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I kinda thought it was going to plug back into the first surge protector. Actually, that would probably be less bad since there wouldn't be any current.
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May 13, 2021 17:47
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Yeah I miss those old 'The Amazing Machine' PC games too.
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May 13, 2021 22:09
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By popular demand posted:Yeah I miss those old 'The Amazing Machine' PC games too. Contraption Maker, modern one that I think is by some of the same folks that made TIM. It didn't land as well as TIM for me but it is also what, 10, 15 years later? Anyway I sent that to an electrician friend and she was very unhappy with me.
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May 13, 2021 22:24
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By popular demand posted:Yeah I miss those old 'The Amazing Machine' PC games too. The incredible machine Or is that different? Those were great
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May 13, 2021 22:35
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That reminds me of something. There's an asphalt-paved trail near where I live, which has a few stubs of rebar embedded in it that have been highlighted with a dot of spraypaint. Why would there be rebar in an asphalt road? If it makes a difference, I think the road was originally built to service a coastal missile battery. It's probably been repaved since then though.
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May 13, 2021 23:54
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I like the exposed rebar, but more than that I really like the attempt at wheelchair accessibility. There are so many things wrong with it.
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May 14, 2021 00:23
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Zamujasa posted:I like the exposed rebar That's the peg for holding the original door open. Before they changed the door, it was accessible.
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May 14, 2021 01:16
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The Bloop posted:The incredible machine  I have disgraced myself and brought shame upon my house.Yes I meant T.I.M.
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May 14, 2021 03:40
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:That reminds me of something. There's an asphalt-paved trail near where I live, which has a few stubs of rebar embedded in it that have been highlighted with a dot of spraypaint. Why would there be rebar in an asphalt road? You're the "guy on the ground" to report on it. A lot of spray painted hazards on trails are painted by activists. Frost causes a lot of buckling of the paved trails around here and the buckles "mysteriously" get marked with fluorescent paint every year.
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May 14, 2021 11:25
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Moatman posted:I kinda thought it was going to plug back into the first surge protector. Actually, that would probably be less bad since there wouldn't be any current.  but hoped it still lit up
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May 14, 2021 12:37
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:That reminds me of something. There's an asphalt-paved trail near where I live, which has a few stubs of rebar embedded in it that have been highlighted with a dot of spraypaint. Why would there be rebar in an asphalt road? If they've been hammered in so that just the end is showing, flush with the pavement, then they're probably surveyor's traverse marks that serve as a known point to set up instruments on.
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May 14, 2021 22:20
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It's all plugged in not hardwired, so code doesn't apply, right?
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May 14, 2021 22:43
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Jaguars! posted:If they've been hammered in so that just the end is showing, flush with the pavement, then they're probably surveyor's traverse marks that serve as a known point to set up instruments on. Yep, that's exactly what they are, and surveying makes a ton of sense. Thanks!
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May 14, 2021 23:22
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devicenull posted:It's all plugged in not hardwired, so code doesn't apply, right? I don't think that's true. Running stupid extension cords might not be a code issue when you're just doing your own dumb poo poo (like daisy-chaining them so you can plug all your stuff into one outlet) but I am pretty sure it's a code violation when you try to substitute them for long-term wiring. At least one end of that mess is a fixed light and switch, so it's not by any stretch a temporary situation. I think you're also not allowed to stuff extensions into walls, etc. or otherwise hide them. So this mess would be a code violation.
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At what point is it an extension cord with a hardwired electrical box outlet, or a hardwired electrical box outlet with an extension cord inlet? The answer may surprise you!
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May 14, 2021 23:48
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Ashcans posted:I don't think that's true. Running stupid extension cords might not be a code issue when you're just doing your own dumb poo poo (like daisy-chaining them so you can plug all your stuff into one outlet) but I am pretty sure it's a code violation when you try to substitute them for long-term wiring. At least one end of that mess is a fixed light and switch, so it's not by any stretch a temporary situation. I think you're also not allowed to stuff extensions into walls, etc. or otherwise hide them. So this mess would be a code violation. Correct. Extension cords are temporary per code and my not ever penetrate walls or other fire barriers.
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Motronic posted:Correct. Extension cords are temporary per code and my not ever penetrate walls or other fire barriers. There's one and only one exception to this. It's for flat panel TVs. You're allowed to build an in wall extension cord to power such a wall mounted device, with only one outlet (AKA a single outlet or monoplex) that is fed by only one inlet. You use regular NM cable in wall between the boxes for the inlet and outlet. To feed the inlet, you use a regular 3 prong extension cord. That one cord is allowed to be in use all the time. Plus, technically you just built an in wall extension cord. They added this rule fairly recently, within the last decade or so. It allows people to protect their wall mounted TVs by plugging them into their fancy pants surge protector that wouldn't fit behind the TV. Personally, I just install a surge protector outlet behind the TV instead.
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May 15, 2021 07:34
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Check out the tilework in my new house!     
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May 16, 2021 16:35
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Check out the tilework in my new house! Did the realtor call it “rustic”?
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May 16, 2021 16:56
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If you look closely I think there are tiles in all that grout.
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May 16, 2021 17:14
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No, she said it was terrible.
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May 16, 2021 17:14
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Check out the tilework in my new house! $10 bag of tile spacers was obviously too expensive
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May 16, 2021 17:24
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Toothpicks would have been enough to avoid this.
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May 16, 2021 17:48
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can you do a bathroom with all grout
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May 16, 2021 17:49
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I have seen 2 different houses built by diy country folk in the 1950s or 60s, using whatever construction scrap they could find, that actually look reasonably decent but which have as one of the hidden exciting elements an integrated 2-prong indoor extension cord wired into the electrical system
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May 16, 2021 18:02
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Check out the tilework in my new house! 
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May 16, 2021 18:02
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Check out the tilework in my new house! Just think about how cathartic it will be to take a hammer to all that.
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May 16, 2021 18:10
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Why even bother with tiles if you don't feel like doing it properly? I'm sure there's a way to just coat the bare concrete with some sort of polymer.
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May 16, 2021 18:18
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By popular demand posted:Why even bother with tiles if you don't feel like doing it properly? I'm sure there's a way to just coat the bare concrete with some sort of polymer. I imagine it is folks underestimating how much skill, time and effort goes into the job. "A professional tiler wants how much? I can knock it out myself in a weekend." Then they buy a bag of grout and some tiles, after all how hard can it be?
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May 16, 2021 19:27
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About 15 years ago I paid a professional electrician to put a set of grounded outlets along one kitchen wall, because it has a refrigerator, microwave, convection oven, and air conditioner on the same circuit. With an appropriately-sized breaker. Yesterday I found out that he had put in grounded outlets, all right, but hadn't bothered to pull and connect a ground wire.
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Facebook Aunt posted:I imagine it is folks underestimating how much skill, time and effort goes into the job. "A professional tiler wants how much? I can knock it out myself in a weekend." Then they buy a bag of grout and some tiles, after all how hard can it be? In fairness, its common knowledge that its pretty much impossible to predict how and where tiles will end up.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:About 15 years ago I paid a professional electrician to put a set of grounded outlets along one kitchen wall, because it has a refrigerator, microwave, convection oven, and air conditioner on the same circuit. With an appropriately-sized breaker. It was 15 years ago and he wasn't just pulling Romex?
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Phanatic posted:It was 15 years ago and he wasn't just pulling Romex? The outlets already existed; I just asked him to ground them. They were two-prong at the time. IIRC I also asked that they be split so they weren't all on the same breaker.
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May 16, 2021 21:46
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Check out the tilework in my new house! More like tilewonk.
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May 16, 2021 21:57
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Ummm. You might have some real hosed up poo poo going on there now, there's no real way to split a circuit without pulling new wire.
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May 16, 2021 21:58
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Elviscat posted:Ummm. I'm voting for "electrician only changed the outlets and did nothing else."
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Yeah that's definitely what happened there. Surprised you didn't trip the breaker and find out the hard way
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