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| Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on August 24, 2020, 07:38:46 am --- --- Quote from: Howard_Casto on August 23, 2020, 04:00:00 pm ---I thought automated projects was for stuff like a rotating monitor.... you know back before lcds were cheap and people still wanted to do stuff like that. --- End quote --- Thanks Howard. I see why everyone loves you now. --- End quote --- Not sure what that attitude was all about I'm being serious. We just had to talk an old timer out of putting a lcd in a cabinet they restored. |
| nitrogen_widget:
I tried to replace a dimmer switch in my parents living room for the ceiling fan that was also on a 3-way circuit. after hooking it up and turning it on there was the loudest hum from the switch and the breaker in the basement when I took it from off to half brightness. I called my buddy the electrician and he reminded me that he does the AC and I do the DC. :) I can't do house wiring for crap. But I can find the fusible link for a mid-70's rear defroster using the schematic in the chiltons manual. pretty sure it's the only reason my friends kept me around. |
| Osirus23:
Dimmer switches are great at making things buzz and hum. |
| jennifer:
T/gamer... After rereading your post a few times, left me with more questions than answers (will have to research A bit more in depth), However our conductors over here are like yours in a flat cable, (2 insulated with 1 bare ground) the only real difference there is it is generally a solid core wire, not stranded...like the Old guy says, rather than a center tap, the fuse panel kind of acts more as an adder through a circuit breaker (120v X 2 for the 220v), and from there througout the building 14 ga wire is used, on shorter runs, and some times 12 or 10ga. for more current demanding circuits, or longer runs,, and like said earlier, quite common to twist the wires together in junction boxes along the way, basicly just adding to the circuit (without over loading it, but by design), and then with like dimmers/3 way switches the wiring can get quite elaborate at this point even confusing, since then the wiring is run point to point as extentions of the switch, and depending on how it was done you may even find a black wire tied to a group of whites at some point (generally not more than 4 at any 1 connection however)...As for your circuits, it doesn't sound the same, starting with the 220 inputs at assumed quite high amp, on the surface sounds like extreme potential for disaster...Just saying, be careful man. |
| jennifer:
*As a disclaimer...Jenn is not an electrician However...And Yes TheoldMan, I do follow local building codes...Eventually.😈 |
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