Repairing a dangling light socket.
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Comments (31)cfmuehling - Thanks for the nice words. I too am rebuilding after a fire - but only the kitchen was damaged. Sounds like you are rebuilding much more? I am so sorry! Anyway I didn't even need to pull permits for my fire damage, but took the opportunity to do some major work to the kitchen layout. The house is otherwise livable, so it's not as if I need a CO from the City. I will not be fined, but if the inspector doesn't give the green light he simply makes a note of it in the city's record. My contractor says that given the size of the sink and my safety reasoning, he thinks that there is a possibility that the inspector will say OK and I will pass the inspection. I am very sensitive to safety issues after having the fire. The fact is, the kitchen is upscale and attractive, the house's location is an A+ in my city, so the placement of an outlet so close to the sink, while may be the "code," is irrationally unsafe and shouldn't affect resale. I don't have a problem with a prospective buyer knowing this when I resell the house. Heck, if they need an outlet placed into the soapstone counter inches from the sink, in order to get a mortgage, or for personal reasons, I'll be happy to pay for it at that time. :) Dimmers are great, I agree!...See MoreReplacing this socket on dining room fixture
Comments (5)Just to update this post. I did have to go online and order the part. We visited several electrical supply stores plus hardware stores and no one had the part. Once the part arrived, we decided to have our electrician come and change out the part. Good thing we did. When trying to get the existing socket out, it just started to crumble into pieces. One note is that the wiring on the new socket was a bit shorter but he got it all connected again. I guess if we did it over again, I'd be sure to buy this socket with longer wiring. All fixed and now I have my downlight again. Thanks to all of you for the suggestions. Julia...See MoreUse an AC socket for DC
Comments (20)'Hash' is simply an poold term for EMI that appeared as noise in audio circuits. Dimmers (or any device that switches the current quickly) place harmonics on the power line. A typical triac dimmer takes the normal sinusoid of current and delays the current flow until further into the voltage waveform. The front edge of the current sineusoid is chopped off, and the curernt actually starts to flow when the absolute voltage is well above zero volts. These sharp jumps in the current flow create electrical noise that is radiated by the inductance of the wires feeding the circuit. It is at multiples of 120 Hz (twice the base power frequency of 60 Hz) and can extend for many harmonics depending on how big the jump in current is. This is refered to in EMI design as 'conducted emissions'. These conducted emissions will also radiate from the cable and produce 'radiated emissions'. Switching power supplies produce similar noise since they turn on and off very quickly (compared to the 60 Hz power line) at anywhere form kHz to MHz. This noise can be shunted to ground using a capacitor that can use the inducatnce of the cables to force the noise to ground. If the inducatnace is not high enough, coils or ferrite beads can be used to help the capacitor shunt the current by raising the impedance of the power cord at the desirted frequency, while having almost no affect at the power line frequency....See MoreInserting sockets/wiring in pendant lampshades -- worth it?
Comments (0)Hi, we're remodeling a house, have the chance to get some really nice pendant lampshades (old schoolhouse lamps, a Flos blown glass ball, and some others) for cheap, but the catch is they don't have light sockets/wiring inside. Is it worth it to bring them to a repair shop and have them care of this? What would something like that cost ballpark per lamp? We're in NYC if that matters (usually it means things are even more expensive) and unfortunately I have zero experience and little aptitude for home repair. Thank you very much for any advice!...See More- 11 years ago
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