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reply to whizkid3

Re: Electrical issue question

Why bother showing up for a bid if you are overbooked? I guess he had some extra fuel he needed to burn. I just tell people that I'm too booked up to give them the "attention they deserve".

One thing is true: If I get out to a job and the customer is an ass hat, I'll bid it super high. Rarely will I not bid it at all. I did have a bid a few months ago where the guy was such a dick that I told him I wasn't interested in the job.

Judging from what I know of you from this forum, I don't think that would be the case for you.
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If someone refers to herself / himself as a "guru", they probably aren't.

for $5K it would be worth it.

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BTW Nunya as to your mention about not getting AL referrals how do you know when someone is referred by AL?

Because when I contacted the one from AL I didn't mention where I had heard of him from.

3 ways.
1) Most people just say it.
2) Conversion tracking.
3) My wife always asks people where they found us.

I need to make sure my advertising money is doing it's job.
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If someone refers to herself / himself as a "guru", they probably aren't.

If someone asks me I just say the internet.

My wife is a very social person. She's a schmoozer and BS'er. She can call you a jackass 10 different ways and make you feel good about it. She's real good at pulling information out of people.
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If someone refers to herself / himself as a "guru", they probably aren't.

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reply to alkizmo
She talks to every one, except the ones I have to babysit (some like to call me directly on my cell). She does an awesome job with CS. People love her. On many occasions, I've had people who have never met her in in person tell me they feel like "old friends" when they call.
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If someone refers to herself / himself as a "guru", they probably aren't.

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BTW any guess as to how long it'll take?

Just wondering about how much down time I'll have (ie time with no AC, no internet, and with the server off)

the meter will have to be moved about 6in as more modern panels are wider than that FPE one
we're sticking with 125a

So Panel and meter replace and move meter over a little.

and of course when we call center point I'll try to make sure they bring a brand of meter (any recommendations or warnings to look for on that (ie smart meter brands to watch out for or hope for?)

It almost always takes all day. The work doesn't necessarily take all day, but waiting on the POCO and the inspector usually eats a couple of hours. It's like herding cats.

Getting them to bring a different meter will be a difficult task. You really can't "make" them. You have to request it ahead of time. The troublemen often do not even carry meters on their truck. If they come across a bad or broken meter, they usually just slug it and put in a ticket for the meter shop to replace it.
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If someone refers to herself / himself as a "guru", they probably aren't.

k, well they were fast with sending someone out to unlock the meter.

Will we be waiting on the inspector before they can put a meter in?
Ya I figure it'll be an all day type thing just hoping that I won't be roasting for to long.

Likely crank the ac way down the night before so as to delay the heat.

I assume based on what you've said that we'll be waiting on the inspector before we can get power back, and hoping the power co is as fast as they were about unlocking it.

Weell the work on the panel/meter can is done.

I've very happy with the price we paid, they were early, and got it all done is 4hours.

Also when he looked at the lines it seems we have #2 al wire coming from the pole, so he installed a 100a main and verified that it would be enough by having us turn everything on and then checking the load on each leg.

then he moved a few breakers around to better balance the legs.

we're at about 60a with almost everything on (short of a few lights).

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all wives care about is profits, not means and methods.
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Here's a question as to the possible impact the issue might have had.

Ok so the issue was an intermittent open HOT (ie one leg dropping out)

the issue is fixed now but could this have damaged the AC units?

now I might be wrong but it sounds to me that the main AC unit is louder than it used to be (Though I hadn't stood out there and listened to it and you still can't hear it from inside.)

So could this leg dropping out have damaged it? and if so would a slightly louder motor sound be a possible effect?

open hot? no