On May 25, 2010 Cummins Power Generation, of Minneapolis, Minn. recalled approximately 550 portable generators which were manufactured by Loncin Industries Ltd., of China. The reason for the recall is fuel can leak through the carburetor during normal usage, posing a fire hazard to consumers. They have received 25 reports of fuel leakage. No injuries [...]
This guest post is written by Leon Harris of Southern States. If you would like to write a guest post for this site, then please visit guidelines and suggestions for guest posts at Ez DIY Electricity. There’s no denying that we’re wasteful when it comes to energy. We’ve gotten so used to having it on [...]
Mike asks: I have installed a ceiling fan and light in my living room. I have a three way switch that controls one receptacle that I have a lamp plugged into that gives me light in the living room. One light switch turns the lamp on when you enter the house and the other one [...]
Doug asks: I am running power to my detached workshop and need some advice. Here’s some detail: Installing 90amp dbl breaker in main house panel for power-up at workshop. Distance: 100 ft. Plan to use #3 Cu stranded x 3 runs for power and neutral/ #8 solid Cu for ground from main panel to ground [...]
On Thursday, I posted a tool review about the Mille-Rod polymer series wire pulling system. You can read about it here. Well, Mark was kind enough to send me a 14′ standard version and a 7′ glow version. I used the 14′ standard version in for my review and it worked well. Now, I’m going [...]
Steve Fancher asks: I recently raised our house to dig out a new basement where the crawl space was, and in the process had to cut the copper water service and replaced it with plastic. Our 200A electrical is bonded to the copper cold water in the house, but how do I figure out how [...]
Mille-Rods range of Polymer Push-Pull rods (Fish Rods) and accessories are some of the most versatile tools you will ever purchase and will become an indispensable addition to your tool box. These fish rods or fish sticks are used to install coax cables, electrical and phone & data wire and cable in finished walls. They [...]
Jerome A. Pollard asks: I have electric baseboard heaters in my house and I have a question about installing an additional one. I would like to install a small one (no more than two feet) in the bathroom. However, on the wall opposite to where I want to install this new heater there is another [...]
On April 30, 2010 Cooper Lighting LLC, of Peachtree City, Ga. recalled approximately 5,000 chain sets sold with Metalux light fixtures because an “S” hook on the chain connecting the fixture to the ceiling can straighten when subjected to high impact forces, resulting in the light fixture falling. This poses an injury hazard to consumers. [...]
I’ve been getting lots of questions lately about how to wire an electric water heater. I’m guessing this is because a lot of you are switching your water heater from gas to electric due to the extremely high natural gas prices. Some people have also asked how to wire an electric hot water heater. I’ve [...]
