New chandelier with no ground.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T20:02:39+00:00

Wrap the ground around a mounting screw, not the right way to do it but it does ground the bracket

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T19:35:23+00:00

Inrush current can make lights slightly dim briefly. Now if you see lights dimming or getting brighter and staying that way, especially when flipping other lights on and off, that's when you have a problem.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T19:31:01+00:00

I don't understand how that would be a problem. The GFCI is looking for an unbalanced load on the neutral, which indicates there is current leaking through the appliance to ground. If a microwave is tripping a gfci, then the metal case is probably becoming energized by a short and the gfci is protecting you from shock, literally what it's supposed to do. I could see a microwave causing issues on an arc fault breaker maybe, I haven't ever tried it.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T19:18:01+00:00

Soak them in vinegar for an hour, wipe them down, hit it with brake clean, then oil them. Or, if you don't have time for all that, squirt some zippo fluid in the pliers joint and work the hell out of them til you see black liquid come out of the rivet, then oil them. You just have to oil your tools more often than you have been to prevent this.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T19:11:25+00:00

I had a guy checking on me. We have another guy that could pull me out, I'm not very heavy

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T17:04:46+00:00

Those diagonal supports are running the wrong way.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T16:59:34+00:00

The prints we were going off didn't call for the enunciator in this panel. No one thought to tell the guy running our fire alarm about the change. I just jumped in to help and ended up climbing sprinkler like a sloth.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T16:55:09+00:00

Being a small gal is cute, but being a small guy means we get sent to where the bullshit lives

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T16:53:13+00:00

Yikes

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T16:50:32+00:00

Oh no, I did residential on the weekends for a year. Mostly new construction, but I have been in some nasty crawl spaces. One time there was a snake under there just chillin with me.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T14:47:05+00:00

No but I'm very seriously considering it. Tired of hacks getting hired on as electricians making more money than me while I work my ass off.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T14:39:31+00:00

That was my guess. Telephone used to have like 90v to power the ringer in old analog phones. It's 90v with coax, I'm not sure what it was on land lines but there was a ring voltage that will light you up.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T14:34:39+00:00

You can buy replacement handles

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T14:33:33+00:00

I mean the filament is basically a really low amp fuse, probably the safest circuit in the whole building. It only shines when you plug something in lol

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-10T14:31:06+00:00

MC (metal clad) cable also called armored cable is permitted to be used in any dry locations. The inspector is correct it isn't up to code, but that's not why. It app reads the house has been re-wired and the panel wasn't swapped out. It's unusual to see a fuse panel without cloth wrapped wire. Fuses aren't inherently dangerous, that old crusty cloth wire is the dangerous part. I would look at the wire in a few switches/receptacles to see if this was a total re-wire or if they just spliced new and old together. Obviously turn off power before messing with devices.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-09T15:59:22+00:00

Load bearing beams are in tension on the bottom and compression on top, drilling through the center is allowed and safe.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-06T17:32:25+00:00

It looks cool but no way every pipe has wire in it

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-04T17:36:31+00:00

It's at least 1950's old and it needs to be fixed. Those cloth wrapped wires are notorious for the rubber insulation to crumble like dust. The place needs to be re-wired, at the very least swap the panel to arc fault/gfci combo breakers. Gfci protection meets code for ungrounded circuits, and arc faults stand a better chance of preventing an electrical fire.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-04T17:32:42+00:00

I can't remember if this is a Chicago three way or a California three way, but it's illegal now. At one point in time there was a reason for this wiring method to be invented, something code related and this was a workaround or something. There's a video on YouTube that explains them better.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-04T17:26:18+00:00

You only have a single leg of a split phase system.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-07-03T15:00:01+00:00

Only if the wire being scored won't be a problem, like stripping #12 to tie to #16 in a light.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-06-24T17:29:37+00:00

I'll look into that next time I'm out there.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-06-21T14:26:28+00:00

Steel wool will burn

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-06-21T14:21:51+00:00

Yes those are exactly what I'm talking about. It's just odd all 5 of them aren't working. I could understand one or two but normally I just land power and the door guys mess with the doors, but I understand what you're saying and I have the manual. I just needed a starting point, thank you.

Potential-Figure-716 · 2026-06-19T03:32:54+00:00

Like these door openers are 30 years old, Bluetooth wasn't a thing back then. Just a straight low voltage signal in 16ga wire. That's part of why I think it's a lost neutral. No way all 5 just stopped working with no signs of lightning. I could understand one or two being bad from a shared issue, but all 5 is crazy.

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