couple weeks…paint first.
Did they do smokes and CO detectors or just the panel? Just wondering how Tonawanda is playing the game these days…
Smokes in every room hard wired, CO on every floor, not hard wired but plugged in.
Nice!
Can they make you redo this according to code?
My house had one smoke detector and no COs when I first went through it up until my inspector went through. Then after that I bought it and it had 2 smokes and 1 CO… None were hard wired though.
Or do you only do it if you redo the electrical?
(which I did, but shh)
NEC code no. Local codes yes. Typically whenever your updating the house service the local inspector will make you do it.
I got some work for ya Bobby.
Nice! I’m on vacation this entire week. Let me know when you want me to stop by.
Lol, enjoy your vacation then…If you want to just stop over, I just have a few questions. I’ll be over there tomorrow with Cheryl around 3:30-4. Got Sears and City Mattress Deliveries tomorrow.
Also, 59cents for a 15amp grounded outlet, and $2+ for a two prong? WTF is with that?
The after pics look great… I don’t think I’d want to sleep in a home that had the “before” in it.
Huge piece of mind knowing this is done. Tons of empty space for expansion, only 100amp service, but I really don’t mind.
The thing I like the most is main shutoff at the panel and under the meter.
What year was the house originally built? I’m guessing mid-1950s? Electrical safety has come a long way since then.
'52. Hey, back then it was hook it up…Does it work?..OK, then we’re good.
Don’t buy the .59 cheapo receptacles. I can get you commercial grade for just over $1 and they are 100x better. At this lower level of product the difference that you will notice is plug retention over time. After about 20 pull outs of say a vacuum the contacts in the cheapo will start to flex and wear and you will notice it barely holding the plug in.
Didn’t buy any yet, link for which ones to buy? Also probably don’t want to run ground outlets without an actual ground wire correct?
Correct.
ok ill post here, i rent a house with really old electrical. the fuses are the round screw in type. also most of my outlets in the house are only 2 prong. what are my options in getting some 3 prong installed? can i use gfci receptacles? i would need 1 for a 7000btu air conditioner and just 2 more in the living room for laptop cords and electronics. is this my only option?
Here is my example:
I can do these for $.94 /E for 15A or $1.02 for 20A (remember, you can use a 15A on a 12GA or 14GA feed, but can not use a 20A on a 14GA feed)
http://www.drillspot.com/products/126335/Hubbell_CR15WHI_Straight_Blade_Receptacle
This is the shitty residential product:
I can sell these for $.38 /E but again I really do not recommend them.
http://www.drillspot.com/products/479172/hubbell_wiring_rr15w_duplex_receptacle
I do not have the non grounding duplex and recommend replacing them anyhow. also DO NOT USE THIS:
unless your box is metal and grounded… which it is probably not. These are a huge fire hazard.
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You can use a GFCI, but be aware that this is only creating a Personnel Protection “ground”. There is still no equipment ground as the receptacle is not tied back to an actual grounding system. All this is effectively doing is providing protection from a wire in a PC coming loose and energizing the case that is tied back to the GFCI via the third wire. This current on the ground wire will cause the GFCI to trip protecting you from getting zapped.
How many of the 15A ones have you got? I don’t have a count on how many I need but I’ll say 20-25 maybe? I also have two GFCI recepticles that are going to go in the kitchen, one I purchased and one I got from my father-in-law. Both obviously grounded, and restrictions? Types?
Under NEC code your options for replacing ungrounded receptacles are:
- Replace with new ungrounded receptacles
- Replace with GFCI (one can cover a whole circuit as long as its first in line on the circuit and the other receptacles are wired off the load side of the GFCI.)
- Run a ground wire to each receptacle.
Those are the only approved ways aside from totally replacing wiring to each recep.
And definitely don’t buy the home depot cheapo brands. You get what you pay for like tpgsr wrote.
I’d go to a supply house. Shanor is right on Hinman across from Innovative.