THe NAC Lots-O-BFG KO2 Thread

[Luke95]

THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread aka North America Home Owners Association Thread

Are 5.13s to deep for 35s?

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

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Are 5.13s to deep for 35s?

Sam went cross country with 5.38's and 35's

 

[Luke95]

THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread aka North America Home Owners Association Thread

Sam went cross country with 5.38's and 35's

Hmm. I found some one selling a 5.13 geared 8.8 and a 44 lp gear set for $400 so I may just go down a bit in gears.

 

[Luke95]

THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread aka North America Home Owners Association Thread

Good morning naxja

 

[autoboy454]

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Got a guy coming this afternoon to buy my Hemi. Sure hope i can find a truck to replace it with

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

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I still have a race truck

 

[autoboy454]

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I still have a race truck

And i guess im taking the bus to work tomorrow

 

[MoparManiac]

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Previous owner had a 20A breaker powering a 15A circuit in the house. Love finding stuff like this :laugh:

 

[RCman]

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I still have a race truck

I thought you should have cut that to pieces months ago.
When is that guy actually going to come?

Previous owner had a 20A breaker powering a 15A circuit in the house. Love finding stuff like this :laugh:

Just keep up-sizing till it doesn't trip anymore don't worry about the wire or anything else. :wstupid:



:dunce:

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

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I thought you should have cut that to pieces months ago.
When is that guy actually going to come?

Just keep up-sizing till it doesn't trip anymore don't worry about the wire or anything else. :wstupid:



:dunce:

im hoping it will melt away with the snow

 

[asp]

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Just keep up-sizing till it doesn't trip anymore don't worry about the wire or anything else. :wstupid:

:dunce:

Aw come on there's some overhead in the wire size plus if it's short term use like microwave who really cares. Bunch of sissies you all are :looney:


I found a few surprises at my house during the home inspection but nothing scary like that, thankfully.

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

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Previous owner had a 20A breaker powering a 15A circuit in the house. Love finding stuff like this :laugh:

Just run welding wire everywhere. No worries ever

 

[vetteboy]

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I've pretty much decided that arc-fault breakers suck.

Currently on a campaign of changing them out for regular breakers, rather than resetting them. Only takes an extra minute or two, now that I bought a pile of them for that purpose and leave the screwdriver handy.

 

[x275dart]

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I've pretty much decided that arc-fault breakers suck.

Currently on a campaign of changing them out for regular breakers, rather than resetting them. Only takes an extra minute or two, now that I bought a pile of them for that purpose and leave the screwdriver handy.

I swapped all mine out after the inspection. Any motors have a habit of tripping them as the breakers check for a short to the neutral. Sell them to a electrician, they are about 10 times the cost of a regular breaker last time I checked.

 

[XJLI]

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What exactly does AFCI do? I read the wikipedia and don't get it.

 

[RCman]

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What exactly does AFCI do? I read the wikipedia and don't get it.

Exactly what's the name implies. A ground fault detects between the line and ground side. An act fault detects arcs between the line and air or the line and neutral. However given most motors, hair dryers, etc will generally create arcs just running normally they trip. Meaning if your lady friend took her hair dryer out of the bathroom which should be on a GFCI and into the bedroom on a AFCI it would trip out. The newer arc faults breakers are nowhere near as bad as the ones that the 1st gens where putting out (which if they were older than a few years would be that).
I haven't had any problems with the new generation ones (yet) from GE.
They are only required on things that are not on GFCI or a dedicated circuit within the home per new code, which is basically everything. It did suck buying a panel full of them though at almost $50 a wack, IIRC.

Edit: They also faintly hum a bit in the panel, not too loud but it is there. Could be annoying if the panel is within the house.

 

[MoparManiac]

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The 20A breaker was on a circuit that has hallway, closet, and bathroom lights on it. I wasn't overly worried but was just funny to me. Considering all the other stuff I've found, this was the least of my worries :laugh:

With some of the stuff this guy did, I'm surprised the house didn't burn down.

 

[RCman]

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The 20A breaker was on a circuit that has hallway, closet, and bathroom lights on it. I wasn't overly worried but was just funny to me. Considering all the other stuff I've found, this was the least of my worries :laugh:

With some of the stuff this guy did, I'm surprised the house didn't burn down.

I think that live wire open ended under the floor from the front light (right?) was the worst.

 

[MoparManiac]

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I think that live wire open ended under the floor from the front light (right?) was the worst.

Yup that one is the worst I've found. Most of the other stuff is just general lazy hackiness that isn't really a safety issue.

Although I did find wires twisted together with wire nuts/electrical tape just hanging out behind the drywall in the garage where he tapped into a circuit for some outdoor flood lights.

Owning a home and discovering stuff from the past 40 years is a blast :laugh:

 

[XJLI]

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Exactly what's the name implies. A ground fault detects between the line and ground side. An act fault detects arcs between the line and air or the line and neutral. However given most motors, hair dryers, etc will generally create arcs just running normally they trip. Meaning if your lady friend took her hair dryer out of the bathroom which should be on a GFCI and into the bedroom on a AFCI it would trip out. The newer arc faults breakers are nowhere near as bad as the ones that the 1st gens where putting out (which if they were older than a few years would be that).
I haven't had any problems with the new generation ones (yet) from GE.
They are only required on things that are not on GFCI or a dedicated circuit within the home per new code, which is basically everything. It did suck buying a panel full of them though at almost $50 a wack, IIRC.

Edit: They also faintly hum a bit in the panel, not too loud but it is there. Could be annoying if the panel is within the house.

Thats what I thought. Seems dumb, but what isn't nowadays.