[Jasper]

1. What color are all the wires at the switch box?
2. One side of the recepticle, silver terminal, is for the White wire (Neutral). The other side, Gold Terminal, is for the “hot” Red wire. There may be two holes on the back side of the recepticle. The hole on the silver terminal side of the recepticle connects internally to the silver terminal. The hole on the gold terminal of the recepticle connects internally to the gold terminal. To connect a wire into this hole, strip about ½ inch of insulation and push the wire into the hole. Wire should not come out when tugged.
3. Connect the two black wires, Hot wires, at the junction box but not to the recepticle. One wire comes from the power panel circuit breaker the other goes to the switch box and connects to the gold side of the switch.
4. The red wire comes from the other terminal on the switch and connects to the junction box recepticle on the gold terminal.
5.Connect the white wire to the silver terminal screw on the recepticle. Connect the other white wire to the same silver terminal.
6. Call an electrician if this doesn’t work.
Adios… Jasper.

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

Cable#1, comes from the power panel. There will be 120 volts AC across the black and white wire on that cable. The red wire is not used.
Cable#1 white wire connects to the recepticle silver terminal
Cable#1 black wire connects to cable#2 black wire which goes to the switch, does not connect to recepticle.
Cable#2 red wire connects to recepticle gold terminal then connects to Switch gold terminal.
Cable#2 White wire is not used.

This assumes you have one switch box which houses the switch and one outlet box which houses the recepticle.
Adios… Jasper

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

A Tape has the same measurements as a 1 foot ruler or a yard stick. There are 4,8,16 or 32 increments between two inch markers. The 4 marks being 1/4 inch, the 8 markers being 1/8 inch, the 16 marks being 1/16 inch etc. There is a foot marker at the 12 inch, 24 inch, 36 inch and at every 12 inches. Most tapes will give you both the number of inches and the number of feet. Suggest you getting a tape and studying it, It’s not difficult… Adios… Jasper.

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

1. You say that there are no recepticles.
2. You say you have two outlets. Are these junction boxes where wires are spliced/connected?
3. What does the switch switch? A light? A recepticle?
4. When you say 6 cables, do you mean two cables with three wires apiece, one White, One Black and one red?
5. What do you want this circuit to do? Switch a light on/off? Switch a recepticle on off? Is one of the outlet boxes just a passthrough?
Tell me what you want to do and I’ll give you the wiring hookups…
Adios… Jasper

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

I bought a Whirlpool Washer and Dryer at Lowes. My wife put in a load and it is so quiet that I didn’t realize that it was running! If you machine is making noises when it is working, Check for any objects under the washer agitator. Check your 120 volts feeding your washer. Make sure it is at least 110 volts. Try a different outlet just in case there is a loose wire impeding the current in the outlet. And as a last resort, call your Whirlpool repair man. tell him what your machine is doing. It may save you a service call. Adios… Jasper.

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

As the article said, where the light fixture is placed depends on what it will be used for. If its for kitchen work then place it up front. If its to display an item such as a picture, statue or a plate then place the strip just in front of where the item is to be placed. I really enjoy this forum…
Adios… Jasper

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

You’ll get many hits on that. Here’s one commentary:

Where Should Under Cabinet Lighting Be Placed?
When under cabinet lighting is being used for task lighting such as in a kitchen it should be installed at or near the front of the cabinet to which it is attached. Your contractor may insist that you install it near the back wall but we suggest that you insist that it be installed as close to the face of the cabinet as possible. This position will provide the best and safest task lighting for working in the kitchen. If, on the other hand, the under cabinet lighting in question is intended to provide accent lighting for a work of art housed in a single cabinet, for example, then this under cabinet light fixture should be positioned just forward of center in order to properly light the art piece.

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

If the floor of that room at the high point is even with the rest of the house, then the thickness is “0” inches at that point. On the other end, the thickness is “2” inches. If the thickness was a consistant 2 inches, then the amount of concrete would be 1.2 cubic yards. But the thickness is not consistant, therefore I would think that its more on the order of about a half a yard. Perhaps someone with Calculus knowledge can figure the cubic feet required. Regular concrete has pebbles/rocks mixed in it. It would be hard to work it flat at the thin end, unless you mix the concrete yourself. In that case, just mix portland and sand. Adios… Jasper

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[Jasper]

check out this site from Texas A&M University;

http://www.keidel.com/resource/sewage/texasam.pdf

Again, I am so happy with my aerobic system. All the water that comes into the house goes out as waste water and all of it is used to water my lawn. After treatment by the aerobic system the water is 85 to 98% pure.
Check it out… Adios.. Jasper

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

What the wire is made of has no bearing on this problem. It works just like a copper wire would.

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

This is a fantastic system if you need a septic system. First waste leaves the House/Trailer and goes into the first tank. There the waste settles. The water flows out into a second tank. This tank is special. An air pump pumps air into a lot of tubing which aerates the water. This then flows to a third tank. On the way to the tank the water passes through a chlorine station which purifies the water. The third tank collects the clean water. When a sensor detects that the tank is full, a pump is turned on which pumps the water to 6 water sprinklers that water your grass. This system is inspected quarterly and reported to the state, in my case Texas. This system, unlike the system with lateral lines, is not affected by rain. I couldn’t flush my toilets when I had lateral lines. Now when it’s raining the hardest, it gives me extreme pleasure to flush the toilet as often as i like. Check it out…
Adios… Jasper.

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

There are appliances that lower humidity. Generally your furnace will cutdown the humidity. I had a problem where I doubled up on the air filter and that affected my humidity level. I went back to the 1 inch thick filter and that corrected my problem.
Adios… Jasper.

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

Most likely that room used to be a garage. Sloped to allow water to drain out. Somewhere along the way, someone enclosed the garage. I imagine that they drywalled it all the way to the floor. What needs to be done is to remove the carpet. Mark a level line around to room. At this mark cut the drywall. There will probably be a 2×4 on the floor where the wall was framed to close the garage entrance. Install a board against the 2×4 to bring it up to the mark.
At this point you should have a level form. Pour in self leveling concrete into the form to where you have a level floor. Better still, have a concrete man do it for you… Adios… Jasper

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[Jasper]

Note: Assume Power cable comes from the panel to the first outlet.

Note: Wire#1 and wire#2 are swapped at the first outlet, assuming you did nothing at the switches themselves.

Wire#1.Black wire (Hot) comming from panel does not connect to outlets. It continues to the switches. This is a HOT wire and is making the outlets hot.

Wire#2.Red or Black comming from Switches connects to copper terminal at the first outlet then continues to the copper terminal at the second outlet.

Wire#3.White wire (neutral) comming from power panel hooks to outlet silver terminal. It then continues to the other outlet. This wire does not go to the switchs. Just power panel to outlet#1 then to outlet#2

Wire#4. Copper wire (earth ground) ties to outlet#1 ground then continues to outlet#2 ground.

Adios… Jasper.

Jasper Castillo

[Jasper]

Possibly his CB was blown due to high current even though it should have tripped when the current was exceded. Or, it could be that the CB developed an internal short. But by this time, he does have a hot wire going to the j-box. Your advice will help locate the failing leg (at this time) and resolve the problem.
Adios… Jasper.

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