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		Recent Activity at ECN Forum: Come, Join Us! Re: Housekeeping and Clean-up Posted by renosteinke: Let me tell you a little story, from my house remodel. I had two different contractors replace some windows. Here are the results: Contractor "A" was the more expensive, by about $100/window. He called me moments before sending the crew out- not the day before, as I had asked. It two guys half (...) Re: Holmes on Quotes and Contracts Posted by renosteinke: I opened this thread putting forth the published opinions of Mike Holmes. Whatever else you might say about Mike, he's a real contractor with a real business, so he is certainly qualified to speak. I had other reasons as well. One is that I have seen comments like Alan's here several times, and (...) Re: fire alarm speaker visual in drywall Posted by allphase: found it garvin 51181-ow Re: Doorbell transformer?? Posted by allphase: door bells get week up the va on transformer should fix it 40 va works good i had to do it at home too Re: Back to back bends on electric bender Posted by allphase: Did you figure in the shrink? Bending of of c line you need to know the shrink Re: Which bright spark can help me here? Posted by gfretwell: I think we need the voltage to figure that out. It has been something like 48 years since I actually used this so I may be forgetting something. Re: Accessing J-box behind luminaires Posted by HotLine1: I seem to remember something resembling a split piece of tubing. Now, where is the 2" in the Code?? Re: 100AMP panel in 60 degree ambient what size wire? Posted by mikesh: Originally Posted By: sidmuer Ok, if I have 100 AMP panel, in 60 degree ambient temperature, how would I size the wire?? Do I just do 100A x 1.25 for continuous = 125A then Table 5A says at 60 degrees using the middle column wire is .67 so then 125A / .67 = 186.5 So then I go back to table 2 (...) Re: Residential Whole House Surge Protection Posted by Ronny: I like to know what particular brand you install for your customer's, looking at the market there seem's to be alot of diffrent one's to choose from, I would like to hear all your thought's on the one's you choose and why, could it be brand name , or price or amount of protection that make's (...)

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