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Postby mac5155 » Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:26 pm

Lol. My dad won't touch electricity either. It's literally 2 screws. Kill the breaker and go to town

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Postby meow » Wed Nov 25, 2020 11:49 pm

Kill the breaker? Do you hike your skirt up when you do it? Be a man.

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Postby Willie Kool » Wed Nov 25, 2020 11:59 pm

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:14 am

Lol. My dad won't touch electricity either. It's literally 2 screws. Kill the breaker and go to town
The only electric work I've ever done is changing the thermostat and I don't even think that counts.

It's not the work itself that scares me, it's envisioning the arcing behind the wall I can't see because I did it incorrectly

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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:24 am

The past 3 weeks I’ve spent running conduit from the breaker panel in my garage to my back patio for a spot light for the back yard. Eventually I’ll branch off and run wire underground to my shed.

Pulling the wire was the toughest part. Thought I could do it without fish tape but I was wrong.

Final task is putting the new breaker in the panel. That one has me a bit nervous

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:31 am

Just power down your panel and don’t grab both cables coming into the box at the same time, lol. It’s not bad so long as you’re not a sloppy mess.

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Postby mac5155 » Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:11 am

Yeah I did my first breaker in the summer for a dedicated 30 amp outlet for my brother's new camper. It's not tough at all. The toughest part was I forgot to put the crimp collar on the wire before I fished it through the panel.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:03 am

I’ve worked with medium voltage before but electricity still scares me. Those two mains coming in just stare at me with their devil eyes.

Luckily I don’t have to worry about the crimp because I’m going right from the box into conduit.

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Postby Shyster » Fri Nov 27, 2020 6:54 pm

I've replaced plenty of light switches and outlets and rewired multiple lamps. It's not complicated or difficult. Just about every home-improvement store has a bookshelf of guide books; just pick up the one for electric work.

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Postby nocera » Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:05 pm

Nah. I’ll pay for electric and plumbing every time, especially since I have both a plumber and electrician that I trust and know that neither would overcharge. Those are two things I let the pros handle.

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Postby dodint » Sun Nov 29, 2020 2:59 pm

Greensburg is getting a Menards. It's going above Best Buy where that Sheraton/Ramada used to be. I have never, ever set foot near that hotel and never understood why it was there. :lol:

Menards is awesome, it was my go to when I lived in Wisconsin.

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Postby NTP66 » Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:36 pm

I’ve only ever been to one - in Kansas - and I thought it was pretty nice. It was like a cross between Home Depot, Sam’s Club, and a farmer’s market.

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Postby dodint » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:08 pm

Yeah, the combination of things you can get is pretty bizarre sometimes. Chest freezer, a pallet of jeans, and a crate of candy? Got u fam.

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Postby Nuge » Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:22 pm

Greensburg is getting a Menards. It's going above Best Buy where that Sheraton/Ramada used to be. I have never, ever set foot near that hotel and never understood why it was there. :lol:

Menards is awesome, it was my go to when I lived in Wisconsin.
I went to a wedding at that hotel. Seemed pretty nice if I remember correctly. I got pretty slammed rocking out to an 80s cover band in the hotel bar after the reception.

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Postby dodint » Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:27 pm

Yeah, a former employee said it was the largest ballroom between Pittsburgh and Seven Springs. Whatever will we do without it ...

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Postby NTP66 » Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:55 pm

Buy lumber and eggs that were laid an hour prior to stocking?

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Postby skullman80 » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:49 am

I put these in the Randomness thread because of the discussion about Christmas lights, but I feel I posted my Halloween Decorations here, so might as well throw up the Christmas lights.



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Postby King Colby » Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:22 am

I like it. Lots of lights but not tacky

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Postby Kane » Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:37 am

Anyone got a link for those LED garage lights with the ∞ lumens? Need to add it to my Amazon list.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:39 am

Anyone got a link for those LED garage lights with the ∞ lumens? Need to add it to my Amazon list.
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Postby Kane » Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:41 am

GOAT.

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Postby King Colby » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:18 pm

Except the 4 packs are after Christmas now wtf

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Postby King Colby » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:28 pm

I can't find the exact one I have, but I also use a digital timer for all of my outdoor decorations, similar to this:

If I hook everything to this and then plug it in to my outlet, is that too much?

I have maybe 3000 lights between everything, plus one inflatable. Right now I have two 3-way extension cords that everything connects to. Can I plug those 2 extension cords into this and be done?

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Postby meow » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:29 pm

Anyone got a link for those LED garage lights with the ∞ lumens? Need to add it to my Amazon list.
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I had these one the other day and went outside for something. The beams are were shining through the garage windows...looked like someone opened the Ark in my garage.

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Postby Shyster » Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:08 pm

Yeah, the combination of things you can get is pretty bizarre sometimes. Chest freezer, a pallet of jeans, and a crate of candy? Got u fam.
Sounds like a bigger version of the late and much-missed Trader Horn. TH carried hardware, furniture, pet supplies, sporting goods, gardening, housewares, some basic foodstuffs, and all sorts of other stuff. You could buy a new toilet, a bag of dog food, a fishing rod, a roasting pan, a finish-it-yourself chest of drawers, and jars of pickles and jelly. I miss those stores. They were the real-life incarnation of Food and Stuff from Parks and Recreation.

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