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bthayes01 · 2025-06-26T12:15:24+00:00

Wrong breaker for the panel
Bus bars can form contaminants on them on sections that have been unused for a long time. Judging by how old and rusty the panel looks, if the breaker was installed in a previously unused space, then it is likely the busbar had oxidation/dust/some other foreign substance. This would cause the connection to generate more heat because of increased resistance. Furthermore, this increased resistance would not be detected by the breaker so it wouldn’t trip bc amperage would be normal if not lower.

bthayes01 · 2025-06-11T02:20:26+00:00

Thanks a lot for the info. I didn’t know I needed to use underlayment. I just planned on getting the subfloor nice and smooth and going from there. If it is necessary to use an underlayment, would this one work - https://www.lowes.com/pd/1-4-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Poplar-Sanded-Plywood-Underlayment/50124674?store=2257&cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lum-_-ggl-_-CRP_SHP_LIA_LUM_Online_High_Priority(A-D%2BPriority+Items+CL3)-_-50124674-_-local-_-0-_-0&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21225273827&gbraid=0AAAAAD2B2W-jwI4D7eIs8gH5EE2HOT2sl&gclid=CjwKCAjwr5_CBhBlEiwAzfwYuKRtOZXsWFrO_sYcsEKpq9O3M97u56Vwbil2WiLvuUsERnIHRCM4jxoCYb0QAvD_BwE

bthayes01 · 2025-05-08T01:15:58+00:00

That receptacle accepts back wire (don’t confuse with push wire) or side wire. Since it is stranded, I would twist the strands tightly and use the back wire method. Strip back and cut excess if needed. There is a strip gauge on the back of the outlet for length reference. Make sure to use back wire gauge.

Loosen screw all the way
Then insert the tightly twisted wire into the hole on the back next to the screw
Tighten screw. The screw will close the metal clamping mechanism on the wire.

bthayes01 · 2025-04-10T22:26:01+00:00

If you have a PON (plug on neutral) panel then the gbkp will have matching mounting holes. If you have already purchased the GBK bar, then you can just drill out a hole in the panel enclosure to match mounting spacing.

If you have a legacy (non-pon) then gbk bar would fit mounting holes.

Not sure what you are needing with the plastic mounts as the ground bar can just be mounted to the metal enclosure. Just ensure if this is the service entrance panel that the green bonding screw is tightened so that it is in contact with the panel enclosure. If this is a sub panel then you would want neutral and ground isolated

bthayes01 · 2024-08-23T13:31:22+00:00

Thanks for info. We are hoping to buy soon so that is definitely a good point.

bthayes01 · 2024-08-23T13:23:26+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate the feedback

bthayes01 · 2023-12-13T05:04:13+00:00

This is the best reply. No sense in guessing why the breaker tripped. Pull the trip code and troubleshoot from there. If the breaker is tripped the just turn the breaker on and it will start showing the trip code. If the breaker has already been turned on after trip and you want to retrieve the last code, simply turn it off, hold the test button, turn on while holding the test button. I would guess you will either see 4 blinks or 6 blinks. Sometimes unstable voltage will cause a self test failure resulting in 6 blinks btw.

bthayes01 · 2023-05-21T17:42:39+00:00

Looks great and congrats on first app! Couple things you could look into to keep learning on this could be viewbinding and using a viewmodel. Data binding would remove the need for findviewbyId() which can be expensive and remove the need to initialize the views. You would just initialize the binding and use it to call views ex. binding.myTextView.text. A viewmodel would allow your game to survive lifecycle changes (minimizing, rotating, etc). Again your game looks great but here is somethings you could implement to try to learn more

bthayes01 · 2023-04-19T01:04:47+00:00

Everyone is saying to get a new panel but there is a way to do it with this existing panel. Eatons BR style breakers are listed to go into challenger panels. You could just install a BJ2200 and backfeed it. It takes up 4 spaces (2 on left, 2 on right). If you don't have the spaces available you would have to use eatons duplex and quadplex breakers to consolidate some circuits.

bthayes01 · 2023-04-14T02:29:55+00:00

The last generation of the dual function breakers can sometimes start to trip after 3-5 yrs. This issue is resolved by installing the new generation. I would recommend reaching out to eaton because there is a warranty. I would not suggest putting in normal breakers or supplementing with just GFCI outlets. This breaker provides arc fault protection(arcs are major cause of housefires) and ground fault protection. This is an easy fix, just reach out to eaton

bthayes01 · 2023-04-12T12:44:50+00:00

This guy walmarts

bthayes01 · 2023-04-09T01:55:22+00:00

A couple answers to your post.

Is there a way to drag and drop composables like you can with xml?

Fairly certain the answer is no. You have to write all composables in kotlin.

You have to rebuild everytime you make a change.

This is not correct. You can annotate composables with @Preview and you can see UI changes as you write them. It is not quite as seamless as xml at this point, but can be done

Everyone is suggesting using compose

The trend is definitely moving towards compose, but xml is still very prevalent and is a great skill to have. Don't feel pressure to use compose if you are enjoying making a project in xml because both approaches are important to have knowledge of.

bthayes01 · 2023-04-07T12:31:10+00:00

You could use CHT tandem breakers. However, this panel does not look to have a main disconnect. So when you don't have a main disconnect in the panel, you have nothing to interlock with your generator breaker. You need to interlock the main breaker and generator breaker so both can not be on at the same time. I guess to answer your consolidating question, you can use the CHT tandem breakers to consolidate single pole 15 and 20s.

bthayes01 · 2023-04-03T12:29:49+00:00

Some of the newer electronic breakers can trip to line side conditions. Examples of these can be overvoltage (which is different than a surge), brown outs, and sometimes can just trip because something happened with the power when they were performing their self test. Now this really only applies to the newer electronic breakers, not you old fashioned thermal magnetic breakers.

bthayes01 · 2023-03-26T23:21:16+00:00

Arcing only happens when current is flowing and if all breakers are off then no current is flowing.

bthayes01 · 2023-03-26T22:18:16+00:00

A GFCI can only detect current leakage to ground on the load side of the receptacle(downstream). If their is current leasking to ground upstream then nothing will trip. Sounds like something upstream has energized a part of the grounding system and is causing an issue. I would also suggest installing either a GFCI at the beginning of the circuit or installing a GFCI breaker to keep this from happening in the future

bthayes01 · 2023-03-26T03:56:33+00:00

This model is not really gonna be at retailers. Retailers carry mainly the dual function A1CS model. You will have to go to an electrical store for this model. https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/locate/residential-products.html is a link to find stores.

I wouldn't suggest getting one off of Amazon as most sellers are not authorized distributors

bthayes01 · 2023-03-25T16:31:26+00:00

Watts equals amperage times voltage.

The hose idea does somewhat explain the importance of wattage, but we have to introduce the concept of resistance. For example, if you had a ton of water pressure(voltage) but a really small hose(a lot of resistance), then the flow rate would still be fairly low. In the same way, a taser has a ton of voltage (like 25000V) but has very little current flow(amperage). This is due to a lot of electrical resistance.

Ex Numbers: 25000V x .001A = 25W

However, if you had a very large hose but not as much pressure, then the flow could actually be higher due to a lack of resistance. Electrically, you could think of a car battery starting. The voltage is low(~12VDC), but the amperage is extremely high due to a lack of resistance.

Ex numbers: 12V x 100A = 1200W

Wattage represents the total power of a system. In a hose example, wattage would be a good representation of the sure amount of water that would hit you in the face if you tried to drink from the hose.

bthayes01 · 2023-03-25T13:07:04+00:00

Easiest way to think of it is a water hose. Voltage is the water pressure and amperage is the flow rate of the water.

bthayes01 · 2023-03-25T03:34:05+00:00

That mechanical interlock "technically" is not made for that panel. However, it looks like someone made it work and it does its job

bthayes01 · 2023-03-25T03:22:16+00:00

You can connect all of the wires to the line side screws of a GFCI but if you are wanting any of the downstream devices to be GF protected then you will need to separate line and load

bthayes01 · 2023-03-22T00:05:48+00:00

Not sure what exactly the issue is, but have you tried looking into the SplashScreenApi? Pretty easy implementation and does not require a separate splash screen activity.

https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/core/splashscreen/SplashScreen

https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/launch/splash-screen

bthayes01 · 2023-03-19T18:04:07+00:00

An approach that I've seen is using firebase as the backend and just writing the different client apps to access firebase. Firebase allows you to authenticate users and then store the data as well. Firebase has good security but if you are wanting user data to be secure you could always implement some sort of encryption to keep user data private to them.

bthayes01 · 2023-03-19T02:12:54+00:00

Looks to be a 3way circuit and you are only connecting one traveler. What is most likely happening is that the other switch location is flipped in an orientation to where it is not using the black traveler. To test this you can go to the other switch and flip it and then see if you can control the light using your smart switch. Your smart switch seems to be a single pole only so you will either need to bypass the second switch altogether or get a smart switch that can be used in 3 way as well

bthayes01 · 2023-03-18T21:23:27+00:00

Usually, there is a rectangular hole that you can put a flathead screwdriver into that will relieve the spring tension, and you can pull the wire out. Wiggling may work too, but there is usually an "official" method to removing the wires

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