I recently bought a 220v air compressor and was looking today at wiring it up. My house has a 125 amp sub-panel with some spare breaker slots, so should be no problem, right ? Well, turns out that s
My circa 1961 home had Federal Pacific panels when I bought it about 8 years ago. The very first thing I had done was have both my panels swapped out. My house has both 220 service and a separate 3 p
I changed out all the outlets in a home with a Federal Pacific panel. Typically, I did them live, but every once in a while there was a troublesome one where I felt much better with the power off. Ma
Yikes! Are you saying that to switch off a breaker, an electrician will short it out at the outlet box to avoid the trouble of going down to the basement, identifying the correct breaker, and manuall
Can't speak for Jack, but I know that, if I want the power off at the outlet, I short the wires. My own breaker panel isn't so well marked that I know for sure which breaker is for which outlet/fixt
I do the same Randall, and the 40 year old Federal Pacific breakers didn't always pop. That was scary. Jack --Original Message-- From: shop-talk-bounces+jibjib=att.net@autox.team.net [mailto:shop-tal
That's what I dould be afraid of. If for any reason the breaker doesn't pop quick enough, you could end up with a wire with charred insulation running all the way back to the main box. How are you go
Well testing is one thing, finding is another. To find which breaker handles an outlet I'd use something like: Gardner Bender Circuit Tracker- Circuit Breaker Finder GET-1200 http://www.lowes.com/low
If I'm by myself, I use a drill motor. Plug it in. Pull the trigger. Set the lock. Go to breaker box. Flip breakers until the drill stops. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _______________________
Code for kitchens currently requires two separate 20 amp circuits for small appliances. It's considered good practice to make sure that everything won't be plugged into just one of them; that's somet
I have a feeling that the NEC and whoever wired this house were total strangers to each other anyway. Randall _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/don
And the local authorities seem to stick their noses further into kitchen wiring than just about anything else, based on my limited experience. When we did our remodel we hadn't intended to do too mu
Yep - I'm guilty of this also - It really is a time saver! I got hooked into doing this at an early age, when we used to wrap solder around the plugs of the teachers overhead projectors in school. Al
In the military I taught basic electronics for several years. At the end of the course was a 2 week long lab to teach troubleshooting. I would put one strand of wire from a power cord across the inpu
Well, the kitchen is the highest density of electrical consumption in most houses. (most of the people on this list probably have shops that give kitchens a run for their money.) There are lots of wa
The house I am moving into in August has a 40amp panel (yes 40, I had never seen one either) with 4 fuses, running my Skilsaw when the fridge kicked in blew the fuse. Garage is on a 10amp fuse with a
My previous house had a 40 amp main panel; probably put there when the house was built in the 20's. Someone had added a subpanel, but tapped in *before* the main fuses; then got the wires crossed be
I've seen 40 amp panels before, in ancient buildings (usually coupled with knob-and-tube wires). The house with the 15 amp kitchen was an utter nightmare when it came to its wiring. It was a duplex,
In my case the house is knob-and-tube which because there has not been a fire I assume is in ok condition. After the new panel is in, I will start replacing all of it as quickly as possible. Current
Geez. I've got to say, I applaud your enthusiasm / insanity / willingness to do projects. I've got all I can do to keep the banklog stagnent... :-) Mark _____________________________________________