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  • in reply to: Required grounding Electrodes #298197
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    * Both of you bring out tons of information and techniques. I applaud both of you!
    * Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: clock #296844
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    * The speed of the clock motor is determined by the line frequency, mainly 60 Hertz.
    * Check the clock and see if it is a 50 Hertz clock.
    * I don’t know what the effect 60hz will have on a 50hz motor, but it’s something to consider…
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: 3-Way Switch #295735
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    * You have two switches. Each has a Common, a N/C (Normally Closed) and a N/O (Normally open.
    * Wiring a 3-way switch.
    * Switch#1. The hot wire goes to the common of Switch 1.
    * N/O from switch#1 goes to N/O of Switch#2.
    * N/C from Switch#1 goes to N/C of switch#2.
    * The light fixture. Black wire goes to Common on Switch#2
    * White wire from the fixture goes to Neutral wire.
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: wiring #295346
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    * If you don’t know how to use a Volt/Ohm Meter… Call an Electrician.
    * If you do then:
    *1 Turn off Power to the wires.
    *2 Measure resistance from white wires to copper wire, earth ground. THEY MUST be at zero ohms.
    *3 If the white wires are at Zero Ohms, using a wire nut, tie the white wires together, including a jumper to the light fixture white wire.
    *4. Measure the black wires to copper wire. Must be open (infinite resistance).
    *5 If black wires are open then turn on power.
    *6 Measure VOLTAGE from copper wire to each Black Wire. Keep track of which have voltage (120 volts).
    *7 Flick the light switch on and off. Determine which Black wire responds to the switch. Connect that wire to the fixture black wire with a wire nut.
    *8 The other black wires probably go to following outlets, unless they are also hot. In that case, you have another circuit that is passing through the junction box and has nothing to do with you light fixture.
    *9 If you have another hot wire, turn off the circuit breakers until you find which conrols the other hot wire. Determine where that hot wire chould go.
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper..

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: electrical outlet problem #294858
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    * Put your voltmeter the failing outlet to measure the voltage.
    * Trip your Circuit Breakers until you find the one that supplys the voltage to that circuit.
    * Check the voltage on all other outlets to find the ones that don’t have 120 volts at this time.
    * You should now have all the outlets that are on that Circuit Breaker.
    * As you said, you have an open Neutral (white) wire going to the two failing outlets
    * At the outlet, that is closest to the two failing breakers, check the white wire that leaves the working outlet for being loose.
    * If it’s ok, check the white wire on all the outlets. Tighten all of them.
    *Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

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    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper

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    * I assume that your house is built on a slab and that the wall next to your bedrooms is on the bottom of a slope.
    * I further assume that the ground is above your slab in elevation. This will allow water to come in through the brick weep holes or to come in under the wooden sole plates in the wall.
    * Fix: Dig a trench that is 2 inches deeper than the slab top level. And, that the trench has a slope to draw water away from the slab.
    * You may even dig the trench deeper to allow you to install a perforated PVC drain pipe sloping away from the house.
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: shelves in an “A” frame house #294790
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    * You said: “The only problem with that is if one leg goes straight to the ground we lose all of the space behind that leg or legs, our angled walls go all the way to the ground, we only have 2 square(right angle) walls in the whole house and one of them is in the bathroom.
    Note:
    * The narrow side of the leg goes to the front and the wide side goes toward the back. All that space behind the front leg is accessable. The front leg is straight up and down (90 degrees from floor). The rear leg is mounted to the sloping ceiling/Wall.
    * The lowest shelf will be the widest and each succeding shelf will be narrower.
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: shelves in an “A” frame house #294788
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    * Look at the shelves on this website. They have A-frame shelves where one leg is straight up and the other leg is angled to the floor.
    * I would suggest that the angled legs be put up against the A-Frame wall and the other legs at 90 degress to the ceiling.
    * Mount the shelves at your needed height to acccomodate the pictures, vases or what ever you want to display.
    * Make the Shelves along the whole wall or whatever portion you want.
    * http://www.organize.com/a-frame-shelving-unit-espresso.html
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: Hey, Jasper #294754
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    * I had both knees replaced with titanium.
    * Muscles slow kicking in. Feels like I’m walking on stilts and somewhat unstable.
    * Still a slow process but slowly improving.
    * Thanks for asking!
    * Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: GFCI & Switch #294753
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    * Here’s a website you may want to look at.
    * Seems like the switch may or may not be be used in the GFCI circuit, protected or not protected depending on how you wire it.
    * Scroll down a page or two until you see the switch mentioned.

    http://www.thecircuitdetective.com/gfis.htm

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: GFCI switch #294679
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    You said:
    My bathroom is wired through one GFCI. The GFCI plug is working but the other plugs are only reading 80 volts.
    * I assume that:
    * You measured 120 volts at line side of GFCI.
    * You measured 120 volts at LOAD side of GFCI.
    * Assuming that is the case then the cable going from the GFCI to The first plug is measuring 80 volts?
    * If that’s the case, then the cable at the GFCI is not making good contact or the cable at the first plug is not making good contact.
    * God luck… Adios… Jasper..

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: 220 dryer plug #294437
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    * Has the Dryer worked at the new location?
    * Measure inside of the junction box, Do you have 240 Volts?
    * Is your measurement made with the Dryer plugged in? If so, one of the phases is open at the plug or at the Dryer Breaker. and you are reading the same 240 volkts going into the dryer and comes out of the other side
    * At the circuit breaker for the dryer, measure the 240 going into the breaker and for the 240 going out of the breaker, with the dryer plugged in and with the Dryer not plugged in. If there is no voltage at the breaker with the dryer unplugged, then the Dryer 240 Breaker is bad.
    * If you have 240 going out of the Breaker, then some one is running a single phase to both sides of the Dryer 229 volt junction box.
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: also #294287
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    * The “Torque and Twist” procedure has resolved many a Large Mainframe Computer problem. Weird unresolvable problems have been eliminated by going through the power supply’s and power strips and doing the T and T.
    * At Mission Control at NASA, we would every few months do a T and T on the Mission Computers. Many unresolved problems would just go away!
    * It is a good idea to torque the unused screws on any recepticle. The jumper between the screws provides voltage to the other outlet. A loose screw can vibrate and open the circuit then make contact again. Hard to find.
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

    in reply to: electrical outlets in series #294282
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    * Strip about 6 inches of the cable cover to expose the 3 wires,
    * Remove 1/2 inch of insulation from each wire.
    * Get a 6 inch Black wire, A 6 inch white wire and a 6 inch copper wire.
    * Connect the 3 black wires together using a wire nut.
    * Connect the three White wires using a wire nut.
    * Connect the 3 copper wires using a wire nut.
    * This leaves you with 3 pigtail wires.
    * Connect the Black wire to the Gold screw.
    * Connect the White wire to the silver screw
    * Connect the Copper Ground wire to the Ground screw on the outlet.
    * Run the cable to the next outlet and do the same.
    * There will be only one cable at the last outlet.
    * Good luck… Adios… Jasper…

    Jasper Castillo

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