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tag: electrical

Integrated Night Lights - a worthy weekend project

triedandtrue_design, member | May 1st, 2012

Navigating your house in the middle of the night, in the dark, might be easy for you, but what about your occasional houseguests? What about your kids? Mine seem to always have a reason to rouse me...

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Project House Weekly Wrap, Episode 3: Workshop Electrical Systems

FHBdotcom, editor | February 15th, 20127 comments

In episode 3, we talk about adding an electrical system for the garage shop, including lighting, outlets, switches, and a subpanel.

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House Crashers and EnvironmentalLights.com Transform Fourth Home Renovation Together

environmentallights, member | January 17th, 2012

EnvironmentalLights.com featured in its fourth episode of House Crashers, a hit TV show on the DIY Network EnvironmentalLights.com, a leading source for high-quality, energy-efficient LED lighting...

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Tool Hound Favorites: Screw-Holding Screwdriver

JFink, Senior Editor | July 14th, 20112 comments

For today's random, favorite, can't live without tool, we hear from fellow editor, of "There's a Better Way" fame, Charles Miller: "One measure of how important I consider a tool is how much time...

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Designer's Touch: Create Light Fixtures for Your SketchUp Model

TheTimberTailor, member | May 20th, 20113 comments

Sometimes a little bit of "bling" is just what a 3D model needs to get it from good to great. This post goes through steps to guide you through the process I use to create realistic, custom light fixture components to enhance models and impress clients.

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Wire-Stripping Tips for Roughing in an Electrical Box

FHBdotcom, editor | May 13th, 2011

Electrician Brian Walo shows an easy way to strip non-metallic cable plus a great way to keep track of which wires do what.

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How NOT to Wire a Garage Door Opener

TheTimberTailor, member | March 23rd, 20112 comments

Just when you think you've seen it all something like this comes along and... and you get a cramp in your neck from shaking your head... and wonder "WHAT" were they thinking?

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Use a Scrap of Electrical Cable to Make a Flexible Flashlight Stand

cmiller, special-issues editor | February 17th, 20111 comment

Romex isn't just for electricity anymore! Make your own handy light snake with a few wraps of this easily-formable wire.

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Electrical Subpanel Safety Tips: What You Can and Can't Touch When Installing Circuit Breakers

FHBdotcom, editor | December 29th, 201013 comments

Electrician Brian Walo gives a quick but important tour of a typical subpanel.

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How to move a light fixture...NOT!

grwa, member | October 18th, 20101 comment

As part of the reno for our new addition, the existing duct work had to be extended into the new room. The contractor chose to extend it from the duct feeding into the basement bathroom, and that...

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GREAT MOMENTS: Reset-Trip-Reset-Hold....Trip!

chartersubscribertimes4, member | August 21st, 2010

We had not lived in the house I’d built for us more than a few weeks when I was awakened at 2:30 by a sharp elbow-jab from my wife, immediately followed by a...

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Safer Electrical Plugs and Outlets Save Lives and Energy

DanMorrison, Executive editor, Fine Homebuilding & Green Building Advisor | July 12th, 20104 comments

A talk from a recent TED conference illustrates how to improve on 130 year old technology

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Snake Wires With a Tape Measure

cmiller, special-issues editor | May 13th, 20105 comments

Snake wires with a tape measure When upgrading the electrical outlets in my kitchen I needed to pull a wire from the bottom of the wall into the attic. As shown in the drawing (location), I used an...

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Make a Tool-Actuated Vacuum

cmiller, special-issues editor | April 8th, 201010 comments

Get suction on demand with this easy and inexpensive retrofit.

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Low voltage Landscape lighting Enjoy your yard 24/7

WWG_Contracting, member | April 6th, 2010

The house is built, everything is in it's place. You are working hard and when you get home you would like to enjoy the beautiful landscaped yard, but it's now getting dark. Solution, landscape...

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Snake wire through old walls

cmiller, special-issues editor | March 11th, 201011 comments

Don’t let narrow wall cavities filled with plaster prevent you from running new wires

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Conduit sealing

markdp, member | March 8th, 2010

The queston is... Can you effectively seal electrical conduits? This may seem like a simple item, but in NE in the winter/spring when it rains and the ground is still frozen, absorption is greatly...

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Milwaukee launches (another) new tool category - HVAC and Electrical?

JFink, Senior Editor | June 12th, 2009

Milwaukee introduces a line of electrical, HVAC, and other mechanical testing equipment. Category to include, among other things, laser temp-gun, fork meter, digital multimeter, non-contact voltage tester, and clamp-gun meter.

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LED Lightbulbs for the Home

RDA, producer | April 29th, 2009

LED lightbulbs are environmentally safe, produce very little heat, and last a long time.

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How to Retrofit a Ceiling Fan Electrical Box

FHB_WEB, member | April 28th, 2009

Before installing a ceiling fan, electrical code requires that you use a fan-rated outlet box that will support the extra weight and the motion associated with a fan. A fan-rated box will be labeled as such inside and typically can support up to 70 lb. . . .

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