Never doubt yourself.

[blue]

I find it much easier to turn off the breaker for the circuit and then use
both hands.

This is the first choice, for professionals and newbs alike.

I wont work on a hot circuit over 20a 120v or anything 240. 277/480v HURTS, ALOT, but that commercial voltages.

Good job RICHARD.

Yep, sounds to me like it was that old work that kept the system tripping.
I have about 4 circuit breakers for power, one for light, one for stove and one for hotwater unit. I guess I'm just greedy for lots of circuit breakers.

4 circuit breakers??!!

I live in a 900sqf house and if I rewire it Ill have a minimum of 19 circuits, only have 15 right now.

[Catherinedana]

Hooray for Richard!!

We do much of our home repairs ourselves. Best one yet. . .we have a tankless water heater and as soon as it got cold this year (of course!) we weren't getting hot water. A little research suggested that one of the elements had gone bad. We replaced the one that was registering a "zero" when we tested it with the electrical thingy (Barry does that). It was acutally split from calcification and stuff that we have in the water in FL! It cost us $35 for the element. Labor for a plumber would have cost us another $150! Yay for us!!

[happylabs]

Congrats! I know I have learned a lot about home repairs since I have been a single home owner. I hate when "professionals" try to take advantage of me.

[wombat2u2004]

Remember folks.........if you do electrical work, tighten those screwed connections TWICE !!!!!
Do your connections nice and tight, and then come back 5 minutes later and tighten them again.
Copper reacts to pressure and does not stop shrinking once pressure is put on it.....so most important....remember this.
Wom

[wombat2u2004]

This is the first choice, for professionals and newbs alike.

I wont work on a hot circuit over 20a 120v or anything 240. 277/480v HURTS, ALOT, but that commercial voltages.

Good job RICHARD.



4 circuit breakers??!!

I live in a 900sqf house and if I rewire it Ill have a minimum of 19 circuits, only have 15 right now.

We have different circuits for different uses.....I have 4 general POWER circuits, which service some 2 double power points per room in my house (my house is very large and has many rooms) and there is one light circuit that services all the lights, I have circuits to look after singular appliances like hot water, stove, heating system etc etc. Most houses here have no more than 3 power circuits, so I don't get any problems with my system.

[moosmom]

I don't need no stinkin man to do chores!!! (Just kidding, guys). I know how to change my own tire (there's a story there). I've changed a headlight in my car, I change my own oil, I love to see how things work. My vacuum cleaner wasn't working right. I 'splored and found out the belt was broken (the smell was hideous). Now, if I could only get someone to wash my apartment windows, hint hint. This building is so old, you'd need dynamite to get the crap off.

[happylabs]

I don't need no stinkin man to do chores!!! (Just kidding, guys). I know how to change my own tire (there's a story there). I've changed a headlight in my car, I change my own oil, I love to see how things work. My vacuum cleaner wasn't working right. I 'splored and found out the belt was broken (the smell was hideous). Now, if I could only get someone to wash my apartment windows, hint hint. This building is so old, you'd need dynamite to get the crap off.

You GO girl! I'm with you for the most part about not needing a stinkin man. Dont' tell my friend/handyman Bob though. I keep him around for projects I know I am not capable of.

[wombat2u2004]

I don't need no stinkin man to do chores!!! (Just kidding, guys).

You GO girl! I'm with you for the most part about not needing a stinkin man.


Sheesh.......I'm going to have a shower now !!!!!
Can anyone lend me some soap ?????

[moosmom]

Roflmao!!!!

[Karen]

Donna, in our family, every kid (2 female, 2 male) were taught to cook, sew, and fix things. And before we were permitted to go try for a driver's license, we had to prove to Dad we could change a flat tire, and check the old, windshield washer fluid, transmission fluid, and he'd call out various engine parts that we had to point to.

Our parents never wanted us to be incapable of doing anything basic, and never at the mercy of roadside mechanics!

I once rewired a lamp, and was pleased when it worked the first time. Our house, though, has some wiring that would give an electrician nightmares, that I do not touch! It's not dangerous, or exposed, it is just old.

[RICHARD]

Thanks guys.

This is a kind of catharsis for me.

First,
I was looking at the work my dad did, and using what he taught me, I was able to fix the problem!

The other is a kind of sorrow that my mom isn't around to see it. There is a long post that I could make on this topic. that is for the When Families Attack thread!

LOL,

I posted the story because I needed a pat on the back.

You all are my family away from family.


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Hell, a little soap, hot water and deodorant?

All us men are perfectly good then.

So, stop complaining about the toilet seat?