Dav Pohote
Is this an exterior shut off for electrical or just related to AC's?
I am trying to see if a home has an exterior shut off for electrical --- this is all I found. Are these related to the air conditioners, or do they control the electricity for the entire house?
Joshua Holt
Fuse (Main Electrical) / Circuit Breaker (Sub-Panel)
The commercial condo I'm buying apparently has a fuse electrical main system in the common space electrical room in the building (see photos). However, there is a circuit breaker sub-panel system in the actual unit.
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Todd Rasmussen
Hypothetical Backfeeding Electrical Project Question
This is hypothetical because it is an exercise in electrical theory. No-one should actually do this because it is dangerous and could kill them or the poor lineman trying to restore power if they didn't understand the...
Michael Miller
Installing a GFCI Outlet in Vanity in Bathroom... Ground Wire Issues....
Yesterday, I was trying to replace a very old 3 prong outlet near the vanity in my bathroom. For some reason, the Green Ground wire came all the way unattached from the inside of the wall. It appears to have so...
Stephanie Grady
What is this electrical panel?
Hi!We are looking at buying our second SF buy and hold rental property and have come across an electrical panel we haven’t seen before. My questions are... what is it? Does this mean the whole house would have to be ...
Suvarna Joshi
Gatbage disposer trips the electric circuit
Hi, in one of my rentals, whenever a garbage disposer is run, the circuit trips and power shuts off. Circuit needs to be resets from the main switchboard every time. Is it the problem with the outlet, the wiring or th...
Account Closed
GFR
Is that what it's called? The outlet in the bathroom that has the black and red buttons to reset if the thing shuts off? A while back I plugged a cell phone charger into it and it quit, but I got it reset. Last night...
Peter Surowski
How can I test the electrical system on an abandoned house?
How can I test the condition of an electrical system on a house where the power has been shut off? There's a deal I'm considering, it will be a good deal if the electrical system doesn't need to be completely ripped o...
Mindy Jensen
1-year warranty is up, electrical wiring problems...
A co-worker just bought a new construction home where the warranty is just expired (beginning of March, 2017)The range is supposed to be wired into 220, but is actually wired into the living room circuit.What options ...
Steve K
Irrigation and Tenants
Anyone want to share their creative tips on how they keep their tenants from shutting off irrigation?
I've already got pretty brutal lease terms in place for this but don't want to evict anyone right before t...