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    ceiling fan wiring

    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...
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    capacitor

    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
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    thermastat

    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
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    Neutral wire?

    thanks guys i appreciate it
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    Neutral wire?

    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...
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    flickering lights

    General Electric
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    flickering lights

    sorry not good at electricity but why the neutrals
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    flickering lights

    Nealt i replace the 15 amp breaker and bingo no spark lights on no flikering thanks for your help
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    flickering lights

    Ok problem back this time bedroom upstairs only where flickering is occurring is doing it again, last time i made sure the breaker was sitting in correctly and it was fine, now that same breaker is sparking when i i attemted to move around .also all power in this room is out when i plugged in a...
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    $10,000 fine

    hey thanks guys for your input i really appreciate it
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    $10,000 fine

    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...
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    flickering lights

    Thanks loose breakers i appreciate yopur feedback
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    flickering lights

    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...
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    online hvac

    can you tell me where or give me some sites
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    online hvac

    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
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    foundation vents

    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
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    large crawlspace cracks in dirt

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

    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...
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    unpolorized outlets

    thanks for your help guys
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    plaster or stucco

    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...
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