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Expert Profile: Bob Sponaugle

Expertise:  Just about any home wiring question. (not appliance repair) I have done all kinds of home wiring for myself, including adding a new breaker box, etc. Please, questions from North America only. Please be specific with details.

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Something controversial or provocative about this subject  Please note that you should never disconnect all wires in a junction box. If you are replacing something, do not uncap wires that go to each other. If you do, no one will be able to help you on line. You will need to get an electrician with testing and diagnostic tools to trace every wire to put them back.
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Thank you so much. An electrician actually happened to drive by and wire it correctly for me. I didn't realize that 1 pair of wires was coming directl
(Uzi on 10/15/08)
Thanks, I'll test all of my breakers from now on. I see that someone has a patent on a fail safe breaker. It would be interesting to know the % of fa
(ken on 10/13/08)
Thanks, Bob. I went to Osh and Home Depot and explained more of my ideas in person. They felt the same more-or-less. One thing they didn't men
(Ravi on 10/13/08)
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Recent Answers from Bob Sponaugle
2008-10-14  new sub box Hi. No, 12-2 is for only a few lights on one circuit. I don't know why you are installing so many sub boxes. It is best to run all the wires and use the main box. Whatever the rating is for the...
2008-10-14  Adding a light to bathroom Hi. Splicing in a wire in the middle is hard because you need enough slack to install a junction box and connect the wires. The wire for the light will connect to the wire going to the fan, so you...
2008-10-14  new baseboard heater connection Hi. If it was wired wrong, it could have damaged the thermostat. The hard part is to get the right wires in the thermostat. The two wires from the breaker have to go to the line side, and the two...
2008-10-14  Older wiring corrections Hi. It would be very hard to track down the problem. Somewhere the two circuits are mixed where they shouldn't be. You can try to check the outlets and switches and try to figure out where the problem...
2008-10-14  Fan Switch Hi. You may want to contact Hunter's customer service department. However, a wall mounted speed switch usually requires the fan speed switch to remain on high. It sounds like the fan is the problem...
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