Cracked Granite. They say normal. I say BS! What do you say??
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Comments (4)It took me a long time to learn that my sons had the right to pick their own path, easy or difficult. I thought that advice I could give them to make their paths easier would be welcome rather than ignored or even scorned. I try hard never to say I told you so, and lately, as they emerge from from their tortuous paths almost-engineer and almost-nurse now, I have the incredibly sweet taste of hearing 'I guess you told me that, didn't you Mom?' I hope that I will be able to resist opening my too-often-open mouth about their gardens and mates as well. I say relax and be happy that your family is healthy and close-by....See MoreWhat do you say we have a thread just on Sunflowers
Comments (57)And so do I! I planted sunflowers for the first time this past spring. I just bought seed packets everywhere I saw them , so had sunflowers from 12" to 12', lemon, orange, red, and even a couple of black ones! They made the side yard look so bright and cheerful, I'm going to do it again in 2015! I just need to find a way to keep the seedheads on the stalks till the birds have had their fill - I ended up cutting some and putting just the heads on a privet hedge next to my driveway. The cardinals went crazy for them - I LOVE SUNFLOWERS!!!...See MoreCircuit tester says open neutral, multi-meter says something else
Comments (7)Since the entire circuit was bad (nothing was working, and all outlets and fixtures were showing the same weird voltage readings), I checked the neutral connection at the panel, and it was rock solid. So then I followed the circuit to the first fixture (one of those pull-chain ceramic bare-bulb fixtures) and found a branch circuit coming off that fixture's j-box, in addition to the main circuit continuing downstream). So basically there were three penetrations of Romex into that box, and therefore four neutrals wire-nutted together (the neutrals from the three Romex penetrations plus the fixture's neutral.) The connections looked twisted together very solidly...HOWEVER, something was amiss. The wirenut (which looked plenty big for the four wires) was slightly melted, and a couple of the neutrals were pretty badly singed. I saw no evidence of bare wire exposed beyond the wirenut, or any evidence that the neutral had made contact with the metal shell of the j-box. Anyway, I removed the melted wirenut, clipped away the singed ends of the neutrals, and re-did the connection with a new wirenut, and then taped the open end of the wirenut. That done, the circuit appears to be OK now (normal voltage readings from H-N, H-G, and N-G...with one weird exception - another downstream ceiling fixture (same ceramic, pull-string type) won't operate some of the light bulbs I put in it. I've tried a couple CF bulbs which won't work and a couple filament bulbs (some of which do work and some of which don't). Bulbs that don't work in that fixture do work in other fixtures on other circuits. I checked H-N voltage in that fixture and it is normal. Weird. Thanks again. Any insight into what might have caused the singed neutrals or the malfunctioning fixture downstream would be greatly appreciated....See MoreDo you ever say "Stop, I KNOW that house" while driving?
Comments (22)Absolutely! Was driving around Burlington, VT trying to get a feel for the area while starting our real estate search. I recognized this one immediately, as it's not what I normally think of for a lake house in Vermont! [Contemporary Exterior[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-exterior-home-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_736~s_2103) by Boston Photographers Mary Prince Here is a link that might be useful: [link to home[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/my-houzz-lake-views-lead-a-luxury-vermont-home-contemporary-exterior-boston-phvw-vp~1545295)...See More- 12 years ago
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