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  1. Homeownerinburb

    Cable in concrete pour

    Hi, I am looking at a low voltage wiring problem. I have been asked to install low voltage stair lights on a soon to be poured concrete stairway. There are sides rising up above the stairs, to be made of concrete. The client wants the lights in the side, lighting the steps. Can I...
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    Breaker refused to trip

    Yes. But at $13 plus 10% tax plus the cost of the labor to install the dratted things I doubt very much that the homeowner would go for it. Next time I am over there I'll certainly check to assure that they are present in the kitchen, I know that they are present in the other bathroom.
  3. Homeownerinburb

    Breaker refused to trip

    Really? Fishing one more conductor into a conduit that has already got wire in it?
  4. Homeownerinburb

    Breaker refused to trip

    Yeah, and all it proved is that the path to ground is compromised by age.
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    Breaker refused to trip

    I agree now, it is likely not the breaker's fault. Very unlikely, in fact. Any solution beyond a full rewire?
  6. Homeownerinburb

    Breaker refused to trip

    What solution is there short of a full rewire including a ground?
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    Breaker refused to trip

    Yeah, the path back to the panel is likely compromised. Nothing to do about it assuming the owner does not want to rewire with a ground wire.
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    Breaker refused to trip

    I doubt that I'll get another chance. There was a mighty moaning sound in the cable as I held the hot to the box...
  9. Homeownerinburb

    Breaker refused to trip

    It was indeed a single breaker, but it being a 120v circuit, that is what I would expect.
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    Breaker refused to trip

    I probably won't get another chance.
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    Breaker refused to trip

    Was installing a receptacle today in a bathroom, using the power to an abandoned wall heater. Went to panel to look for a breaker marked "wall heater" but found none. Tried to trip breaker by holding hot to metal box (metal conduit) and only got a heavy buzz in the wire as I insisted...
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    Dual oven with 6 wires

    OK, here is what confuses me: those yellow and blue wires look to be #10, let's say they are. So with the color and the size and the fact that they are in the conduit, one must assume that they are mains, needing two hots at opposite potential. But there are classic red and black wires as...
  13. Homeownerinburb

    MC in EMT

    Cut a hole in the frp and the drywall to allow the emt to angle in toward a pop out in the panel. Then the mc to a rated fitting. Bob's your uncle.
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    MC in EMT

    The stud space is already filled with half a dozen runs of MC, no way would I get a clean fish. I'd have to cut the wall from the ceiling to the panel, and the general contractor is not wild about that approach.
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