I just demo弾d a shed that was used to house my filter and pump to make room for a heat pump which I知 told cant be enclosed in a shed. I知
also redoing the electrical panel that is in the shed. The shed was old and had tons of termite and rotten wood. So instead if a shed, that area of pool equipment will be open air.
During the demo, there are two things. Can I safely remove these as well since I知 redoing the panel box? I think one looks like a ground bar and not sure what the other thing is.
By the way, anyone still have a landline in their house? I have not had one in years.
I love watching youtube videos where they have young kids looking at things like rotary telephones etc and trying to figure out how to use them. That's when you really feel old. I saw one kid look at a really thick phone book and had no clue what it was.
If nothing is connected to the wires on the right side of the picture, just remove it all. The telephone jack is probably wanted by collectors. Take a look at this forum; Classic Rotary Phones Forum - Index :-)
going to hire a contractor, but trying to understand the options first...
I want to add a minisplit heatpump to one room in the house that gets too hot from computers/servers/office.
My breaker box is on the complete opposite side of the house, no crawl space. 2-story house (with small attic)
Is it possible/to code to permit using one of my 220v heat pump wiring and swap it to a junction box and then have two disconnect boxes, one to the 3ton heat pump, and one to a (new) .75tn mini split??
The 220v version says ~6 amps max (small unit)...I imagine my newer 18 seer heat pump doesnt use as much amperage as the old one 11 seer one, so the existing wiring should handle the amps of both running at the same time, but I dont know if thats against code and not an option?
Seeing if theres anyway I can accomplish my goal without having to run a completely new wire from the other side of the house which would be ugly attached to the wall.
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Hi, hoping to get some advice on a problem I am having in the kitchen.
We recently bought a new countertop air fryer and when air frying it eventually trips the breaker in the kitchen. It isn't immediate only toward the end of a 400+ degree cook (minute 10 of 15-20). Baking at 350 it's fine.
The house is <5 years old, the circuit is 20A GFI protected at the breaker and is dedicated to half of the counter top outlets. Only other loads on the circuit are an Amazon Echo. I tested the fryer alone and it does the same thing.
My first thought was the appliance was faulty. I've used other appliances (waffle makers/instant pot, etc.,) on that circuit and had no problems.
To be thorough I tried two different outlets on the same circuit and had the same result. Then for "fun" I used it on one of the island outlets (different circuit) and it ran without issue. We've used it multiple times since and have not had a problem.
The island circuit is also 20A GFI protected at the breaker, it's dedicated to just the island outlets and the other half of the counter top outlets.
My new thought is the breaker is failing. It's a Square D Homeline GFI and is fairly new as I mentioned. I was thinking of swapping them in the breaker box to see if the problem follows the breaker. I am posting here to see if there is anything else I should look at or check prior to taking things apart...
Appreciate any input,
JakeRead More
06-02-23, 10:30 AM
