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Thanks. I will check with a local inspector...

My daughter lives in Denver (I live in St. Louis) and her water heater keeps going out. It is older and I intend to replace it. However it is connected to the gas line via a flexible gas pipe (the...

Mark - thanks. If something change it has completely escaped me. However it seems an expansion tank is the next less-expensive step... and probably not a bad thing even if it doesn't help this...

I did a few tests.

For the one you suggested - the meter read 48ish (it seems to vary a bit). Ran a cold water faucet and it sank to 40. Turned off the faucet popped back up to 48.

Second...

The PSI of my plumbing system while at rest is 50psi (might be tad lower its an analog gauge, but I do have a vague memory of when I bought it the guy told me it was set for 50and that was what St....

am sorry I have just realized I have been confusing the pressure relief value - I have been calling it a TPR... what I was thinking about in terms of what I calle dthe pressure relief valve was the...

I am sorry I have just realized I have been confusing the pressure relief value - I have been calling it a TPR... what I was thinking about in terms of what I calle dthe pressure relief valve was the...

Sorry I wasn't very clear. I do have a Pressure reducing valve (just past the main shut off valve in my basement). I tested the pressure at the drain valve on the water heater - that went to 150psi...

I do have a pressure relief valve - always have. Replaced it several years ago due to abysmally low water pressure - that has been great ever since. It sits above a finished ceiling (with access...

Thanks... I will do the PSI test and if okay replace the TPR... and let you know. However if the PSI is higher... my question would change to what cause the PSI to change all of sudden? (As you can...

I have a maytag h/w heater. In the last few months it has started releasing water via the TPR after it reheats (from a shower or something). Never has happened before, nor did it happen with the...

I have back to back bathrooms. The current lavatories drain to a wye then to the vent further down the wall (behind the toilets). I want to raise the P-trap for one of the lavatories (putting in a...

Ah... you've never experienced summer in St. Louis ! :-) thanks for info.

Thanks for the info. My concern was the heat - the romex was (not scalding) hot to the touch already, with no load on them... I knew wire was rated for temp... just wanted to make sure.

I have a home built in 1980. Some time ago I ran a wire (14-2 romex) up to the attic from an receptable that I installed in my family room. I never connected it.

Several years ago I had my...

I am thinking it's the gfi or a loose connection of some sort given how the problem has evovled and there is no obvious "event". The latest news even makes me think it is less about the GFI tripping...

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Hey I got some new info... it seems the gfi went from working as expected, to working intermmittently to now it works only if you plug something into the lower receptacle outlet of the gfi, then it...

Thanks... I will look. The house is from 1887 but the wiring - which I have found to be dubious (in particular grounds not securely fastened - or not fastened at all) in places - seeming was done in...

Thanks to everyone for the info. Seems to be a solvable problem... although if it is lizzards I will be truly impressed!

Lizzards?

My daughter has a gfi that controls two receptacles and a light switch in her bathroom. She has owned the house for about a year and had no problems with the GFI. However over the last two months,...

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I have not tested yet... just got to poundering the connection when I was on a plane... but I think your question suggest that there is no/should not be any power unless the switch is on... duh that...

I have power to a light fixture that then goes on to a switch... I would like to grab power from the cable going to the light fixture and run it to a receptacle (in another room). The cable is in my...

My daughter has a track light that works fine. However when I was doing some work in room above the ceiling with the lights, one of the connectors to the ceiling fell out and the track came loose on...

Thanks for the info on CFLs and fans - I will make that switch. Any particular reason why you can't use them?

My daughter has a Hampton Bay ceiling fan, with lights, that is controlled by a hand held remote.

Last Saturday, when she turned the "lights" off, one light kept up a slight "pulse" of light. It...

Thanks... good to know there are options if I cannot cut the elbow out... and now on to my electrical problems!

Its in my daughter's home so no readily available pictures... but when I was last there (she lives out of state) it was clear I could not get above the coupler. I suspected there may be a reamer...

I have a very tiny crack in a PVC elbow in a kitchen sink drain pipe . The elbow connection is in the basement where it transition down from the kitchen to a pipe that goes into the main drain pipe....

yes that is the product I am getting. It does need a neutral (you wire it as you would a normal receptacle, except it does not have nor (evidently) need an equipment ground. You then wire the...

Thanks for the info on the plug issue.

The wireless is from Lightning Switch. The wire-in receiver is their ProGrade receiver (not sure they had any other one).

The details on my 3 way issue...

I have two hopefully simple questions.

First, my wife's hair dryer plug's prongs get very hot. In fact if she is not careful when she pulls the plug out, the prongs could (almost) burn the skin. ...

Well that sounds promising... thanks...

Thanks for the clarifications - Need to do it right.

The kitchen will work (from a clearance perspective as would be on a wall all by itself and not close to any cabinents or appliances), just...

Hey guys... first my apologies for implying anything bad about the home inspector... upon investigating whether the panel in the bathroom is or is not a subpanel, I have found a notation in the...

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Never mind... I think I have found out what I needed about the less-than-good idea about an outdoor panel box. Time to move on to a on-site electrician. Thanks for all the help.

Based on the answers you guys have provided - and coupled with the fact I am pretty sure the panel is too far from the metered entrance - this is probably a very dubious installation.

Is it...

Thanks... I think (:-))... she bought the house from a family that had been living there since 2003 (and I suspect they bought it from a flipper). As to the home inspector... missed a big shower...

By the way - Stan - what is a CO? The house was inspected before she bought it but the placement of the panel was not mentioned - just that it was an FPE...

Thanks for the input... I don't think it's a subpanel but maybe I have to go look for a main panel... I agree with the AHJ guidance and I did check the historical district - okay on that front (as I...

My daughter recently bought a 1887 home in Denver. It has updated wiring - not sure when it was done, but its romex and seems to have been done at least within the last 20-30 years. I have a few...

Thanks for the info. It helps.

I just read this thread and have a follow up question... my house was built in 1979 and the grounding wire from service panel connects to my cold water pipe... but (a) is about midway in my basement...

My tester is a sperry HET 201 vac/dc device with two prongs that lights if a circuit is present - so it probably does not draw much... and I do have a receptacle tester which shows all the correct...

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So how do you test to make sure that the grounding will work as needed / expected - in the case the conduit would get energized? I certainly don't want to actually touch the black to the...

I recently rewired my basement workshop. I put in a short section of EMT to carry wires from the overhead joist down to a two-gang receptacle box and then out again to second two gang receptacle...