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Nice job. Thanks for sharing

 

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some talented people on this site.

TonyM - does the newell post go below floor level or is there a base plate?

Agree

 

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If your someone that cannot carry out repairs these days it won't take long to break the bank. All joking aside its where I have saved to be able to play the gun game for years. Cars, building, electrical, plumbing etc. If you can't do this stuff it will be hard keeping things maintained going forward for many.

Agree 100% That is a huge help but as I age I find I am paying for more vs never paying for anything
Like changing the oil and filter in my truck my bud with the shop charges me 25 bucks I will be dammed if I am crawling under the truck for that and even changing the winter tires on rims he charges 20 bucks not worth my time or my back Now putting in the heat pump I did it for 1/2 of what they wanted so big saving there How much did we save by fixing that old washer that is still running fine with it's soldered contacts at least 1000 for a new one How many nuts would have done that Problem with electrical ,plumbing etc now all good unless it has to be inspected then you cannot do

 

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Over the years I figured to buy the tool and fix something one was still way ahead of the game in the end $$$. Thats how I got the tools I have. I don't borrow from anyone. On the other hand I have had people borrow stuff and reck it. Some I have to laugh at. Had one person borrow a $50 rotary bit. Ran it hard and fast burned it up. The good news is they told me that they got most of the job done and then bought a new bit. Not for me, for there tool box, I got the burned up one back. Same with an electric planer, ruined blades. No more loans to anyone😀

I am the same need nothing or to borrow anything from any one but been collecting since I was 16 also and when working in the dealership figured I would be turning wrenches for my life so spent a lot of money on the weekly tool truck in those early years and always followed these old rules and have that sign still I have never loaned my tools SORRY but will use them myself to help some people that need them

 

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Well the lever that controls the drain plug in the bathroom sink came apart. A fellow needs arms as long as a gorilla to reassemble that Mickey Mouse set up. I finished the job and now I am thinking , if we can send a solar powered “rover” to Mars we should be able to come up with a better system to plug a sink. Yes, I know, the rubber plug on the end of the chain was the best thing since sliced bread but apparently it does not match the decor! I guess if you’re willing to spent the money …..

Put a push down pop up plug style in and no more rods but gives the chrome look the boss wants That is what I did
Cheers

 

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My BIL stored his mechanics toils in my garage years ago when he was between jobs. He said go ahead and use them if you want. I said Thanks, but no way! They're too valuable to you!

Agree one thing to use some ones tools another if they feed their family with them I would like you never touch them

 

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Here is another thing I figured out …. Our dish washer started to whistle when operating. I cleaned out the filter and all the holes in the lower and upper spinning arms. It did not make any difference. Well if you compare the cost of buying parts for a ten year old dish washer and getting a repair man to your home you’re better off just buying a new machine. However before spending that kind of money, I googled dishwasher repair and checked all the boxes and concluded that we might of had a build up of fat and stuff in the small orifice of the drain check valve and not some bearing or other parts worn out. Before hauling it out of the cabinet I ran three refresh cleaning pods in the machine back to back and no more whistling. Now we prerinse all our dishes, That was over two years ago and no more whistling to this day..

The problem we have today is what are we getting new for quality. Not much is most cases

 

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We were told last March when our 10 year old $5,000 fridge shit the bed, that most appliances are now being built to last 7-10 years, and in some cases, less. We had to take everything out of our 10-year-old fridge and put it in our 25-year-old fridge. Quality no longer exists in home appliances.

When I lost the side of beef same thing a 10 year old up right that replaced a 25 year old one that was still working when I took it out
The salesman said when I bought the new one I did good to get 10 years out of the last one and they are only made now for that

 

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Well a bit of fun the last few days. While remodeling the kitchen and installing a new range hood my power started acting a bit funny upon turning the main breaker back on. I never just shut off individual breakers when working on stuff, always the main just in case. We first noticed it when the wife went to her sewing room and the sewing machine would not run, two bedrooms had not enough power to illuminate the lights. My kitchen out lets were dead, some out lets could not even run my drill. Being Sunday we were on our own. Found a couple outlets powered to run the fridge and freezer but shut every thing else off just in case. Got a hold of an electrician yesterday and they found my main inlet (main power breaker had failed, 240 coming in had dropped anywheres from 0 to 120 volts to the panel. Knowing how things keep changing it looked like a complete panel change for us as this is no longer interchangeable on the newer panels. They had to get NSP to disconnect/ connect. Was lucky that they were able to find an old panel that they could transfer the breaker system out off. Guess this is something that occasionally happen. Now waiting for the bill. This remodeling is getting expensive 😀

Dude you have a black cloud following over you it seems
But yep it happens. Had the main one in the garage failed about 5 years ago and you know joe now have spares from the main down to the 15 amp for both the house and the garage panels since as you say some of the ones are hard to get Mine never went to 120 it just went to zero and would let nothing in But like you I always just turn the main off when doing any work in the house
Cheers

 

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Take all load off the panel(turn off all branch circuits)before opening the main if you havent been doing it already

New one on me and have no idea on that approach Maybe rembolt can shed some light on this what we should be doing

 

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Good practice and safety reasons also by turning off all your branch circuits there will be no load across the incoming phases hooked to your main breaker when its opened or closed.

They are not make for that and you are damaging them switching on and off I have always been told and the power is still on the main and the bars your breakers are attached to is it not or is that BS They donot have the switching duty built in to them like a light switch??? Just asking

 

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Read this if nothing else it is putting wear on them that may effect them tripping when required from what I get out of it and was always told By hitting just the main I potentially put wear on one vs them all every time or is this BS also??

Using circuit breakers as switches

An interesting issue we come across too regularly in installations, usually older ones, is where circuit breakers in a breaker cabinet are used as switches to turn lights and sometimes even exhibits on and off. Here’s an article that tries ...

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Well a bit of fun the last few days. While remodeling the kitchen and installing a new range hood my power started acting a bit funny upon turning the main breaker back on. I never just shut off individual breakers when working on stuff, always the main just in case. We first noticed it when the wife went to her sewing room and the sewing machine would not run, two bedrooms had not enough power to illuminate the lights. My kitchen out lets were dead, some out lets could not even run my drill. Being Sunday we were on our own. Found a couple outlets powered to run the fridge and freezer but shut every thing else off just in case. Got a hold of an electrician yesterday and they found my main inlet (main power breaker had failed, 240 coming in had dropped anywheres from 0 to 120 volts to the panel. Knowing how things keep changing it looked like a complete panel change for us as this is no longer interchangeable on the newer panels. They had to get NSP to disconnect/ connect. Was lucky that they were able to find an old panel that they could transfer the breaker system out off. Guess this is something that occasionally happen. Now waiting for the bill. This remodeling is getting expensive 😀

Reading this again was your panel the one with the top flip style 200 amp breaker only or the one with the top breaker and side disconnect / panel/lever real early one Christ just remembered I have two loads of wash to do you guys are going to get me killed

 

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Panel was the normal 200 amp panel with main power cut off at the top feeding like 20 seperate breakers on each side. Power coming into the main shut off was not puting the voltage through on the other side when switched on. Electrician got a different reading of output every time turned on.

Understand Why could he not switch the 200 breaker out without having the power disconnected was it just for safety or something else bad. Understand the wires are live but also seen them done quite a few times with no disconnect Add some line mans gloves I think is all they do or all I seen different their body to risk being fried I guess or stupid

 

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Sometimes these breakers will fail when the internal contacts will arc(switching under load)or corrode over time or possibly just mechanical failure of the breaker itself.Correct a permit is required and nsp would have to do a disconnect/reconnect because the line from the meter to the main breaker is live.

Thanks for the clarification

 

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Understand Why could he not switch the 200 breaker out without having the power disconnected was it just for safety or something else bad. Understand the wires are live but also seen them done quite a few times with no disconnect Add some line mans gloves I think is all they do or all I seen different their body to risk being fried I guess or stupid

Sorry got more info they pop the meter first and don't care about the seal Does that do it ?? says by the time they get a notice at NS power they are done and all is back to normal I have no idea but leave it to a caper and please not recommending this for anyone
Do it the proper way and call for a disconnect

 

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Its a criminal offence to cut nsp tag and remove the meter its theirs they own it.

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