Recessed lighting bracket the ground broke off? What are my options here? It’s already mounted so don’t want to replace. I have seperate ground wires with the green screws, can I just drill one of those into the box?

Ty

I was trying to find a coax cable to start my Internet service with spectrum. Does this look like the pulpit and can it be repaired?

Could I fix this cord by connecting the right colored wires and what’s with all the wires exposed around the colored wires?

I paid a GC $65,000 and an electrician $14k and this is the work they did... What would you do? In the first photo you will note a washer and dryer infront of the panel, it's up about 8 feet off the ground, there's also a water pump below it and open water access point.

Circuit tripped. Went to flip back and kept tripping. Switched out breaker, this is what’s happening and game as before with old breaker. Bedroom runs off this single breaker.

I don’t know much about electronics. I have this rear light from an LMP2 car but I have no idea how to power it

Curious how the following could happen unless it was intentional trolling? And yes, it could be entirely random chance and they didn't bother to check circuits when connecting the switches... This is mostly a "wtf" frustration than a deep dive into exactly how this functionally happens so many times within the same wiring job.

• Bathroom 1 -> 3 gang box, 3 switches. Light + Exhaust and Heat fans
  • Light is the first one nearest to the door when you enter
  • 2nd switch (middle) is the heat
  • 3rd switch (furthest) is the exhaust fan
• Bathroom 2 -> 4 gang box, 4 switches. Two separate lights and Exhaust + Heat fans
  • First two switches are lights
  • 3rd switch is exhaust fan
  • 4th switch (furthest) is heat
• Bathroom 3 -> 3 gang box, 3 switches. Same as Bathroom 1, but reversed.
  • First is light
  • 2nd is exhaust
  • 3rd is heat

Downstairs recessed lighting:

• First set of switches at bottom of stairs
  • Left switch towards laundry and garage is the ROOM light to the right
  • Right switch towards the room is the stairway lighting
• Another set of switches in middle of the room
  • Left switch turns on the RIGHT half of the lights
  • Right switch turns on the LEFT half of the lights

Kitchen switches:

• Garbage disposal and sink light, stacked switches (vertical alighment)
  • Top switch is garbage disposal
  • Bottom switch is light...

I could go on... It almost seems like it was done on purpose vs random chance which switch was connected to what circuit. Considering how many things are "wrong" or different.

I can, and will eventually fix all of this. I feel like this had to have been done to troll someone? So many switches are completely "wrong" compared to what a normal human would expect each of them to do.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of the cluster f*ck this house has become. We're going to lose the home next month and our entire $157,000 we've invested into this home. If you have any advice let me know.

Long time lurker and first time poster!

I want to seal the exposed area around an exterior electrical outlet to prevent outside moisture and air from leaking into my crawlspace.

How would I go around doing this? Duct sealing putty, foam, or something else? I want to be make sure the sealant does not cause an electrical hazard.

Any advice welcome. Thank you :)

Hey all,

Im hoping I don’t have to call an electrician for this simple ceiling light. A friend said there was a pop sound coming from the dimmer light switch when I turned on the circuit breaker (he wasn’t sure if there was a flash of light or not) and then the light would not turn on. It could have been a small short. After I inspected there seems to be no burn smell or black signs of burn.

I’ve attached photos of my 3 way light switch box, and the wiring in my ceiling light canopy.

In the canopy, there’s a bundle of black wires, a bundle of neutral wires, and a bundle of ground. Then there’s the hot wire bundled with the light wire, and the neutral wire bundles with the light wire. The light ground wire is connected to the ground bundle and ground screw.

Photo of the light switch box wiring is attached with the switches. Does anything look wrong? Thank you!

The heated towel rail in our bathroom was only heating two thirds of the way up, plus there was a smell of oil/petrol coming from it. My Mum bled it and the air that came out was the source of the smell. We thought we'd fixed it but today the smell is back and is coming from under the shower where the towel rail pipes go. Could there be trapped air in the pipes and if so what is the best way to fix this?

Hi everyone, I ask this because I am going to be buying a new desk. My monitor (48”TV) is taking up too much space on my current desk and I want a cleaner station.

If this is something safe, I would be plugging in my PC(1000W PSU)containing a 9800x3d and 5070ti. Also my LG C6 48”, my Apple TV, and occasionally my 4K Blu-ray player.

According to the pictures, the desk has 4 12A outlets. You’d think that’s enough, but my concern is would these be safe for continuous use. Multi hour TV/gaming sessions.

I don’t know if the strip has surge protection. I can’t see it on the description so I will assume it doesn’t.

I would be plugging directly to the wall, as I hear that daisy changing outlets/strips is a fire hazard.

Any insight and previous experience is welcome.

Thank you.

Was sick of having a crowded lift so I made this conduit rack. Paid by the hour btw

I had internet connectivity issue went to turn off the switch and had an exposed modem socket which I touched accidentally and experienced a sharp sting on my thumb, within a minute two tiny white dots appeared on my thumb probably burn marks . What do I do now ?

Dad was trying to charge a non-rechargable battery. Now the terminals are all corroded entirely... Didn't know when it happened. Is this no big deal?

(Scraped some to see if the wire inside got melted or not)

So lost power to furnace and found other dead wires. Also shut off 2 breakers and nothing in house appears to be off. Panel not labeled stickers fell off looks like from age it was half assisted labeled years ago.

Not sure just lost power to furnace and wires feeding the switch found a few more nlt live also shut off 2 breakers and nothing appears to be off. Appears to be wires with no Cobbwebbs on but I been here long time and didn't pull any new wires.

Pic 1 Elinated left three wire line, the red wire was bonded to the box. Right wire is is two wire, no ground
Pic 2 Supply from box is two wire no ground
Pic 3 Line eventually goes to grounded Romex supplying my water pump

Did I eliminate some sort of ground by disconnecting the red wire from the box? I keep the circuit off for the time being. Thanks!