Questions tagged [locating]
Questions about how to find some existing component in your house. For questions about where something can or should be put, see the 'placement' tag.
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Locate plug on a mystery breaker - unable to find by conventional means
I've got a nearly full panel in my detatched garage and I've verified all lebeled breakers. However, there's a breaker labeled 'projector plug' that seems to power nothing. There is attatched romex. ...
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Locating electrical conduit under walkway
I am installing a home EVSE charging station. From the circuit breaker box, there are unused conduits that lead to a lamp fixture location near the end of the driveway. I have located the panel end of ...
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Locating a "future use" run from a switch box
When we had an outbuilding built, the electrician put in a box with a run from the breaker panel and another empty (i.e. completely disconnected) run from the box up the wall because we didn't know if ...
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Would a shed at the side of my house expose it to a risk of damp?
We're looking to maximise some garden/patio space by relocating our bike storage to a new shed at the side of our property. (See attached picture- apologies for the amateur editing!)
The shed will sit ...
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What can I do if 811 shows up late? [closed]
I called 811 to ask them to mark my utility lines on a Monday and told them I'd be doing work that Friday. They didn't show up until the Monday after I planned to work.
What should I do? What ...
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Find The Other End of Service Conduit
On our property we have a main house and an 800 sqr foot detached "guest house". To the right of the entrance to the guest house is the electrical service / meter. The wires for the electrical service ...
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Device to help find my buried well
So, I am in need of something that will help me find my buried well cap.
Basically I want to attach something small to the end of a steel line and then track with the phone through the ground.
I've ...
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find other end of ethernet cable
My house is wired for Cat5e. In each room there is a blank socket with a cat5e cable behind it. I presume they all terminate in a common location. I've looked in all the usual and unusual locations ...
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How do I find the master unit for an intercom?
I have a 4-wire (I think) intercom/doorbell system in the my house with 3 indoor stations (Pacific Electronic 3404) and one outdoor station.
My transformer is in the (finished) basement on the west ...
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How to locate In-wall speaker cables (behind dry wall)
I moved into my new house about a year ago and discovered a wall plate that has 4 pairs of speaker wires stuffed in there. According to the labels on the ends of the wires, there are speakers for our ...
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How do I locate a dryer exhaust vent?
I live in an older duplex. I just recently attempted to clean out the dryer vent/duct for the downstairs unit and failed because I could not find where my dryer vent is outside. Is it possible that my ...
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How do I locate studs in my wall?
First, I'm not the handiest of men, but can usually figure this sort of thing out. I just moved into an apartment in Manhattan and we're wanting to mount shelves, desks, and televisions to the wall to ...
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How do I find the studs on my ceiling through 4.5" of polyiso?
I am starting to install polyiso on the interior of my slanted cathedral roof assembly and am having trouble finding the studs through the 4.5" of polyiso that I have.
Things working against me:
not ...
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How do I find the water main entry point to my house?
My house has no apparent main water line shut off valve. Usually one would find a shut off valve right near where the water main entered the house structure. At my current house I have never been able ...
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