutes to keep the tempeture at a nice 78 degrees it just dont seem right . any suggestions

Ok just so i know can someone please explain in lamans say a outlet from panel black wire to outlet brass and from panel white wire to outlet silver and ground wire. anyway breaker on when outlet is usedpower from the black wire travels to the brass part throgh the outlet comes out of the...

hi there wasthe a discussion on refr leak and its said a $10,000 fine to blow out refr into atmosphere . that also meant you would get fined if you went on a call and they had a leak in system and you just refilled system with refri and left. my ? is do you still get fined if the custumer...

Hi need help on ? my lights in my house are flickering even when my bathroom fan is on the light flickers like the juice is being sucked out of the fan. only 4 upstairs lights are doing this downstairs no problems can one of you electrical experts tell me where to begin looking for the problem...

has anyone out there done a online hvac course and without hands on how does this work? i would like to get into this trade but can not leave my full time job to do it . this is why i am asking about online school does it work and any good ones out there, thanks

hi anybody know if this is a problem having vents open into a addition patio room. they jus left it like this what problems can i see in future

hi What causes these cracks is it mean there was a water problem in the past ?

I have a question i pretty new at this but from what i have learned this pic of the exterrior with horizantol crack means hydrostatic pressure , but i noticed my boss says not to through up red flags if not needed dont want to scare the agent and buyer . i mention the bowing in the wall in my...

Hi I want to know how you can tell just by looking at it if it is plaster or stucco exterior wall is there a way to tell just by looking at it. i know you will find plaster in most older homes(wood lathe inside wall but if yoiu cant see it ) unless remodled but i have trouble identifying it...

Hello guys Few ?s 1)In older homes where no ground was installed and outlets were of 2 prongs is this just hot wire and nuetral when unpolorized and and polorized? 2)If these plugs were modified and replaced with modern 3 prong outlets but the wiring was not upgraded so being...

Is it against a firecode to install drop ceilings / suspending ceiling in a garage or is there firerated type out there that is acceptable