I'm with you. Most people measure twice, cut once. I don't measure and cut myself.
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Too bad I live so far away I could help you. I'm a electrician, been chasing sparks for over 30 years. You really should get your circuit breakers marked by location. It's easy to do. Just plug a light in a outlet you want to identify and turn the breakers off one at a time until the light goes out. Or, you can get one of these current/voltage detectors. Cost around 20.00 and work great to check if the power is off before working on something that can't be unplugged. ALWAYS TEST THIS DETECTOR ON A KNOWN LIVE SOURCE FIRST!!
My favorite trick is if I'm by myself and need to find the right breaker to a outlet I want to turn off. I plug a radio into it and turn it up so I can hear it at the breaker panel. No tunes, power is off. Just make sure it isn't being powered by batteries as well.When I was doing residential work I always had a radio in my truck for this purpose.
Green= no power present
Red= power is present.
Hope all goes well!
My favorite trick is if I'm by myself and need to find the right breaker to a outlet I want to turn off. I plug a radio into it and turn it up so I can hear it at the breaker panel. No tunes, power is off. Just make sure it isn't being powered by batteries as well.When I was doing residential work I always had a radio in my truck for this purpose.
Green= no power present
Red= power is present.
Hope all goes well!
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Sorry to hear this Bill, had the same last xmas, a water pipe under the floor cracked, i thought it was the WH as it was under it, but they came and dug up the concrete floor and fixed it, total cost was a little over 1K, insurance paid 1/2 of it for me, so i lucked out a bit.
Thanks Steve buddy! I lucked out and got the right breaker with Kevin H's help! So no sparks thank god!lol
Here ya go Pete! it ain't the D800 shot, but I needed a wide angle lens and it was on the D700!lol
From this angle it doesn't look as bad as I thought. I thought the whole house was flooded or something.
No serious flooding, as the leaking seems to be draining through the floor.
It is going to cost around $700.00 to have the water heater replaced. For now though it will cost $65.00 just to cap off the leak until it can be replaced.
We will manage somehow.
It is going to cost around $700.00 to have the water heater replaced. For now though it will cost $65.00 just to cap off the leak until it can be replaced.
We will manage somehow.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Here ya go Pete! it ain't the D800 shot, but I needed a wide angle lens and it was on the D700!lol
You need to talk to the electrician who did this wiring. You are lucky that it worked as long as it did without burning down the house.
I'm afraid to see how the rest of the house looks. Usually it isn't just one thing that is wired bad.
Bill,
If I were you when you get your tax return hire an qualified electrician or inspector to survey your homes wiring. From long experience I've learned that seeing this will almost always lead to other poor wiring jobs in the house. The wires on this heater was not connected or protected properly. There was no box/cover over these wire nuts?
If I were you when you get your tax return hire an qualified electrician or inspector to survey your homes wiring. From long experience I've learned that seeing this will almost always lead to other poor wiring jobs in the house. The wires on this heater was not connected or protected properly. There was no box/cover over these wire nuts?
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
The house I live in now was built in 1985. Over the years I have found so many bad wiring things like the wall lights outside beside the front door. Went to put up new ones only to find they had just drilled through the siding and pulled the wire through the hole and screwed the fixtures to the wall. No box whatsoever same with the ceiling fans in at least 4 rooms
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Sadly, things like this are not uncommon. I'm not a "licensed" electrician, but I have done my share of code work (residential and commercial) over the years. I have found problems that were caused by "lazy electricians" and not caught during inspection such as a wire not connected to the breaker. It only worked for the circuit because it was touching the screw connection. Over time the arcing caused enough resistance to kill the circuit. Luckily for the homeowner, no fire before I caught it. Ceiling fan installs are notorious for problems ie no boxes, not secured properly to structure, etc.
I concur with the idea of getting the wiring inspected. But @Bill16, be prepared to need to have some rewiring done. ( I told you it was the South.) Ha!
I concur with the idea of getting the wiring inspected. But @Bill16, be prepared to need to have some rewiring done. ( I told you it was the South.) Ha!
We might someday get the place checked and possibly rewired! But our house is a town house connected to a house on each side, with wiring likely just as old. So our rewiring our house will have only limited benefit at best.
So we will fix problems as they arise! Lol And my tax return plans are still on!
So we will fix problems as they arise! Lol And my tax return plans are still on!
Ok, I just put in my .02 hopefully there is nothing else wrong,and hopefully the other half of the house wasn't subjected to such piss poor work men ship. I was a manager in a maintenance dept for almost 10 years in charge of 72 people with different trades. I've fired mechanics and electricians that did work of that nature and some for even more minor then that. That just shows complete laziness and lack of concern with peoples welfare and safety. I'm stepping off the soap box now.