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That's what amateur electricians have in common with drag queens ... we both tape our nuts.
I hope you remain safe in that home. Do you have smoke detectors? After such a thing maybe worth the money.
Three of them in each room? Or in a whole house?
Mandatory in each room makes sense, but "spread them as you like and pray" seems religious. Cover the other rooms with paintings of St. Florian.
And do your really use enclosures for wiring made out of unpainted metal?! Or what is the material of that boxen in your image?
Sun Jan 18 2015 13:08:10 ESTfrom IGnatius T Foobar @ UncensoredSo it looks like what I need is a RACO 187:
That's a joke item and the 187 refers to section 187 of the California Penal Code?
Mandatory in each room makes sense, but "spread them as you like and
pray" seems religious. Cover the other rooms with paintings of St.
They aren't mandatory in *every* room, but one in each section of the house is the usual guideline; one in each bedroom is also recommended but my kids sleep with their doors open.
And do your really use enclosures for wiring made out of unpainted
metal?! Or what is the material of that boxen in your image?
Yes, that's a metal box. In the US we always use metal boxes when working with armored cable or metal conduit. When using nonmetallic cable ("romex") plastic boxes are permitted.
There are some jurisdictions in which nonmetallic cable is prohibited, and some which even require conduit everywhere, but for the most part you do have a choice.
Tue Jan 20 2015 09:30:48 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ UncensoredAnd do your really use enclosures for wiring made out of unpainted
metal?! Or what is the material of that boxen in your image?
Yes, that's a metal box. In the US we always use metal boxes when working with armored cable or metal conduit. When using nonmetallic cable ("romex") plastic boxes are permitted.
There are some jurisdictions in which nonmetallic cable is prohibited, and some which even require conduit everywhere, but for the most part you do have a choice.
True. My house has most recently become a mix and match house during some remodeling. We have Romex (Thermoplastic-sheathed cable) and conduit mixed. Thankfully we have the ability to tie the two together with the screw in clamps that you can get for the metal boxes to make the transitions. We did have to put some junction boxes in the ceiling, but they are nicely covered by smoke detectors to make it less obvious.
Thu Jan 15 2015 10:00:29 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored
What I really wanted was a dual-gang box that mounts on top of a single-gang box.
And unfortunately when I googled "electric box extender expander" it ignored "electric box" and showed me a lovely selection of penis pumps.
How unfortunate. You get in spam, but you sometimes get the unexpected wtf result from a search engine as well.
I got everything else at Home Despot. GFCI outlet, conduit running up and over to the workbench area, two more surface mount boxes, an outlet at the workbench, and a switch that controls a new shop light overhead. It was a fun little project. I did need the light and outlets there, but really I just wanted to play around with conduit. This even gave me the opportunity to run separate conductors for the light and outlets, so that the light wouldn't be on the GFCI-protected circuit.
No big deal really, but I had fun doing it.
:)
And because I "cheated" I now have a conduit run with nice tight zero-radius corners, and I spent $3 on hardware instead of $30+ on a tool I'd probably never use again.
For my next trick, I might like to gang a few more outlet boxes underneath the first one. One reason would be to be able to plug in more than two tools at once, but also it would give me a chance to play with nipples. (Chase nipples and offset nipples! What were *you* thinking?)
more than two tools at once, but also it would give me a chance to play
with nipples. (Chase nipples and offset nipples! What were *you*
thinking?)
I'm thinking that what you do in the privacy of your own garage is up to you.
Geez.
My generator video has gotten a lot of compliments but more than a few stupid comments. This one might take the cake.
"Hi [IG], I was very surprised to se you connect a coiled cable to the house without explaining the very real danger of doing this. Anyone with any experience in this realm knows that heat will build up"
Yup. There it is. A few feet of my generator hookup cable is going to burn down the house. You heard it here first.
Hold tight
Wait 'till the party's over
Hold tight
We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
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"Hi [IG], I was very surprised to se you connect a coiled cable to
the house without explaining the very real danger of doing this.
Anyone with any experience in this realm knows that heat will build
up"
Yup. There it is. A few feet of my generator hookup cable is
going to burn down the house. You heard it here first.
IG, I hate to say this but according to everything I know about AC he does have a point. I doubt your setup is even remotely dangerous however, running AC through a coil causes inductive reactance losses (heat) and that heat *does* have to "go somewhere."
--K2NE