New England B.S. Thread

Moving south in the next year or so. have a connection at a Fab shop in VA

its either that or Work on Top fuel dragsters in VA either way I'm going south

 

Oh I know! It was throughout the house.

The electrical in this house is scary, to say the least. I'm assuming it's all up to code, for the most part, but I very much don't like it. I've got a 100A main panel (with almost every space subdivided) with a 60A subpanel in the garage. The outlet that is labeled 20A on the list is definitely a 15A outlet when you follow the wiring. I've got 15 separate switches in my family room to control lights and whatnot, and one that doesn't seem to do anything.

The driveway has a little island with a tree that has Christmas lights. The outlet is controlled by the GFCI on one of the garage plugs (twitch). The light on the outside of the garage is wired correctly to a box on the inside of the garage. Unfortunately that light is just plugged into an outlet, which is controlled by a switch inside the house.

I'm not an electrician and have a rudimentary understanding of electrical wiring (enough to wire 12 VDC and replace existing fixtures), but that setup just seems terrible to me. Whether or not it's code, I can't comment, but it just reeks of "good enough".

My ultimate goal is to upgrade to 200A service, redistribute the circuits, removing as much junk from the panel and get rid of all the bush league wiring.

 

Well at least he ran it through a GFCI...

 

Sure...the GFCI is just the bestest way to trigger another outlet in the world!

I'm ripping the island out in the spring regardless. I nicked a wheel in the STi the last day before I threw the winter wheels on backing into the garage at night. I'm still not over it, so out it comes.

 

That's very true. I actually like Albany, NY for that reason. Salaries aren't that dissimilar from Boston but the difference is, you can drive 30 minutes and be in cow country, drive 30 minutes from Boston and you barely clear 95.

 

I'm guessing you had a good sized amount down as well.

 

Or cash out your house here (assuming you own a good sized chunk of it) and buy there. Even if your pay doesn't follow you, if you don't even have a small mortgage you're good to go

 

Hmm, I have a kitchen I need remodeled haha

 

Just did mine a couple years ago, it was a PITA but a lot of fun.

 

I have been part of building a few from scratch, i love it. Custom ones usually come with a 20k price tag, and thats for a small one.

It came out really good! It is a nice kitchen, and you probably saved yourself about $1500-$2000 installing it yourself

 

Thanks! We definitely saved a shit ton of money doing it ourselves and it was a great experience.

 

I can hang board and do flooring, but cabinets and electric is out of my league..nor do I wanna live without the kitchen for months.

 

Shit. My PC just took a dump.

 

Just got a brand new iPhone 5S for $1.00. Fucking pumpedddddd

 

Had my $50 flip phone for years and saving tons of money every month by not having a data plan

 

Since you didn't link anything I'm assuming this isn't a deal we can get in on, in which case zero fucks given.

 

Still got my Palm Centro..same here. Blackberry is provided by my work.

 

Best buy. Trade in a 4s or a 5 by the end of the 1st with a new 2-yr contract