Jeremy W. Sherman

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bio	website	jeremywsherman.com
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	915 reputation	bio	website	jeremywsherman.com	visits	member for	1 year
217 badges		location	Atlanta, GA		seen	5 hours ago

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Feb 10	comment	Can re-closing a circuit-breaker be dangerous? This is the only answer I've seen that addresses the only immediate danger that occurs as a direct result of closing the breaker. I think the risk of a dangerous arc is far lower in residential settings, but I still follow a safety procedure I picked up from some electrical reading when flipping breakers back on: stand to the side of the panel (clear of any arc shooting out of the panel), look away from the panel (the brightness of an electrical arc can blind you, and an arc could cause the box to explode), and then flip the breaker back on.
Jan 21	comment	Why are “Wire Nuts” not used in the UK? @geerlingguy You actually need two pairs if you want to pretwist heavier wires, one to clamp them at the base of the splice and the other to spin the ends around. I've found when splicing 3 or 4 (or more) wires, it's easiest to pretwist or use push-in connectors, because getting the wire nut to actually grab and twist all the wires into a solid splice without pretwisting them is very frustrating.
Nov 27	comment	How to install 230V Light with Light-activated-resistor? @Kaz Good comment, but please leave it on the post rather than my answer. I'm not sure the asker will get pinged with it down here, and it makes more sense up there, anyway.
Nov 14	revised	Should second trap under kitchen sink S-trap be there? After photos and description.
Nov 14	comment	Should a kitchen sink S-trap be replaced? So bottom line, if it's a problem - and it can be a problem - you can workaround it by running some slow water to ensure the trap is filled, and you can fix it by replacing it with a properly vented P-trap or a mechanical vent. But if it's not a problem, don't worry about it.
Nov 13	accepted	Should a kitchen sink S-trap be replaced?
Nov 13	comment	Should second trap under kitchen sink S-trap be there? @bcworkz I'll leave the S-trap alone for now, unless it turns out to be a problem. I think there's a cast iron vent less than 6 feet to the right. A pipe goes up into the wall and then to I-know-not-where. I'll have to get way back and look up at the roof to see if there's a vent pipe coming out up there. A kitchen remodel is coming in the next 6 months or so, so I'll poke at it more then.
Nov 13	comment	Should second trap under kitchen sink S-trap be there? I'm going to patch the hole in the cast iron trap short-term just so we can (hopefully) wash dishes, then replace the cast iron trap entirely this weekend. Thank you for the advice.
Nov 13	comment	Should second trap under kitchen sink S-trap be there? @maple_shaft That stuff looks gooey but doesn't feel it. I think maybe this is not the first time this trap has sprung a leak, and that mess is the result of prior patching. Anyway, the cast iron trap will be going away. :)
Nov 13	comment	Should second trap under kitchen sink S-trap be there? @Tester101 I think the PVC trap postdates the cast iron one. The cast iron trap appears to have aged the same as the rest of the drain piping, so I think it's original (1940s). I figure there probably wasn't a trap directly under the sink at one time, so the cast iron trap was the only trap.
Nov 13	comment	Should second trap under kitchen sink S-trap be there? @ChrisF "How do I fix my sink?" is too localized. I split it up into a few questions that I believe can be addressed individually, and that I hope are general enough to be useful to others searching later. I didn't even ask my original question (temporarily patching cast iron) because we already had a good question and answer addressing that.
Nov 13	accepted	Should second trap under kitchen sink S-trap be there?
Nov 13	asked	Should a kitchen sink S-trap be replaced?
Nov 13	asked	Should second trap under kitchen sink S-trap be there?
Nov 2	comment	Why is there so much metal-clad wiring in my house? Any way to distinguish between armored cable, metal-clad cable, and flexible metallic conduit after it's been installed?