Hockey5djh Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Laid 5 yards of mulch on Saturday....better late than never I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 On 07/09/2017 at 10:44 PM, Gmen said: That world map doesn't look very American! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totty Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Just bought a house. The cold air return register looks right down into the furnace. Would it be okay to put a filter in there to keep as much stuff as possible from falling into my furnace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimsZilla Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 9 hours ago, Totty said: Just bought a house. The cold air return register looks right down into the furnace. Would it be okay to put a filter in there to keep as much stuff as possible from falling into my furnace? i literally have filters on every one of my vents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incarcerated_Scarface Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 The return has a filter before entering the unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Having to do some work next to the house as we got a huge downpour a couple of days ago and got some water in the basement. Picked up everything to get that taken care of, isn't too large a crack between the sidewalk and house, mainly annoying because we've had a single time in a year where we've had a tiny bit water down there, and we had a fair amount from this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 On September 18, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Hockey5djh said: Laid 5 yards of mulch on Saturday....better late than never I guess. Late? Nah, you're just super early for the spring. Good for you man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimsZilla Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) Anyone have an electrical prowess? so last weekend i decided to string up my xmas lights at my new house, first thing i noticed was that the outlet for outside wasn't a GFCI so i decided to swap it out. The outlet had no problem or anything before this. So i unscrew it and it has a black, white, and then a ground. I connect everything correctly and then I figure I am good to go. Test the GFCI, nothing. Wire is hot, plug says it has power. But the GFCI wouldn't work. It had a red light, so i decided it was the GFCI, bought another one and same problem. I then put the old one on and it works. I then got a weatherproof outlet (since the GFCI's weren't working) and again, I get power to the outlet, Black is hot, but it does not work. Nothing I plug in works, but the outlet says I am getting power. I'm legit stumped. I have a GFCI on the same breaker but it works fine and it's not tripped. anyone have any ideas? Edited December 9, 2017 by SimsZilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats#1 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 8 minutes ago, SimsZilla said: Anyone have an electrical prowess? so last weekend i decided to string up my xmas lights at my new house, first thing i noticed was that the outlet for outside wasn't a GFCI so i decided to swap it out. The outlet had no problem or anything before this. So i unscrew it and it has a black, white, and then a ground. I connect everything correctly and then I figure I am good to go. Test the GFCI, nothing. Wire is hot, plug says it has power. But the GFCI wouldn't work. It had a red light, so i decided it was the GFCI, bought another one and same problem. I then put the old one on and it works. I then got a weatherproof outlet (since the GFCI's weren't working) and again, I get power to the outlet, Black is hot, but it does not work. Nothing I plug in works, but the outlet says I am getting power. I'm legit stumped. I have a GFCI on the same breaker but it works fine and it's not tripped. anyone have any ideas? Are both wires connected to the "line side" of the GFCI? They should be marked. Each GFCI has two type of connections, a "line side" and a "load side". The line side is where you connect your hot feed from the panel and neutral back to the panel, the load side is for if you wanted to connect other receptacles to the GFCI circuit. Since you are just connecting the hot and return (neutral), you want to make sure both connections are on the line side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimsZilla Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) For the not GFCI one, I connected the black to the black and silver to white and ground to green Edited December 9, 2017 by SimsZilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimsZilla Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-Weather-and-Tamper-Resistant-Duplex-Outlet-White-R62-W5320-T0W/202078774 is what I am using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats#1 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 9 minutes ago, SimsZilla said: For the not GFCI one, I connected the black to the black and silver to white and ground to green 7 minutes ago, SimsZilla said: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-Weather-and-Tamper-Resistant-Duplex-Outlet-White-R62-W5320-T0W/202078774 is what I am using Interesting So the other outlet (GFCI) that is on the same breaker, is working fine? Are you connecting the black and white on the same half (upper or lower) of the outlet? Check the metal clips that you can break off to separate the upper and lower halves as well just to be sure. I'm guessing you have a meter....are you getting 120v from the hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimsZilla Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 The GFCI is working fine (it's in the garage). they are both on the upper side of the outlet, made sure of that. the clips are fine as well. Im going to go check the v, I just used one of the voltage testers to make sure I had power. I have a meter I need to go check that. I just checked that it had power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pats#1 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, SimsZilla said: The GFCI is working fine (it's in the garage). they are both on the upper side of the outlet, made sure of that. the clips are fine as well. Im going to go check the v, I just used one of the voltage testers to make sure I had power. I have a meter I need to go check that. I just checked that it had power Yea check to see that your getting 120v, then wire it up and check the voltage coming directly from the outlet plug as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimsZilla Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I can't seem to find my good meter so I have to pick one up tomorrow at home depot. i found an old one that says im NOT getting any power to the black, but my klein tool volt tester says i am. im so confused. I might just have to call an electrician. im so damn confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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