Recent content by piper_chuck

Moisture may not be the only concern. My builder had to remove an outlet installed on a wall by the tub. Apparently code does not permit outlets adjacent to tubs. The inspector acknowledged we will probably put the outlet back in as soon as we get the CO, the builder just removed the recepticle...

If you've been happy with DTV and your setup, give them a call. I've found that their customer retention people are very willing to cut rates, provide new receivers for free, etc in order to keep a customer. Of course if you've had issues and are ready to make the switch to cable, the cable...

I went overboard in this house. The garages (1 car on the main level and oversized 2 car in the basement) have lots of outlets and the ones in the lower garage are on two different circuits. I ended up with about 8 circuits in my workshop, including two 220V circuits for the table saw. Perhaps...

Thanks for the input, it's going to be quite an adventure trying to make everything neat. I agree it might be too full. I have two other walls available for panels if necessary. I may take the wires for audio and the security cameras out of the panels and route them over there.

Surprisingly, the AHJ did not require drywall in this room. Not sure why, but I'm not going to argue. I plan to leave it unfinished, the only thing in this room will be panels and some electronics.

Thanks. I had a long time to think it through. I used several spreadsheets to plan things out and track my install progress. I've got some more finish work to do in the house. I've installed all the lights and am building in shelves in the closets and finishing the entire basement. Once most of...

Sounds like the electrician put in the minimum. That's pretty common for unfinished basements. It's not obvious in the picture, but I have a dedicated circuit that supplies both boxes. Having a dedicated circuit is recommended. An obvious advantage of this is that the LV panel is not at risk of...

The boxes are made to fit between standard 16" OC studs. If you put it between them the wires will be behind the walls if he ever decides to finish them.

Since this forum is called Wiring Closet, I thought I'd post part of mine. The house we're having built has a wiring closet in the basement that's about 5x8. It houses the breaker boxes and low voltage panels. We're also going to have the irrigation controller and water heater control...

I was facing a similar dilemma. After talking with the manager of the city inspection department, who seemed totally clueless about alarm systems, I decided it wasn't worth my time, and my builder's to try to convince him the system would satisfy code. So, I fell in line and went with the...

I sent them an email to let them know they had lost a potential customer by trying to force compliance with MS technology.

I've got HAI Omnistats. They can be programmed to run their own schedule, or can be controlled remotely. I've got them connected to a server that runs Misterhouse. Via Misterhouse I can check the status of each thermostat as well as change the basic settings such as temp, mode, fan, etc...

In order to see what people are doing with MisterHouse, I thought it would be good to have a thread talking about our setups. To get the ball rolling, I'll start off. System: Mini tower with a Pentium 266. Oodles of memory and hard drive space. Has an ATI AIW 8500DV video card. Running Win...

Sounds like we just need to start posting more, and perhaps do a bit of PR in the mailing list to get more people here.

That's worth a try. I'll see how many times the sheriff gets called before they start billing us. :D