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Single family home. No home owner's association. I'm aware that the land between the street and the sidewalk isn't mine, but I'm less concerned about putting something on it than I am with a cord...

We recently added a Chevy Volt to the house and are investigating the best way to charge it. Unfortunately most of our parking is on the street and the Volt gets a street spot (it belongs to a tenant...

Is the AFCI change under 2014? I understood that nothing changed between 2008 and 2011 for AFCI. What about things like the dishwasher, disposer, microwave, and fridge? Or is the AFCI requirement...

Donf, the existing wiring is 10/3 and 12/3. I would not pull either of those for new 120 volt work. The 12/3 is currently feeding two 120 volt circuits, although one has a single outlet on it with...

I'm getting ready to start a kitchen renovation. I'm planning to do most of the work myself over the next few months. One of my goals is to have the kitchen out of service for as little time as...

The ceiling is close to level, but is maybe 1/4" off level over the course of a 4' long level. It is higher where the support is. It actually appears that the kitchen wall (where it isn't cracked) is...

My house was built in 1960. In 1979, a previous owner remodeled the kitchen, removing two walls to open the room up. The kitchen is at the front of the house, with the stairs to the basement behind...

Yes it works very well. The heater needed some adjustments after the move (it leaked) but once I got that fixed and everything cleaned and dried out, it's been well behaved. I've been enjoying all of...

Just realized I never came back to post results and a final picture. I passed my inspection on the first try - thanks for the help! I decided to run 1" schedule 40 PVC inside the tub with 1" flex...

There's a 50 amp GFCI as the disconnect. It may not look like it in the picture, but the disconnect is over 5' from the patio, so I'm easily over 5' to the spa itself.

TK, here's where things are right now:
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The spa is going to have its back side toward where the picture is taken from and will be next to the deck posts...

So the THWN should continue inside conduit under the tub's skirting? Do I need to use liquidtight connectors on both sides where I pass through the skirting or can I just cut a large enough hole and...

I have the cable run from the main panel, the box wired on the side of the house, and 1-1/4" conduit run to within 6" of where I intend to enter the spa's skirting (no wires in the conduit yet). The...

TK, can I mount that style of connector so the screws are inside the box instead of outside so that it fits better against the house?

I finally purchased a spa and I think I have convinced myself that it makes sense to mount the disconnect on the side of the house, running 6/3 romex inside and then using #6 THWN in PVC conduit to...

If electricity is the only heating fuel available to you, you should replace your air conditioner with a heat pump. You're in a cold enough climate that unless you get a pretty large and efficient...

I finally got the concrete in for my back patio that I asked you guys about back in January this past week. I want to start doing my electric work down there soon but want some opinions. Basically I...

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Here's a picture of the deck. The future hot tub would go to the left of the door. The power would come down on the right side of the door...

Since I am at work right now, I don't have a picture, but it's a 1960 house in the Town of Vienna - Vienna Woods subdivision.

I have a deck that was just built and will shortly have a concrete patio poured under it that thanks to this forum's help is ready for a future hot tub. Once the deck and patio are done, I will be...

DVI and HDMI are almost identical "under the hood." You can buy a cable with DVI on one end and HDMI on the other end for under $10 online. Using HDMI on the TV will give you a better picture than...

Exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks TK!

Regardless of how you set the resolution on the computer, the TV is only going to get roughly 720x480 resolution off a S-Video cable. These connections are for analog TV, which means they are low...

I am having my deck that is in poor condition replaced. As part of the project, we are pouring a 4" thick, fiber reinforced concrete patio under the deck. Is there anything special that I should be...

If you cut everything off and it doesn't spin that means your meter is reading your panel so that much is correct but you could still have someone else's stuff hooked up to your panel. I think some...

Do you have your circuit breakers in your unit? Maybe someone else has stuff connected to the circuits that feed your meter. This is a common problem in spaces that have been renovated several times...

Mark,

I highly recommend Learn Thai Cooking - ThaiTable.com - deep knowledge of Thai food - I haven't made anything too spicy off there, but I absolutely love both of the bbq pork recipes that...

Holy old thread batman! This question was asked over a year ago, so is probably solved by now.

It definitely is the thermostat, which behaves like a bimetallic one. Thanks for setting my mind at ease!

Keep in mind that the code today requires bathrooms to be on 20 amp circuits. You're going to want to use all 12 gauge cable and keep the 20 amp breaker.

Oops! Didn't mean to duplicate the above...

I just recently did some rearranging in my home. As part of the rearranging, I put in a dedicated 20 amp circuit for my laser printer that makes the lights flicker if they're on the same circuit. ...

I have an outlet in the unfinished part of my basement that has unprotected 12/2 NM-B cable running to it. It's a GFCI outlet that protects other outlets so there are actually two pieces of NM-B...

Currelectric code requires bathrooms to have a 20 amp circuit with GFCI protection on outlets. This circuit must be dedicated to the bathroom unless it only has outlets, in which case one circuit may...

The size of the breakers doesn't determine the amount of use. If you previously had smaller breakers and they kept tripping, it's possible that your use was lower because of the time the power was...

I'm not sure I'm ready to take the financial plunge of putting in a battery backup system. I've spent almost $11,000 on plumbing repairs this month!

Don,

Don't worry. I always use GFCI receptacles instead of breakers.

I've had a lot of water and sewer problems recently. Long story short, I ended up with a sump pump in my basement (there never was one before). That basement area is unfinished.

Currently, the...

Yes, it can be done. It involves doing two things: replacing the 240 volt 30 amp outlet (almost all electric clothes dryers are 240 volts on a 30 amp outlet - old ones have 3 prongs, new ones 4)...

My bad. Good to hear they have more common sense somewhere else than they do here! One of my coworkers had to jump through a lot of hoops with his wet bar to please the Loudon County, VA electrical...

A couple of thoughts for you. In this day and age, I wouldn't run any new 15 amp outlet circuits. 15 amps might be fine for you now, but when you put a few desktop computers and a color laser...

I'd check the rating on the thermostat. It's possible that your thermostat is rated for a smaller load than the 2250 W you have connected. You'll need a thermostat rated for at least 9.4 amps since...

BraxaRI, what makes you think that you can't pull a new 4 wire feeder?

TK, would you think that changing out the panel to a 120 only panel would be the correct answer if the wiring can't be...

Daisy chaining from one hot bar to the other is a safe solution if there are two sets of terminals on the hot bar (so you're not putting two cables under one connector). Remember that this jumper...

It sounds like making this a 120 volt panel is definitely the correct solution for you.

Starting at the main panel, you will need to change how the subpanel is fed. You will want the subpanel to...

If the GFCI won't reset and you have checked the outside outlets connected to it to ensure that they're not wet (where you'd want it to not reset), you will need to replace the GFCI. These devices...

Make sure you know what you're doing with the shared neutral circuits. Remember to use a double pole 20 amp breaker to control the two circuits that share a neutral, so that it is impossible to have...

Do I need to run 8-3 to update the garage sub box or can I leave it as is with 8-2?

Depends on what this cable is being used for. If your using this cable for 120 volt loads, with the bare as a...

What voltage do you get between the two hot wires? It's possible that the heaters are fine and they just wired a 120 volt circuit to both hots (or they're being fed off different single pole...

If you let the builder know that you're planning to install a hot tub, maybe you can even pay a little more and have the disconnect already wired and installed for where the tub will go. It doesn't...

Most permanently installed hot tubs require a 30-60 amp 240 volt breaker for their electrical connection. Since you have 100 amps available on 100 amp service, a tub that requires a 50 amp breaker...