 whizkid3Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-21
Queens, NY
kudos:8 | reply to sk1939
Re: Electrical Refurbishing said by sk1939:Tacked into place every foot. The cable only has to be secured one foot from a box. Its every 4.5 feet between boxes. |
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sk1939
join:2010-10-23
france
kudos:6 | Ah, well it isn't really every foot, it's every 1.5 feet technically, which means I tacked it in 3 places. |
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sk1939
join:2010-10-23
france
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Shouldn't the voltage be 0? |
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 mityfowlPremium
join:2000-11-06
Dallas, TX | reply to sk1939
I think that you need a female sniffer. |
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sk1939
join:2010-10-23
france
kudos:6 | How would that solve my problem? |
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whizkid3Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-21
Queens, NY
kudos:8 | It wouldn't. But it might make you forget about your problem. 
Seriously, its probably the ballast in one of your flourescent light fixtures. |
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 nunyaWho is John Galt?Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-23
O Fallon, MO
kudos:5 | reply to sk1939
That's induction. There's always induced voltage on travelers.
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...because I care. |
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sk1939
join:2010-10-23
france
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said by whizkid3:It wouldn't. But it might make you forget about your problem.
Seriously, its probably the ballast in one of your flourescent light fixtures.
I could use the company (rather I could use the excuse to stop working 60 hour weeks). I don't think it's the ballast personally, since the fixture is old enough to use starters.
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sk1939
join:2010-10-23
france
kudos:6 | reply to nunya
It's induced voltage then? So there's nothing to worry about...except the smell. It's driving me up the wall cause I notice it every time I enter that room. |
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whizkid3Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-21
Queens, NY
kudos:8 | reply to sk1939
said by sk1939: I don't think it's the ballast personally, since the fixture is old enough to use starters.
Exactly. When old ballasts burn they reek. Like I said; check them. |
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sk1939
join:2010-10-23
france
kudos:6 | I'll check them, but the closest functioning one (ie not turned off at the breaker) is across the basement, and the basement itself has no smell. |
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garys_2kPremium
join:2004-05-07
Farmington, MI | reply to sk1939
Maybe some critter died inside a wall. Mice will stink up the place pretty good if that happens. |
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I like that old bell! Most likely it's a Western Electric ringer from the 'old days'! |
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alkizmo
join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC | reply to sk1939
said by sk1939:How would that solve my problem?
You need someone with a more acute sense of smell to find the location in the room where the smell is the strongest.
Did you sniff all places where there's an electrical device? (Receptacles, fixtures, switches).
Or you have a smelly ghost. |
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sk1939
join:2010-10-23
france
kudos:6 | reply to jeffmoss26
Quite possibly. I don't remember it working though, most likely it's disconnected. |
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sk1939
join:2010-10-23
france
kudos:6 | reply to alkizmo
The smell is strongest from a vent at this moment, but none of the other registers have that issue. It smelled electrical early on, but now it smells of burnt dust, which is equally strange since it only smells from the one vent.
Unlikely. |
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