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    • Bill Kibbel
      Watch out for those nanny cams
      1 hour ago, Tom Raymond said:

      Isn't the purpose of licensing for consumer protection? Guess that's not important anymore.

      New NJ law effective summer of 2021.   It is now illegal for professional licensing boards to "discriminate" against candidates based on any criminal history or criminal conduct.

      Apparently, public protection = discrimination.

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    • DIMMER SWITCH

      By AME
      In one of the bedrooms we have a slide dimmer. On the silver backing it reads 120VAC/60HZ Permanent installed 600W max, 2 GANG 500W or Incand. Fixtures 3 or more GANG 400W It goes to the top outlet across the room. I have never heard of a ceiling and outlet on the same switch. Does that mean once the fixture is up the drive will only go to that? Meaning one is in lieu of the other, right? Maybe the ceiling has to be run on a pull chain? Remote? We want to put a permanent fixture fo

    • Boiler patched?

      By Mike Lamb
      60 year old Bryant steam boiler. Does the cast iron look more recently patched or could this be from original manufacturing? I didn't see the boiler fire but there was water in the sight-glass. No leaks.  

    • Roof Maxx: What's The Scoop

      By hausdok
      I've seen this stuff advertised. Some Ohio inspector who claims to do more than 4,000 inspections a year (😂) is endorsing the stuff. It looks to me like it's probably a clear acrylic with a solvent base that, once sprayed on, soaks into asphalt and softens it and then the acrylic coating acts as a sealer and prevents the surface from sloughing off. Anyone had experience with this stuff being used on houses for sale? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike

    • Ceiling cracks

      By Jerry Simon
      My drywalled basement ceiling, approx. 27' x 13', applied to TJI ceiling trusses (upper and lower rails separated by OSB).  Two drywall seam cracks, four feet apart, running entire 27' length of room, cracks perpendicular to trusses.  Zero noticeable flex to floor, and minimal live loads above, and minimal dead loads, biggest being a refrigerator at middle third of span. I could see having these cracks if they were running parallel to the trusses, where just a couple flexing trusses could c

    • Siding t11 or masonite

      By merle
      home built 1990 appears to have t11 compoist siding, does it have the waffle texture on the back?  Or is it masonite? Does either contain asbestos?  Very concerned Thanks

    • York heat pump board help

      By ritter0404
      Have a York 3.5 ton heat pump condenser. Last Friday the system went down and I tested and found the board to be the culprit. Replaced the board and not even 24 hours later same issue. 5 resistors under the relays are overheating and I can't figure out why. Unplugged the yellow wire on the y terminal and the bottom blue resistor cooled down. Checked voltage at t-stat wire and is 24 volts. Yellow wire has 24 volts on cool. 

    • Hardie Vertical Siding at Floor System

      By CNewhouse
      When inspecting Hardie panel siding on new builds, I see it spanning floor systems about half of the time. Maybe more. Hardie's installation details require a horizontal seam in the siding at each floor system. I call it out when I see it done incorrectly, and the builders always respond as expected. "I've been doing it this way for years and I've never had a problem!" I'm curious. Have any of you even seen damage to Hardie panels because of the missing horizontal seam at a floor system? 

    • Brown liquid running down side of home

      By Gregg
      Hello,   I am new to this space.  I found it after I found this brown liquid coming out of the stucco on under my covered entry and looking for possible causes.  I believe I have seen others on this site call it a cola like color...which is accurate.  I tried to clean it today using Dawn soap and water....using a firm scrub brush to no avail.  This is stained...and continues to leak.  I have a six year old home that I purchased a year ago.  The house had its original color and there we

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      DIMMER SWITCH

      You must never have a dimmer controlling a receptacle outlet. Doing so could fry non-incandescent or non-resistant loads plugged into the outlet. Imagine how your computer would appreciate having its power supply "dimmed." The mere fact that you have a dimmer controlling a receptacle outlet means that people who had no idea what they were doing were messing with the wiring. As Tom said, call an electrician.
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      Jim Katen in Electrical Forum
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      DIMMER SWITCH

      Hire an electrician.
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      Tom Raymond in Electrical Forum
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      DIMMER SWITCH

      In one of the bedrooms we have a slide dimmer. On the silver backing it reads 120VAC/60HZ Permanent installed 600W max, 2 GANG 500W or Incand. Fixtures 3 or more GANG 400W It goes to the top outlet across the room. I have never heard of a ceiling and outlet on the same switch. Does that mean once the fixture is up the drive will only go to that? Meaning one is in lieu of the other, right? Maybe the ceiling has to be run on a pull chain? Remote? We want to put a permanent fixture for the ceiling.The fixture is a 2 bulb bowl style. How do you make the dimmer work with the fixture not the outlet?
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      AME in Electrical Forum
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      Roof Maxx: What's The Scoop

      yes and no. it is a solvent base for asphalt shingles. penetrates and viola' it extends life by 231years!
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      Les in Roof Forum
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      Ceiling cracks

      Jerry Simon in Interiors & Appliances

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    • Jim Katen
      DIMMER SWITCH

      By Jim Katen · Posted

      You must never have a dimmer controlling a receptacle outlet. Doing so could fry non-incandescent or non-resistant loads plugged into the outlet. Imagine how your computer would appreciate having its power supply "dimmed." The mere fact that you have a dimmer controlling a receptacle outlet means that people who had no idea what they were doing were messing with the wiring.  As Tom said, call an electrician. 
    • Tom Raymond
      DIMMER SWITCH

      By Tom Raymond · Posted

      Hire an electrician.
    • AME
      DIMMER SWITCH

      By AME · Posted

      In one of the bedrooms we have a slide dimmer. On the silver backing it reads 120VAC/60HZ Permanent installed 600W max, 2 GANG 500W or Incand. Fixtures 3 or more GANG 400W It goes to the top outlet across the room. I have never heard of a ceiling and outlet on the same switch. Does that mean once the fixture is up the drive will only go to that? Meaning one is in lieu of the other, right? Maybe the ceiling has to be run on a pull chain? Remote? We want to put a permanent fixture for the ceiling.The fixture is a 2 bulb bowl style. How do you make the dimmer work with the fixture not the outlet?
    • Les
      Roof Maxx: What's The Scoop

      By Les · Posted

      yes and no.  it is a solvent base for asphalt shingles.  penetrates and viola' it extends life by 231years!
    • Jerry Simon
      Ceiling cracks

      By Jerry Simon · Posted

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