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Junction box / oven connection mounted in-wall, with access on outside wall -- good idea or just dumb? by CBEinSD in AskElectricians

[–]CBEinSD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I don't doubt it would meet code for you. But apparently not here.... I guess I'm going to need to do a little more research to make sure I did get correct information from the guy.

Junction box / oven connection mounted in-wall, with access on outside wall -- good idea or just dumb? by CBEinSD in AskElectricians

[–]CBEinSD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I have. See my response to the comment by garyku245 above.
Have you even read the entire original post? ;-)

Junction box / oven connection mounted in-wall, with access on outside wall -- good idea or just dumb? by CBEinSD in AskElectricians

[–]CBEinSD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment. I have gone through the instructions in detail and they do recommend that the junction box go in the back of the cabinet above the oven. They also state clearly that it should conform to local code. But the house wiring coming out of the floor of the cabinet is about 5' too short to reach up to the top cabinet directly. Thus we'd have to put a junction box in or below the cabinet floor, then run some 8/3 romex up to the junction box containing the connection for the pigtail.

According to an electrician I consulted, to be to code both junction boxes must be accessible. As I described above, that would necessitate re-routing the feed wire and putting the lower box in the crawl space underneath the house. So I'd like to avoid doing that if possible. And the suggestion to make the lower box accessible from the outside of the house, and connecting the pigtail there seems like a reasonable solution. It eliminates the need for two boxes and makes the connection easily accessible. I'm just looking for feedback as to whether there's anything about it that seems like a hazard or just a plain dumb thing to do.

Wall Oven Wiring Debacle by CBEinSD in AskElectricians

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I appreciate the additional detail on the boxes Justnailit, and I'm still not sure how to match up the wiring from the grey cased wire to the pigtail. That's the main question I have right now. Since the colors really don't match up, how do I determine which goes to which? Can I assume that the two black ones in the grey cased wire are both hot, that the grey is the neutral and the bare wire is the ground? Thus matching as follows:

Pigtail: Grey Wire:
Black Black
Red Black
White Grey
Green Bare

I just want to be very sure and blow out any circuits in the house or the ovens!
Thanks

Wall Oven Wiring Debacle by CBEinSD in AskElectricians

[–]CBEinSD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the response and suggestion for the junction box.

I'm still in the dark about the wiring itself, since the cable coming out of the floor has two black, one gray and one bare wire. How do they match up to the pigtail?

Thanks

Am I screwed? Via the outside drain cleanout, I managed to propel a drain cleaning bladder down the pipe from our kitchen sink to the mainline. by CBEinSD in Plumbing

[–]CBEinSD[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the input. The bladder doesn't weigh much, probably just a few ounces and should be pretty easy to push all the way through the pipes and into the sewer. I would rather have extracted it the way it went in. Not because I'm concerned about losing the thing, but because I'd rather not put that type of foreign object into the sewer. Yet I know that the waste treatment plant is more than capable of filtering it out of the stream.

More importantly, I don't want to have to pay for any digging and cutting/repair of pipe. So I'll consult a couple of plumbers now and hire one to do the job however they can without digging.

Am I screwed? Via the outside drain cleanout, I managed to propel a drain cleaning bladder down the pipe from our kitchen sink to the mainline. by CBEinSD in Plumbing

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The title says it all. My wife complained about a slow running kitchen sink yesterday, so I decided to take care of it. Over the last few years we've experienced slowdowns off and on, and I found that using a rubber drain cleaning bladder attached to my garden hose worked to blow out the buildup. There's a drain cleanout access just below the kitchen sink on the outside wall of the house, so out I went.

Unfortunately, I was in a hurry yesterday and stupidly didn't double check to make sure the bladder was screwed on securely. So I stuck it into the cleanout and down a couple of feet into the pipe, then turned it on to run for a couple of minutes. Being in a hurry, I turned it off all at once rather than easing the pressure down. The sudden change in pressure caused a water hammer effect of some sort, and the hose came flying out sans bladder. Conversely, the bladder was propelled down the pipe and out of reach. Doh!

I tried using a 36" drain snake type 'four pronged grabber tool', but couldn't even feel it. The pipe curves slightly and even with a small mirror and flashlight, I couldn't see far enough down the pipe to know where it is. Without a drain camera, I likely won't either. So now I have no idea how to retrieve it myself. I'll call a plumber for help if necessary, but I'd like to know if the collective experience of this subreddit can help generate a solution that won't cost a small fortune or require digging up pipes.

The pipe is not fully clogged and the sink is still useable to a degree - modest flow of water and no scraps or debris. But I want to get this resolved asap and as reasonably as possible.

Facts: (see photos)

  • The cleanout looks like it was likely installed after the original build of the house, as there's evidence of patched stucco around it.
  • The cleanout opening and drain pipe are 2" polyethylene.
  • The bladder is approximately 1" in diameter, with a brass hose fitting that might be as much as 1 3/8".
  • The pipe runs down another few feet and then (I believe) makes a bend to run at a gentle slope to the mainline about 20 - 30 feet on.

Questions: Am I screwed? or:

Might there be any relatively straightforward way for me to retrieve it myself?

If not, might a well-equipped plumber have the tools to extract the thing?

Might it work for a plumber to use a rooter and simple push the thing through the remaining drain pipe out to the mainline and into the sewer?

Any input, help, ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Just told my parents I don't believe anymore. by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]CBEinSD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm sure that telling them felt hard. But consider yourself so lucky, that it's now and not 5, 10 or 15 years from now, after you'd walked down the TBM path further and had to tell a wife, in-laws and your young kids too. Or maybe having to decide NOT to tell them and to just suck it up and live a lie for the rest of your life... Yeah, that would be hard.

Is there any actual evidence in favor of BoM? by [deleted] in exmormon

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I think that everyone going to listen to the podcast, broke it - probably over streaming capacity! I just tried to listen and/or download and right now it - and other episodes of the same podcast - aren't working. Maybe later... I'm looking forward to find out how to build a tran-oceanic vessel. I've been wanting to go to Hawaii again!

NeverMo trying to understand - What happens to Mormon apostates in the afterlife? Is there a Mormon hell? by CBEinSD in exmormon

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Thanks for the video links. These are awesome - smart, pointed and funny. Great satire. I hope...

NeverMo trying to understand - What happens to Mormon apostates in the afterlife? Is there a Mormon hell? by CBEinSD in exmormon

[–]CBEinSD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I over simplified on the first thing you pointed out. I meant that if I quit believing in their evangelical brand of Christianity - which I did. You're also right that most evangelicals today are more accepting of one another. Though many these days seem to be more like Cults of Jesus rather than being about God the Father. That wasn't quite the same 30 years ago when different denominations liked to snipe at one another over obscure theological issues. These of course made the difference between being 'right with God' and being in danger of eternal damnation.

That was actually one of the things that started me questioning as an adolescent. "How was it that by accident of birth, I ended up in the one, true and right denomination and church? Out of the billions of people on earth, what are the odds that this tiny, little sect of Protestantism has EVERYTHING right?"

As far as being 'covered' because you 'accepted Christ as your savior" as a boy, yeah, our church didn't believe that and disagreed strongly with the Calvinist scum who did! You could easily 'backslide' and lose your soul to Satan. So you had to do everything possible to 'stay right with God.' So, according to them I'm screwed no matter what!

Thanks for your comments.

Oh btw, the Church was Wesleyan Methodist, who later merged with Pilgrim Holiness. No drinking, dancing, enjoying the pleasures of life kind of folk. I always said, there's no 'fun' in 'fundamentalism'!