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On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:29:50 GMT, <aemeijers@att.net> wrote:
>"DAC" <darwincam@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1170335020.981014.187800@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Bottom line...if your not 100% certain, do yourself a favor and at
>> least hire an electrician for an hour or two to provide a
>> consultation, no amount of savings is worth a life.
>>
>Agreed, but make sure it is a real electrician. When I moved in, I hired a
>company that had a real office, real painted trucks, a yellow pages ad, and
>everything, to repair one dead circuit. I also asked for a site survey and
>estimate for some other things I had noticed. They fixed the dead circuit,
>and provided a sky-high estimate for the other stuff, so I did most of it
>myself, finding all sorts of stupid and dangerous stuff that indicated that
>they really hadn't checked out squat, since it wasn't listed on their
>report. IOW, ask around at work, and find who others have used and were
>happy with. (I am trying to get my brother, a semi-retired electrician who
>used to work as a plant engineer, to come visit and help me with the other
>stuff....)
Well, if you are in the Monroe County, NY, region, aem, I can
recommend someone who is your kind of electrician: a guy who works
for a plant full-time and has a side business, fully licensed and
highly competent. And he'll schedule via email!
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Re: Grounding the receptacle boxes in an old house
