Recent content by crabjoe

Years ago, when I had my water checked and it came in, I think, at 11 grains of hardness.. In fact I've had to replace my water heater in under 5 years because the copper was done... Had to fix a few other copper pipes over the years too. Thank God most of the house was done with CPVC. I...

It's well water and my PH is on the low side and I've got some iron, but the biggest issue is the hardness. I lost the info from my last water test from a few years back, so I can't remember exactly what the numbers were. My nitrate level is high too, but I've had an RO filter for that since...

I've been living with hard water, which i like, but i don't like the hard water stains.. Let's say I need a size x softener to fully soften my water... if I only want to reduce by 1/2, should I get a softener thats half the capacity or can most water softener be setup to run at 1/2 its...

I really need a water softener and I've been hesitating for years now because I wasn't sure how to setup a proper drain. I'm on well water, don't want to drain to the septic or sump pump, and the location of the softener will be under ground in a basement with 10ft walls. Not sure if this is...

I think it'll be good since MWBC's should be on a double pole, the plan is to switch them off. And even if a MEBC wasn't turned off, unless someone was using both receptacles of a duplex, the neutral should still be fine. The problem with the MWBC would only happen, say if a disposal and...

Guys, I understand that the plug doesn't support 240v, but a 240v hot water heater can be run on 120. Yeah, it's only the 1/4 of watts, but warm water is better than cold water. What I was thinking is when power is being provided by the service main, it would be 240, but if the plug was used...

Here's what I'm wondering.. in my area, you can't have a hot water heater with a plug. It has to be hardwired. The only exception to this is if the water heater came corded with a plug form the factory. And I've never seen a full sized hot water heater that came with a plug. Ok... to the...

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Ok.. does that also mean that it won't go boom or possibly break my 240 appliances like the HVAC or hot water heater? Is a split outlet what is also known as a multiwire branch circuit? The ones on double pole breakers as if they were 240 circuits? I wonder how many people are feeding their...

I hope someone can answer some questions for, in regards to using a generator that's normally used to power RVs. RVs are setup for 120v, usually 30 amps. They usually use TT-30. Let's say the house has a L14-30 for the connection. Because of this, an adapter (TT-30p to L14-30r) will be...

I guess you're measuring to ground, if you're seeing 120V.. I don't know a dang thing about pumps like valveman, but I do know one thing because I just had my well pump replaced. In my well..... I don't know if yours is similar or not, there's a thing called a pitless. If the deal isn't...

Thanks! I just went back down to see if it's hold air.. It's holding where I left it.. and pumped for a bit more.. I swear, it take like a 150 pumps to gain 5 psi.. I know I'm out of shape, but this workout is too much to start on getting fit again..

Thanks Valveman.. I got a local guy out here that did it.. $1300. He replaced it with the same Gould 3/4 hp pump that was down there. I'm kicking myself a bit, because I kind of chickened out in doing it myself because a plumber friend of mine kept telling me how hard it would be to pull the...

I have never seen a well pump failure before, but when I check the voltage at the pressure switch, I'm seeing 240 going out... So now I'm guessing it's the pump. My question is, is this something I can replace myself? I think the well is around 200 ft deep. What pump would I need? It's 2...

mo99.. Also known as R-438a. After you fix the leak, you still have to remove all the R22 from your system, before you can convert to mo99. You can still get R-22, but it ain't cheap... And remember, as other have pointed out, unless you hold a EPA 608 cert, you can't legally handle R-22...