Recent content by Beekerc

agreed, but while i do take advantage of may high tech security options, some habits just die really hard. i'm now thinking may be i should go with a single-gang, dual-switch device, then maybe use some plastic and glue to tie the switches together, so it acts like a double breaker. sure...

are the two circuit lines in a double pole, single throw (DPST) switch electrically isolated? specifically, could I run A/C across one line and D/C across the other? here's my application. i have a garage door openers. in the old days, when i would go on a trip, i'd unplug it from the wall...

generator i'm with msgale. i went with the natural gas powered generac. 1) it stays outside - no issues with carbon monoxide posioning 2) it's fed by my natural gas service - no having to refill any tanks 3) it weighs about 600 pounds - no having to worry about anyone stealing it one...

Hi all, After having spent months in the electrical forum, now for a visit to HVAC. I have a server closet in my newly remodelled basement office. the picture is a cross section of the room, looking through the side wall. the closet is 3 feet wide. the reason for the two level ceiling and...

thanks for the NEC cite. i'll give my electrician acquaintance a call and have him look it over with regard to space.

i have two rooms in my newly remodeled basement. i ran two separate 20A circuits in each room (one circuit to the south and east walls, one circuit to the north and west walls). in case your wondering, one is an office, one is a small A/V room (it falls short of a "home theater" in terms of...

jadnashua is correct, it is the Lutron Maestro line. Leviton also makes a similar product, the Acenti, however style and feature wise I prefer Lutron. Lutron also makes I/R and R/F remotes for their multi-location dimmers as well. I just laid 6 multi-location dimmer sets in my basement...

key fob extender yes, it works, not exactly sure of the science, but it does the trick. it's especially effective when i use the panic button as a car-finder in a big parking lot.

to quote Dr. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, "when you make something foolproof, you will always find that the fool is bigger than the proof". yes, i do like my user-friendly GFCI with self-testing and blinking red end-of-life indicator. i'll still test it manually once a month...

what, you're going to go make me look it up myself? :p seriously though, thanks for the reference, i'm going to go google it now.

recessed shower light not completely necessary. if all you have is a 1-gang box. both leviton and broan/nutone make double and triple stacked switches for bathroom light/fan use. broan even makes one that's a triple stack, one for fan, one for heater and the bottom is a double rocker for...

panel box clearances in a closet Speedy, please enlighten us as to what those clearances are. Thanks B

a sad truth. i don't know which is more disturbing, that people actually lack common sense, or that they don't actually lack it, but are too lazy to use it. agreed, but as is pointed out below, just as GFCI's can malfunction, so can switches, and the point about being went and in contact...

working with wire tell me about it, not my favorite either. but for real fun, i ran 30A, 10-2 wire for my server closet (because the UPS I want has an L5-30P plug). oy vey!

code violations not sure i see the problem with this, other than it's not dressed nicely. please elaborate on why this is bad. thanks B