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You will need to go and get about 75 or so purple wire nuts for aluminum to copper splice. These are the only ul listed and code approved way to do this. Count up all switches single pulls and three ways, and outlets. Go and purchase them in the color you prefer, along with some short lengths...

the outlet in the basement ten feet away would of been fine for service plug code, if it was a gfi. You must have one within 25 ft of furnace. Adding the one you did, you are correct in naming it the service plug and gfi protecting it. This will discuise it. Make sure it is on the line side of...

the service/convience outlet located in relation to furnace must be gfi protected, as it is assumed repair personnel will be utilizing this to do there duties on the furnace. I think if I looked hard, you are only permissed this "service plug" to be tapped off the furnace circuit. Certainly no...

A real electrician should be able to get both plugs switched from one location. Probably with no damage to walls at all if there is access above or below. Maybe close in cost to. Just a thought, good luck....

Depending on how much water you need to move, and how fast, you could put a bildge pump in there. Then cut the float switch off and wire to a standard sump float. Use two deep cycle batteries, and go to that one store that has everything, and get a small solar battery charge pad. This can maybe...

If you have flourescent bulbs, you will also go through dimmers.

Is the extension cord wired to the lugs of breaker box directly with no splices along the way? And you have the black white and green unhooked? If this is the case the cord needs to be replaced, it has a bad spot causing gfi to trip. If it has the white and green hooked to panel in trailer, but...

If the nail or screw had touched the hot to the neut as you earlier indicated causing some kind of 120volt anomoly on the neut, you would blow the breaker in less than a second. you would never have had the chance to even measure voltage.

If it is a pain to get to either end, just set a skill saw to cut 3/4 inch into studs, and cut a path from a to b that is 1 inch wide then staple wire to back of notches and put a metal nail plate over them. This may be easier and is very legal. Good luck...

Is that your fan set up? Do you use it? Cause I dont think its to safe....

I pull this trick once in a while at work when i'm stuck with the puke meter. Get an extension cord and take it to a good plug. Test hot to neut and to grnd should be the same both ways 118-125volts. Now go to your bad plug, while the cord is still plugged in to good one, land the red lead in...

That is exactly correct Joe, your trouble shooting skills are right on. The neutral slowly burned itself the rest of the way apart over time. The breaker would of never held, from the time the screw was installed. Was this person a licensed electrician by chance?

Just have to know why inside, I'll check codes but I'm pretty sure this one might be a no go. To many factors at hand. Is there no room outside? How big do you need it?

turn off breaker, then pull dryer out and unplug cord. Look at the prongs to see if surrounding rubber is dark and melted. Then remove cover on dryer over cord connection. Check that all nuts or bolts securing wires to dryer are tight. Then remove cover plate from plug and remove plug from wall...

You take alum. to alum. or copp. to alum. and put together like regular junction, except you must only use a purple wire nut. It might be filled with the substance you mentioned....But you cannot make one of these yourself! you must use ul listed nuts. Just remember to downsize your wire. A 12ga...

the vast majority are mounted in ceiling canopy.

I think the deciding factor here is, what is the temp. rating of wire you used to wire fixture internally. Just curious, did you hook a grnd. tail to fixture? It looks like a pretty cool light, good luck...

I know this post is old, and they probably have a phone by now. But was there even an existing line anywhere in their proposed half of the house?

what did'nt show up in speedy's post is the number 5 before the 'symbol. you must be within 5' of the foundation or slab (where the pipe enters the building line) when you hook to water line. And you will also need the grnd rods I spoke of. Good luck.....

is your entire house plastic plumbing including main line coming in? if so you should have two ground rods outside, with a #6 copper to them from neutral bar.