jasejase Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I change mine on a weekly basis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated thefultonhow Posted March 16, 2016 I Donated Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yeah, WTF Nils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Thought you guys would appreciate this. Been working on the house and figured I'd share a few photos (with full album my wife has been keeping sort of up to date):Â What we started with:Â Â What we found under the carpets:Â Â Â Â Garbage that the previous owners left (they left us more crap furniture than we moved in with)Â Â New floors:Â Â New stairs (needed 3 separate steps):Â Â Decided to take down the sheet rock and start fresh:Â Â Good thing, found there was an electrical fire:Â Â Inspector missed:Â Â New walls, electrical, floors, stairs, railings, etc. (Walls are finally painted now... new doors are going in shortly):Â Â Obligatory pet pic: Â Â OH, and we didn't notice that this was our front door until after we moved in:Â If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 That painted sink! Â Nice work man! Heck of a project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Knob and tube can't have insulation batting around that... that's probably why there was an electrical fire. Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 That painted sink!  Nice work man! Heck of a project. we originally hated it. Now my wife wants to paint the bathroom greyish - change everything else and leave the sink. For some reason she thinks it'll be "gardeny" If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Knob and tube can't have insulation batting around that... that's probably why there was an electrical fire. Nice work! There's currently no knob and tube - but there's a clusterfuck mix of aluminum and copper. At least they had someone come in and do the copalum crimps everywhere. So I'll be re-wiring the house as I go along. If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 ALuminum isn't HORRIBLE, as long as you get the retro work done to make it safer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yeah, I'd rather not have any aluminum - especially with the mix of copper and aluminum. Each room I re-do, I'm just gonna run a new homerun to the room and start fresh. If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 There's currently no knob and tube - but there's a clusterfuck mix of aluminum and copper. At least they had someone come in and do the copalum crimps everywhere. So I'll be re-wiring the house as I go along.  Looks kind of like sheathed knob and tube coming out of that switch (I had a lot of the stuff in my house)... either way. Rewiring with romex is best, as long as you know what you're doing. From the looks of it, you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I thought it might have been as well, but it's not. Some of the original house wiring is around and it's the cloth insulated 2 conductor wiring (no ground). At some point they started upgrading to aluminum and copper. It's a complete mix. I'm assuming the copper was done after the fire (1989). COPALUM crimps were done in the early-mid 90s.  I'm just glad the panel is fairly new. Though I need to add a SPD to it. If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I need to upgrade my panel... kind of want to upgrade to a 200A service just so I don't have to run the mini/split/double breakers to add circuits. I really don't need 200A if I can ditch my electric dryer (30A double-wide breaker) and go back to gas like I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snm95ls Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Nemo, that looks so much nicer. I really don't understand why people carpet over hardwood floors.   Also, I thought we already had the what is and what is not knob and tube in this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Nemo, that looks so much nicer. I really don't understand why people carpet over hardwood floors. :Â Â Because the 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snm95ls Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Because the 80's So it will become popular again soon then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 We have hardwood throughout our bedrooms, hallways, etc... Everything except the living room (excluding bathrooms/kitchen). I wanted to put it in the living room, but the wife urged me not to. Especially with a little kid. I gotta say, the carpet is nice when you're crawling around the floor, or in the winter, when you're chillin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 I need to upgrade my panel... kind of want to upgrade to a 200A service just so I don't have to run the mini/split/double breakers to add circuits. I really don't need 200A if I can ditch my electric dryer (30A double-wide breaker) and go back to gas like I want. Do the math, you probably don't really need it.  We have electric heat in our finished basement, a pool, window AC's, an electric dryer/range, etc. We're still on 100a. You have to really look at whats going to be on at the same time.  On a side note, I may swap out panels because Im running out space. While im doing that I may just go ahead and upgrade to 200a. My electrician treats me well (i'll have him do that job), and it does add some value to the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated thefultonhow Posted March 17, 2016 I Donated Share Posted March 17, 2016 Lolwut. Neighbors have a pool and electric heat with 200A and apparently almost burned up their main feed line at the panel, it was so overloaded. Â BTW, I found a tandem dual pole 40A breaker for my AC and wall oven, so I get 2 spaces back in my panel! Just have to install it now. It's sitting on my kitchen island. Â Spent the day trying to fish some coax to the second floor of my parents' house. My dad is getting a knee replacement in a month and there was no TV hookup upstairs, and he'll be recovering up there. What a PITA. My parents had some weatherization done and the contractors uses spray foam all along the foundation. They have brick veneer and no barriers between floors between it and the drywall, but the foam was in the way. Finally just used an ethernet cable that was installed pre-foam to fish the coax, then refished the ethernet when I pulled the fish tape out. Wasted 3 hours only to have it take 3 minutes when I did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Do the math, you probably don't really need it.  We have electric heat in our finished basement, a pool, window AC's, an electric dryer/range, etc. We're still on 100a. You have to really look at whats going to be on at the same time.  On a side note, I may swap out panels because Im running out space. While im doing that I may just go ahead and upgrade to 200a. My electrician treats me well (i'll have him do that job), and it does add some value to the house. If we have the dryer running and the central AC kicks on, any light in the house dims, my computer speakers click, etc. 200a is probably not needed (nor will it fix that issue) but 150a service doesn't exist and moar is better, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 If we have the dryer running and the central AC kicks on, any light in the house dims, my computer speakers click, etc. 200a is probably not needed (nor will it fix that issue) but 150a service doesn't exist and moar is better, right?  Honestly - it's still gonna happen even if you upgrade to a 200A service. To get rid of the dimming in that situation, you need to bring a 3 phase service to your house - which the utility will happily do if you pay them If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated thefultonhow Posted March 17, 2016 I Donated Share Posted March 17, 2016 Honestly - it's still gonna happen even if you upgrade to a 200A service. To get rid of the dimming in that situation, you need to bring a 3 phase service to your house - which the utility will happily do if you pay them I don't have 3 phase and that doesn't happen to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Are you running a 30A dryer and have the same size condenser as him? To alleviate the problem you can try to switch up the phases that the circuits are on. If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 My both my dryer and AC condenser on each on 30A circuits... the rest of the house has a relatively low power draw. Gas range (HATE electric), gas water heater, almost every bulb is CFL, LED TVs... I just want to ditch the electric dryer and long term, get a more efficient AC condenser. While that's happening, moving my furnace/AC out of the dead center of my basement would be awesome too but I'll do that all in one go when replacement time comes for it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCASEYS Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Your AC startup amp draw is the problem motors require more amps for startup then when running(u knew that) I donated to LegacyGT.com which allows me to have this nifty signature. Â Â If anything SCASEYS posts ever becomes a sticky i'm gonna light this whole place on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmoore5 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Most likely the voltage drop is caused by current in the service cable rising too much for the size of conductor, a larger service would likely alleviate the lights dimming. Poor connections on the service conductors or the lighting circuit breakers would also cause a drop. just my opinion and experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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