Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread
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Darth Handsome
Not Nearly as Handsome as Advertised.
Too many bedbugs, weird decomposing smell, too many police knocking on the door asking questions... plus the commute to work would have been a little long.
Thanks for the offer though!
Thanks for the offer though!
Darth Handsome
Not Nearly as Handsome as Advertised.
Police that come out there are never heard from again
nukes
I Eat Buttholes Raw
Bought the last 3 Ecobee 3 Lite's that Best Buy had, $69 CAD/pop after the provincial smart thermostat rebate. Need one more, plus a 'good' ecobee 3 or 4 (no deals on those anywhere for black friday as far as I could tell), to complete the set.
House has 5 zones of in-floor hot water radiant heat + a HRV for air circulation + a ductless heat pump that overlaps one of the zones. Still trying to figure out how I'm gonna hook all of this stuff up.
House has 5 zones of in-floor hot water radiant heat + a HRV for air circulation + a ductless heat pump that overlaps one of the zones. Still trying to figure out how I'm gonna hook all of this stuff up.
Valve1138
I like the AB in the GB
I have about 5 breakers that I have no clue what they go to. And a 6th that is for the water heater I need to figure out which it is. I'll just see if I get a cold shower in the morning.
There's two 220 plugs that don't work as far as I know. A door bell that doesn't work. And there used to be a baseboard heater in ever room. There's also a light switch that I have no clue about. An outlet that doesn't work and a light-switch/outlet combo that the light works on but the outlet doesn't. Also one of the breakers is tripped and won't untrip.
I'm to the point where I am going to turn every breaker off I'm unsure about and only worry about it if something I need is no longer working. There are no labels on anything. I don't know how these people functioned.
There's two 220 plugs that don't work as far as I know. A door bell that doesn't work. And there used to be a baseboard heater in ever room. There's also a light switch that I have no clue about. An outlet that doesn't work and a light-switch/outlet combo that the light works on but the outlet doesn't. Also one of the breakers is tripped and won't untrip.
I'm to the point where I am going to turn every breaker off I'm unsure about and only worry about it if something I need is no longer working. There are no labels on anything. I don't know how these people functioned.
The one "leg" of the 240 is 120, so the one breaker only takes out the lights. That's a little eclectic - they could have used one 2-pole 50 amp breaker and it would be less confusing and safer. Would have been cheaper too.
You think it's cool to leave it as it is? It seems to work fine but I'm not very knowledgeable about these things.
It's technically fine, other than someone could shut off the one breaker thinking they've shut off the stove. When in reality there is still one 120 hot coming into the stove. Or they shut off the one that controls the light "ok honey, that was the one for the stove!" Nope, still got that other fucking hot line on. And thus was born the double pole breaker which shuts off/on both hots. 2 minute job, $15-30 depending on brand & store. *All breakers are sold by brand and non-interchangeable. In case you were unaware.
I plan on labeling it really well, but I need to fix some other things too so I may as well go ahead and change it. I'll get an electrician to do it since I probably now just enough to burn my house down.
Mmmm that cold shower was refreshing this morning. I did find the breaker for the water heater, so at least the first half was lukewarm.
Really easy, just two screws, one on each breaker. Doesn't matter if you were to switch the wires due to how the boxes are setup. The back edge of the breaker(opposite where screw is) you just give a little pull and they pivot out. If you want to save the money. *The wires aren't hot, the connections on the breaker are. **Obviously someone could have retarded something elsewhere and that may not hold true. Soooo, always switch off the main breaker while doing this. Because we love you if nothing else.
apocalypse. Sorry, been binging on TWD.