Needed a new water heater, so I remodeled the back porch. I wish I'd taken "before" photos. Imagine the ceiling caving in and Cowboy Bob wallpaper from the 1950's.
Bonus, had enough paint to repaint the bathroom, too. My back hurts. But, that's not new.
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Got the porch all screened in.
It finally dropped to 84 degrees, so went out for a cigar.
Between the bug zapper and screened in porch, very few bug problems.
So nice to sit out there and not get eaten alive by no see ums.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Got some done this weekend
Still need to do gable trim but this side took along time because of the bad part of the roof if any of you remember my leak issue last year this was the side that had the problem
Is this wiring normal? The short white ground wire is strange to me. What is its purpose? Also, the light brown color for the hot wires is strange to me. I replaced this receptacle because I assumed it was responsible for tripping the breaker when the washing machine was running. (Not my house) Notice the black charred area, that to me indicates arcing. I trimmed a few brittle wires back a bit, and rewired them all to the posts of the new receptacle instead of speed wiring it in the back like it was. However, I did not reinstall the short white wire from the ground to the neutral post. The guy at Lowe’s thought it looked fishy and another guy at an electrical supply company couldn’t explain why it would be wired like that. But I figured I would ask y’all. Should I have wired it back just like I found it? Or did I do best by leaving it off?
They make a little electronic dookickey that you plug into an outlet and will indicate if it's wired properly. About 2" long with a few red and yellow leds on it. Haven't seen one in a while, though.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
White wire (and gray) are grounded conductors. The grounded conductor is connected to ground at the service panel ( circuit breaker box). The bare copper wire is the Grounding conductor, it goes back to the ground bar in the service panel.
Recepticals have two sets of terminals so you can break the tab that connects the and have one always hot plug and one switched plug. I'm guessing the power comes into the box through one of the Romeo cables, the goes out the box to the next receptical using the duplex receptical as a terminal. Not what it was designed for.
First, make sure the tabs aren't broken on the receptical and that one of the plugs isn't controlled by a switch or other device. Then turn off the breaker, remove all the wires from the receptical. Through away the receptical and get a new one. Use a wire nut to connect the 2 brown wires with a third 6" piece of brown wire ( any color not white, gray, or green). Use a wire nut to connect the 2 white wire to a third 6" piece of white wire. (Must use white). Do the same with the bare copper wire. Get a new receptical connect the 6" brown to the hot side smaller straight plug, the white goes to the larger straight plug and the bare copper goes to the, should be, green terminal. Do not connect the white to the bare.
Hope this helps.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list. Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
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You must love remodeling, seeing as you don't want this job to end.
I understand that.
Remodeling sucks. But wort it in the end.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Indeed, I must.
Nolite Oblivisci Peniculus Dentes
He has a place to crap, I don't see what the hurry is.
I started remodeling a bathroom once, decided it was just easier to move before I finished.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
Needed a new water heater, so I remodeled the back porch. I wish I'd taken "before" photos. Imagine the ceiling caving in and Cowboy Bob wallpaper from the 1950's.
Bonus, had enough paint to repaint the bathroom, too. My back hurts. But, that's not new.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Got the porch all screened in.
It finally dropped to 84 degrees, so went out for a cigar.
Between the bug zapper and screened in porch, very few bug problems.
So nice to sit out there and not get eaten alive by no see ums.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Got some done this weekend
Still need to do gable trim but this side took along time because of the bad part of the roof if any of you remember my leak issue last year this was the side that had the problem
... but that floor... ☺️
Slowly getting the porch done. Gutters going on now.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
1 more section done today.
While the girls are away for a few days, I’m overhauling the master bedroom as an anniversary surprise. Before and after first coat.
Welp, I think it turned out pretty good. Now we just wait for the surprise to be revealed…
Looks great, Glenn.
May you get some action as your reward.
To quote my spouse “I can buy my own jewelry.” 🥺
You mean your drybegging mastery doesn’t work on her??🤣
Nice job on your man-paddy-o @VegasFrank! Very nice indeed!
I had to do a double-take, looking at your photo in Whatareyousmokingthismorning.
Lol thanks Peter! It's gettin there....
So close
Is this wiring normal? The short white ground wire is strange to me. What is its purpose? Also, the light brown color for the hot wires is strange to me. I replaced this receptacle because I assumed it was responsible for tripping the breaker when the washing machine was running. (Not my house) Notice the black charred area, that to me indicates arcing. I trimmed a few brittle wires back a bit, and rewired them all to the posts of the new receptacle instead of speed wiring it in the back like it was. However, I did not reinstall the short white wire from the ground to the neutral post. The guy at Lowe’s thought it looked fishy and another guy at an electrical supply company couldn’t explain why it would be wired like that. But I figured I would ask y’all. Should I have wired it back just like I found it? Or did I do best by leaving it off?
They make a little electronic dookickey that you plug into an outlet and will indicate if it's wired properly. About 2" long with a few red and yellow leds on it. Haven't seen one in a while, though.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
White wire (and gray) are grounded conductors. The grounded conductor is connected to ground at the service panel ( circuit breaker box). The bare copper wire is the Grounding conductor, it goes back to the ground bar in the service panel.
Recepticals have two sets of terminals so you can break the tab that connects the and have one always hot plug and one switched plug. I'm guessing the power comes into the box through one of the Romeo cables, the goes out the box to the next receptical using the duplex receptical as a terminal. Not what it was designed for.
First, make sure the tabs aren't broken on the receptical and that one of the plugs isn't controlled by a switch or other device. Then turn off the breaker, remove all the wires from the receptical. Through away the receptical and get a new one. Use a wire nut to connect the 2 brown wires with a third 6" piece of brown wire ( any color not white, gray, or green). Use a wire nut to connect the 2 white wire to a third 6" piece of white wire. (Must use white). Do the same with the bare copper wire. Get a new receptical connect the 6" brown to the hot side smaller straight plug, the white goes to the larger straight plug and the bare copper goes to the, should be, green terminal. Do not connect the white to the bare.
Hope this helps.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Also, it looks like too much insulation was stripped from the wires.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
We had a fire at work a few years ago, the cause was using a duplex receptical as a terminal.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Home depot, $4.79 after tax and free shipping.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Thanks John I’m roasting coffee and after I’m done I’ll study your reply closer.
@IndustMech
Any questions, you know where to find me...
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Those recepticals are up-side down.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.